Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

Briggsdale 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 Briggsdale. See our Misc Page for Briggsdale for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Briggsdale:

Briggsdale was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)