Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Canon City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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)

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

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

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