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El Paso County, Colorado
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Location of Colorado in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 1, 1861
County Seat	Colorado Springs
Courthouse
Address	El Paso County Courthouse  ]27 E. Vermijo Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2208 Phone:719-520-6216 El Paso County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1861
and military discharge records from 1919; Clerk District
Court has divorce and probate records; County Court
has Court Records^[1]

Quick Facts

Wikipedia has more about this subject: El Paso, Colorado

Parent County

1 November 1861: El Paso County was createdas an original county. In 1859 it was formed from old Arapahoe County in the territory of Kansas. El Paso county was created by the Colorado legislature, and was one of Colorado's original 17 counties. It includes approximately 2130 square miles and has a mountainous western side changing to high plains in the east. The altitude ranges from mountain heights of 14,110 feet (4301 m) at the summit of Pikes Peak to 5,095 feet (1569 m) on the plains. County seat: Colorado Springs ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Calhan | Colorado Springs | Fountain | Green Mountain Falls | Manitou Springs | Monument | Palmer Lake | Ramah

Neighboring Counties

Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, Fremont, Lincoln, Pueblo, Teller

Resources

Archives and Libraries

• Manitou Springs Public Library
  701 Manitou Ave
  Manitou Springs, CO 80829
  Telephone: (719) 685-5206

• Pikes Peak Library District
  20 North Cascade Avenue
  Colorado Springs, CO 80903
  Telephone: (719) 531-6333

Security Public Library
715 Aspen Drive
Security, CO 80911
Telephone: (719) 391-3191

Cemeteries

Colorado Springs City Cemetery Page - Includes a burial search (requires registration)

Evergreen Cemetery 1005 S. Hancock Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
Office Hours: 8 a.m-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturday 8 a.m. - Noon | Phone: (719) 578-6646 | Fax: (719) 578-6077

Fairview Cemetery 1000 S. 26th Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904
Office Hours: 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturday by appointment | Phone: (719) 578-6638
Gate hours for visitation: Summer (Mid April through Mid October) 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Winter (Mid October through Mid April) 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

The Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum (BillionGraves) in Colorado Springs is a smaller cemetery, on Fountain Blvd along with two funeral homes.

Census

For tips on accessing El Paso County, Colorado census records online, see: Colorado Census.

Court Records

Church History and Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Colorado Springs

Court Records

El Paso County Old Age Pension Records 1933-1936. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the El Paso County Commissioners during these years. Record may show the following:

• Name of Applicant
• Date and Amount of pension payment
• Any adjustments to the pension
• Person's age
• Town nearest to where they lived
• Other Actions done by the County
  

Divorce

The Colorado State Archives has put a name only Index to the El Paso County Divorce Records for the period 1903 to 1941 on-line.

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military History and Records

Newspapers

Probate Records

Taxation

Vital Records

Colorado Vital Records Search

Societies, Libraries and Museums

• Old Colorado City Historical Society
  1 South 24th Street
  Colorado Springs.Colorado 80904
  Telephone 719-636-1225

• Pikes Peak Genealogical Society
  P.O. Box 1262
  Colorado Springs, CO 80901

Family History centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Calhan Colorado Family History Center
• Colorado Springs Colorado Family History Center
• Colorado Springs Colorado East Family History Center
• Colorado Springs Colorado North Family History Center
• Fountain Colorado Family History Center (Colorado Springs)
  

Websites

• USGenWeb Archives
• USGenWeb Archives backup site
• Family History Library Catalog
• El Paso County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

43rd Regiment - The Forty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers: An Historic Sketch of Its Career and Services by William E. McLean (Terre Haute, Ind.: C. W. Brown, 1903) 79th Regiment - History of the Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War of eighteen sixty-one in the United States by George W. Parker (Indianapolis, Ind.: Hollenbeck Press, 1899) 81st Regiment - History of the Eighty-First Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Great War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 by George W. Morris (Louisville, Ky.: Franklin Printing Co., 1901) 88th Regiment - Roster of the Surviving Members of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Corrected to August 1st, 1889 by Allan H. Dougall (Fort Wayne, Ind.: n.pub., 1889) 99th Regiment - New History of the 99th Indiana Infantry by D. R. Lucas (Rockford, Ill.: Horner Printing, 1900) Indiana Commission on Public Records (Indianapolis, Indiana). Indiana Legion, 1861–1865, Index of Soldiers. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 5 Family History Library films beginning with 1571078). This card index was prepared by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and is at the Indiana State Archives. The Indiana Legion was a Civil War state militia. The index cards provide the soldier’s name, regiment, duration of enlistment, dates of enrollment and mustering in, county, age, physical description, and date and location of discharge.

The following records are at the Indiana State Archives:McKennon RollMcKennon Roll

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