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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1939 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Greeley:

Greeley was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Greeley as a scheduled stop:

The City of Saint Louis: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Saint Louis (train schedule from 1967). The City of Saint Louis travelled between Saint Louis (MO) and Los Angeles (CA)

Footnotes ...

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

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