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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Collbran, 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.

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

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

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