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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Fruita:

Fruita was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/