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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Golden, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Golden:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

In addition:

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Golden:

Golden was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/