Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Belen 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 Belen:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1920)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Belen:

Belen was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)