Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crystal Lake 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 Crystal Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Crystal Lake 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 Crystal Lake. See our Misc Page for Crystal Lake for more information.