Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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