Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Colon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Colon 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 Colon. See our Misc Page for Colon for more information.