Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kankakee:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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