Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Durango 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 Durango:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

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.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Durango:

Durango was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Durango: www.durangogov.org/

The official website for La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us/

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