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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Chilton 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 Chilton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

In this book, Chilton was listed as Chilton Courthouse.<1>

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Chilton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

We found Chilton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Chilton for more information.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/