Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Roodhouse came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Roodhouse in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roodhouse. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Roodhouse data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Roodhouse:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Roodhouse is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Roodhouse in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Roodhouse for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Roodhouse. See our Misc Page for Roodhouse for more information.