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Places of Cass County, Illinois Sources of Information
Adams, James N. Illinois Place Names. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1968. Also Available online via Internet Archive (use free login) https://archive.org/details/illinoisplacenam00adam
Can be read online via free login at JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40187459
Bateman, Newton, Charles Æ. (Charles Aesop) Martin, and Paul Selby. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois: And History of Cass County. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1915. Two volumes - first one is history of Illinois; second has more Cass County info. Vol 1 - Available online at https://archive.org/details/historicencyclop01bate
Vol 2 - Cass County) Available online at https://archive.org/details/historicencyclop02bate/page/n8/mode/1up Callary, Edward. Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press, 2010. Can be consulted online: https://archive.org/details/placenamesofilli0000call Crumrin, Arthur. 1840 Atlas of Cass County, Illinois. Ed. Keith L. Strubbe. Cass County Historical Society, 1984. Can be purchased from the Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society
Eames, Charles M. Historic Morgan and Classic Jacksonville. Printed at the Daily Journal Print. Office, 1885. Can be consulted online: https://archive.org/details/historicmorgancl00eame Epler, W., "Early Settlement of Walnut Grove," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol 9, no 1, 1916-17, p. 61-65. Can be consulted online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044098875255&seq=9
Hutchinson, Florence. "Old Morgan County Village and Town Settlements," Star Geneal Journal, Vol. 6, No.3, July 1998. (Quarterly publication of the Morgan Area Genealogical Society) https://morgan-ilgw.genealogyvillage.com/township/oldtowns.htm
McDowdall, Virgil M. Sesquicentennial History of Cass County, Illinois. Cass County Board of Supervisors, 1968.
Perrin, William Henry. History of Cass County, Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1882. Can be consulted online: https://www.loc.gov/item/02005377/
Shaw, J. Henry. Historical Sketch of Cass County, Office of the Cass County Messenger, Beardstown, 1876. Can be consulted online: https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01002033/
U.S. Geological Survey, 2023, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - USGS National Map Downloadable Data Collection: U.S. Geological Survey. https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis Search tool allows one to query the database and download, e.g., a list of names of places and geographic features of a specified county. For search tool, go to: https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names Click here to see a list of Cass County places from GNIS.
Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Place Names in Illinois. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1963. Available online via Internet Archive (use free login) https://archive.org/details/indianplacenames00voge Or via Family Search: (requires login) https://libcat.familysearch.org/Record/265752?searchId=19155273&recordIndex=2&page=1
TopoView. Interactive online tool from the U.S. Geological Survey. Users can search by place, select from a list of available map images and download image files. For Cass County, IL, historical maps from 1929 are available for some sections of the county. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#4/40.01/-100.06
For 1837 Map of Districts See handrawn image in Crumrin, Arthur. 1840 Atlas of Cass County, Illinois. Ed. Keith L. Strubbe. Cass County Historical Society, 1984.
For 1874 County Plat Map W.R. Brink & Co. Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois: carefully compiled from personal examinations and surveys. [Edwardsville, Ill.?: W.R. Brink & Co, 1874] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626765/
For 1882 County Plat Map Perrin, William Henry. History of Cass County, Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1882. https://www.loc.gov/item/02005377/
For 1899 County Plat Map Standard Atlas of Cass County, Illinois. Chicago: Geo. A Ogle Co., 1899. https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/c80284e0-0480-013c-47d9-02d0d7bfd6e4-c
Cass County, Illinois Online GIS Portal and Property Search https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=55&LayerID=375&PageTypeID=1&PageID=916
Antique Maps of Illinois https://www.raremaps.com/inventory/search?q=Illinois
Brown, Donald E, and Frank E Schooley. Pronunciation Guide for Illinois Place Names. Urbana, Ill: Division of University Broadcasting, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Illinois, 1957. Full text available online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t0js9p195&seq=6
Blue Book of the State of Illinois (1997-98) Full text available online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112027561809&seq=7 See sections on "Origins of county names" and "Incorporated Cities, Towns and Villages of Illinois."
Gannett, Henry. The origin of certain place names in the United States. Washington, Govt. Print. Off, 1902. https://www.loc.gov/item/03011774/. Second edition: https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0258/report.pdf
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