Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Colonial Beach, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Colonial Beach:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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