Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

We found Chain-of-Rocks in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Chain-of-Rocks for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Chain-of-Rocks. See our Misc Page for Chain-of-Rocks for more information.