One more attempt to determine when a town was named. During my research for a history book of my hometown, there was a person who wrote a book of a certain gold and coal mining area. Almost none of the towns in the area now exist. He learned when the towns existed by looking at the postal records. For a post office to be extablished, there had to be a form filled out which showed a map and location of the town (or place as sometimes a postoffice was nothing but a place in someones farmhouse). There will be records somewhere. I would assume the local postmaster could tell you where to get them. They will probably be in the Nation Archives records. The histroy of towns in Pike County is rather interesting. ----- Original Message ----- From: Melvin McAllister <melmac@cybersurfers.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [ILPIKE] fcruble > I have a sheet that I copied from the Pittsfield Library that is the cover > sheet for the 1840 Census Index. It is a hand copied map of Pike County. It > shows Pleasant Hill and not Fairfield. Also, it shows Old Pearl and Pearl > and Pearl Landing. It is a very interesting map. The Library number is > R---312.773 Har. The cover note is "Plus history of naming of the towns". > Does anyone have any more of this census and the history of naming the towns > as stated? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Davis'es <davisg@ris.net> > To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2099 4:51 PM > Subject: Re: [ILPIKE] fcruble > > > > Jan, > > I saw a reference dated 1836/7 where it was still called Fairfield. > > > > Jerry D > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sunne2233@aol.com <Sunne2233@aol.com> > > To: ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 1:55 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILPIKE] fcruble > > > > > > >Pat, > > >Do you know when Fairfield changed to Pleasant Hill? > > >Jan in OK > > > > > > > > >==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > > >Illinois Statewide Marriage Index > > >http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/marriage.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > > Pike County ILGenWeb Home Page > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike > > > > > > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives for Pike Co IL > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/pike/pike.htm > >