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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1939 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

We found South Fork in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for South Fork for more information.

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

Footnotes ...

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

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