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+ | | D3 || Eagle || P.O. Box 850, Eagle 81631|| 1883 || Summit ||1894-1901||1879||1894-1901 ||1883||1883||1883 | ||
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+ | | G3 || Elbert || P.O. Box 597, Kiowa 80117|| 1874 || Douglas ||1894-1907||1874*||1876-96||1874||1874||1874 | ||
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+ | | G4 || El Paso || 27 E. Vermijo Ave, Colorado Springs 80903|| 1861 || original ||1890-1906*||1861||1893-1907*||1861||1861*||1861* | ||
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+ | | E5 || Fremont || 615 Macon Ave Ste 102 Canon City 81212|| 1861 || original ||1884-1907||1865||1884-1907||1862||1874||1868 | ||
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+ | | B3 || Garfield || 108 8th St, Glenwood Springs 81601|| 1883 || Summit ||1893-1909||1884||1883-89*||1883||1883||1883 | ||
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+ | | || colspan="10" | *Rio Blanco County marriages 1883-89. | ||
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+ | | E22 || Gilpin || P.O. Box 366 Central City 80427|| 1861 || original ||||1865||||1861?||1861?||1861? | ||
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Revision as of 15:03, 19 April 2010
This entry was originally written by Birdie Monk Holsclaw and Marsha Hoffman Rising CG, FUGA, FASG in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The WPA published a number of county inventories for Colorado. These have been reprinted and placed on microfiche by the Colorado Genealogical Society. The unpublished manuscripts for these have been deposited at the Colorado State Archives. A survey was not, however, completed for every county. With the exceptions listed in the chart below, it is presumed that county records exist from the date of county formation, but this has not been verified for all counties. The individual researcher will need to check the specific county of interest. Many of Colorado's early county records have been deposited at the Colorado State Archives. Unless otherwise noted, in the chart below, marriage records are located at the clerk and recorder's office in the county seat along with land records. Other vital records created before state recording began (see Vital Records) are located in the various County Vital Records offices. A list of telephone numbers is available at www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/vroffices.htm.
Court records are found in county and district courts, with probate records in the district courts (unless moved to the Colorado State Archives).
Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
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G3 | Adams | 450 S 4th Ave, Brighton 80601 | 1901 | Arapahoe | 1902-06 | 1902 | 1902-08 | 1902 | 1902 | 1902 |
Part of Denver County; annexed, 1909 | ||||||||||
E7 | Alamosa | P.O. Box 178, Alamosa 81101 | 1913 | Costilla/Conejos | 1913 | 1913* | 1913 | 1913 | 1913 | |
*At Lorton and Miracle Mortuaries in Alamosa | ||||||||||
G3 | Arapahoe | 5334 S Prince St, Littletonn 80166 | 1861 | original | 1872-1902* | 1860-1903* | 1887-1902* | 1861 | 1902** | 1902** |
*At Colorado Department of Health, Vital Records Section | ||||||||||
**Most records for Denver prior to 1902 have been deposited in the Colorado State Archives. Early land records, surveys, post offices, and territorial government papers are extant for Arapahoe County, and some are located in both the Colorado and Kansas historical societies. however, typical county records such as probate or county court minutes do not exist for the early territorial period of the county before state formation. | ||||||||||
C7 | Archuleta | P.O. Box 1507 Pagosa Springs 81147 | 1885 | Conejos | 1892-1907 | 1886 | 1900-07 | 1886 | 1886 | 1886 |
