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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Allison came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Allison in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Allison. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

 

Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
Written by: Dawson, John Frank
J.F. Dawson Publishing Company, 1954
(Document found on Google Books)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/