hi, Wanted to let everyone know that i've updated my newest web page of place names to now include all Illinois Counties and shortened its name to read: <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/illinoygenealogy/myhomepage/writing.html"> Illinois Genealogical Research: Place Names of Illinois Counties</A> Every county now has a basic list of place names and my plan is to study and add extensively to a few counties each month... although few will ever be as complete as is the Livingston County listing 8>:) Pasted below is a copy of its table of contents: 1)List of US Post Offices in 1859/60 in Illinois... listed by county 2)Keys to codes used in Place Names of Illinois Counties 3) Place names: Elevations, Post Offices, Populations, Railroads, Towns, Townships, Zip Codes... Adams County... Alexander County... Bond County... Boone County... Brown County... Bureau County... Calhoun County... Carroll County... Cass County... Champaign County: November 2001 start date Christian County... Clark County... Clay County... Clinton County... Coles County... Cook County... Crawford County... Cumberland County... De Kalb County... De Witt County: November 2001 start date Douglas County... DuPage County... Edgar County... Edwards County... Effingham County... Fayette County... Ford County: September 2001 start date Franklin County... Fulton County... Galatin County... Greene County... Grundy County: November 2001 start date Hamilton County... Hancock County... Hardin County... Henderson County... Iroqouis County: October 2001 start date Jackson County... Jasper County... Jefferson County... Jersey County... Jo Daviess County... Johnson County... Kane County... Kankakee County: November 2001 start date Kendall County... Knox County... Lake County... LaSalle County: November 2001 start date Lawrence County... Lee County... Livingston County: w/Current Area Archives & Zip Codes Logan County: November 2001 start date Macon County... Macoupin County... Madison County... Marion County... Marshall County: November 2001 start date Mason County... Massac County... McDonough County... McHenry County... McLean County: September 2001 start date Menard County... Mercer County... Monroe County... Montgomery County... Morgan County... Moultrie County... Ogle County... Peoria County... Perry County... Piatt County... Pike County... Pope County... Pulaski County... Putnam County: November 2001 start date Randolph County... Richland County... Rock Island County... St Clair County... Saline County... Sangamon County... Schuyler County... Scott County... Shelby County... Stark County... Stephenson County... Tazewell County: November 2001 start date Union County... Vermilion County: November 2001 start date Wabash County... Warren County... Washington County... Wayne County... White County... Whiteside County... Will County... Williamson County... Winnebago County... Woodford County: November 2001 start date 4)Railroads Operating in the State of Illinois in 1980 & prior to 1965 5)Sources of information used in Place Names of Illinois Counties 6)What's being added next Haven't gotten around to updating the Timeline of US & Illinois History by adding events of the last twenty years... as it still seems like current events to this old fogy. happy hunting 8>:) dennis