Bent County, Colorado

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Bent is a county in Colorado. It was formed in 1870 from the following county/ies: Indian Reserves Lands/Las Animas/Greenwood. Bent began keeping marriage records in 1888. It began keeping land records in 1874?, probate records in 1874?, and court records in 1874?. For more information, contact the county at P.O. Box 350 las Animas 81054. On the attached map, Bent is located at J6 . *Greenwood dissolved in 1874 to Bent and Elbert counties.

For information about the state of Colorado see Colorado Family History Research.

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