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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Bayfield, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably 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.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Bayfield. See our Misc Page for Bayfield 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/