Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Barr Lake 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)

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

Barr Lake 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 Barr Lake. See our Misc Page for Barr Lake for more information.