Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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