Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Colton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, 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

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Mobile Oil Map of Washington (1949)
Published by Mobile Oil Company

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

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

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:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)