K7 | Baca | 741 Main St, Springfield 81073 | 1889 | Las Animas | 1889 | 1889 | 1889 | 1889 | ||
J6 | Bent | P.O. Box 350 las Animas 81054 | 1870 | Indian Reserves Lands/Las Animas/Greenwood | 1888 | 1874? | 1874? | 1874? | ||
*Greenwood dissolved in 1874 to Bent and Elbert counties. | ||||||||||
F2 | Boulder | P.O. Box 471, Boulder 80301 | 1861 | original | 1880-1909* | 1864 | 1800-1903* | 1864 | 1864 | 1864 |
Boulder was called Jackson County when it was part of the Jefferson Territory | ||||||||||
*City Hall in Boulder. Estate files from 1862 are housed in the Colorado State Archives | ||||||||||
E2 | Broomfield | 1 DesCombes Dr, Broomfield 80020 | 2001 | Adam/Boulder/Jefferson/Weld | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 |
Carbonate | 1861 (renamed Lake, 1879) | |||||||||
E4 | Chaffee | P.O. Box 669 Salida 81201 | 1861 ( as Lake; renamed, 1879) | original | 1884-1907 | 1866 | 1884-1907 | 1879? | 1879? | 1879? |
K4 | Cheyenne | P.O. Box 567, Cheyenne Wells 80810-0567 | 1861 | Bent/Elbert | 1889 | 1866 | 1893-1904 | 1889? | 1889? | 1889? |
E3 | Clear Creek | 405 Argentine St, Georgetown 80444 | 1861 | original | 1905-07* | 1864* | 1902-07* | 1859 | 1861 | 1861 |
*County Archives in Georgetown | ||||||||||
E7 | Conejos | P.O. Box Conejos 81129 | 1861( as Guadalupe; renamed 1869) | original | 1877-1907 | 1871 | 1877-1907 | 1871 | 1875 | 1877 |
Some loss of records occurred by fire | ||||||||||
F7 | Costilla | P.O. Box 100 San Luis 81152 | 1861 | original | 1863 | 1902-07* | 1861 | 1876 | 1876 | |
*Alamosa County, Lorton, and Miracle Mortuary. | ||||||||||
H5 | Crowley | 110 E. Sixth St, Ordway 81063 | 1911 | Brent/Otero | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | ||
F6 | Custer | P.O. 150, Westcliffe 81252 | 1877 | Fremont | 1905-07 | 1877*1877 | 1902-07 | 1877 | 1877 | |
*Some earlier in Fremont County miscellaneous file | ||||||||||
B4 | Delta | 501 Palmer St Ste 227, Delta 81416 | 1883 | Gunnison | 1895-1909 | 1883 | 1885-1909 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
F3 | Douglas | 1437 Bannock St, Denver 80202 | 1901 | Araphoe | 1872-1907 | 1860 | 1887-1907 | 1902 | 1865-1959* | 1902 |
In 1911, Denver City and Denver County merged. Births and Deaths, 1964- present, are at Vital Statistics Room, Denver General Hospital. | ||||||||||
*Many early Denver records have been deposited at the Colorado State Archives | ||||||||||
B6 | Dolores | P.O. Box 608 Dove Creek 81324 | 1881 | Summit | 1894-1901 | 1879 | 1894-1907 | 1881 | 1881 | 1881 |
F3 | Douglas | 100 Third St, Castle Rock 80104 | 1861 | original | 1894-1908 | 1864 | 1894- | 1863 | 1861? | 1861? |
Original county seat at Franktown | ||||||||||
Small part of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations added in 1870. | ||||||||||
Courthouse burned in 1978 but minimal loss of records. | ||||||||||
D3 | Eagle | P.O. Box 850, Eagle 81631 | 1883 | Summit | 1894-1901 | 1879 | 1894-1901 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
G3 | Elbert | P.O. Box 597, Kiowa 80117 | 1874 | Douglas | 1894-1907 | 1874* | 1876-96 | 1874 | 1874 | 1874 |
G4 | El Paso | 27 E. Vermijo Ave, Colorado Springs 80903 | 1861 | original | 1890-1906* | 1861 | 1893-1907* | 1861 | 1861* | 1861* |
E5 | Fremont | 615 Macon Ave Ste 102 Canon City 81212 | 1861 | original | 1884-1907 | 1865 | 1884-1907 | 1862 | 1874 | 1868 |
B3 | Garfield | 108 8th St, Glenwood Springs 81601 | 1883 | Summit | 1893-1909 | 1884 | 1883-89* | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
*Rio Blanco County marriages 1883-89. | ||||||||||
E22 | Gilpin | P.O. Box 366 Central City 80427 | 1861 | original | 1865 | 1861? | 1861? | 1861? |