Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Cripple Creek, 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)

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.

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

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

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