Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
Written by: Dawson, John Frank
J.F. Dawson Publishing Company, 1954
(Document found on Google Books)

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

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

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

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