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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Colma data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company


In addition:

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Colma:

Colma was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Footnotes ...

<1>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/