Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Saint Elmo came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Saint Elmo 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 Saint Elmo. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Saint Elmo 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 Saint Elmo:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Saint Elmo:

Saint Elmo was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)