Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oak Forest 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 Oak Forest:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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