Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alma:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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 - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition)
Written by: Gannett, Henry
Published by the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey - 1905
(Document found on Google Books)

Rand McNally Map of Colorado (1947)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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