Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Wataga 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 Wataga:
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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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