Do you know of Derrick ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Derrick. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Derrick.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Derrick was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Derrick would be found somewhere in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
Communities Also Named Derrick ...
We found two communities that share the name Derrick.
Within Colorado, the name Derrick is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Derrick ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Derrick:
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)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Derrick.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 08/20330 (Place Name: Derrick)
County: Rio Grande (FIPS State/County: 08/105)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Derrick) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Rio Grande County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rio Grande County.
| Agro | Lariat |
| Aqua Ramon | Liberty |
| Bowen | Masonic Park |
| Freeman | Plaza |
| Pleasant |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |