Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Dolores 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 Dolores:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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)

Map from 1939 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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