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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Colmar came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Colmar in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Colmar. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Colmar 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 Colmar:
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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Colmar. See our Misc Page for Colmar 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/