Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Crested Butte: www.crestedbutte-co.gov/

The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/