Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Illinois Bend 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 Illinois Bend. See our Misc Page for Illinois Bend for more information.