Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Janesville 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 Janesville:
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

Janesville was listed as Janesville Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Janesville:

Janesville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)