Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Urbana, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

Urbana was listed as Urbana Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Urbana was listed as Urbana Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Urbana was listed as Urbana Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Urbana:

Urbana was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)