Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blanca 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 Blanca:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office 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)

Map from 1939 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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