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Colorado Bent County
| Bent County, Colorado | |
| Map | |
 Location of Colorado in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | January 9, 1852 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Las Animas |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Bent County Courthouse PO Box 350 Las Animas, CO 81054-0350 Phone 719.456.1353 Bent County Website |
Contents |
County Courthouse
County Clerk Recorder has marriage and land records
from 1888 and military discharge records; Nursing Service
has birth and death records; Combine Court has
divorce, probate and records[1]
Quick Facts
Parent County
- Before 1861 the southwestern quarter of this modern Colorado county was in New Mexico.
- 9 January 1852 it was created part of Taos County in New Mexico Territory.[2] [3]
- 1 February 1860 it became part of Mora County.[2]
- 28 February 1861 it was transferred to Colorado[4] [5] (1 Nov 1861 Huerfano County).[6]
- Look for pre-1861 records in New Mexico. For further explanation see Taos County.
- 11 February 1870: Bent County was created from Pueblo and Greenwood Counties. Greenwood County was abolished 1874. County seat: Las Animas.[1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Archives and Libraries
- Las Animas-Bent County Library District
306 5th Street
Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone: (719) 456-0111
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Bent County, Colorado census records online, see: Colorado Census.
Church History and Records
Court Records
Divorce
The Colorado State Archives has put a name only Index to the Bent County Divorce Records for the period 1907 to 1919 on-line.
Land and Property
History
Maps
Military History and Records
Newspapers
- Bent County Democrat
516 Carson Avenue
Las Animas, CO 81054
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies, Libraries and Museums
- Bent County Historical Society
305 St. Vrain Avenue
Las Animas, CO 81054
Telephone: (719) 456-2005
- Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County
PO Box 68
Las Animas, Colorado 81054
Phone: 719-456-6066
Family History Centers
Websites
- Bent County CO Trails to the Past
- Linkpendium
- Bent County COGenWeb
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 97, Bent County, Colorado. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987), 52. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 X2th.
- ↑ Brief County Histories (New Mexico) in RootsWeb (accessed 21 June 2012).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Colorado Territory" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopeida at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Territory (accessed 19 June 2012).
- ↑ Adrian B. Ettlinger, AniMap 3.0 : with SiteFinder U.S. place name database (Alamo, Calif.: Gold Bug, 2008), Colorado 1861 map. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL CD-ROM no. 4903.
- ↑ Handybook, 99, Huerfano County, Colorado.
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