Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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