Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Animas Forks 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 Animas Forks:
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)

Animas Forks 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 Animas Forks. See our Misc Page for Animas Forks for more information.