Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

Railroad Mentions of Colton:

Colton was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)