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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Conejos, 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 Conejos:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Conejos was listed as Conejos Courthouse.

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.

Conejos 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 Conejos. See our Misc Page for Conejos 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/