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United States Colorado Pueblo County

County Courthouse

Pueblo County Courthouse
215 W 10th Street
Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: 719.583.6624 

County Clerk has marriage records from 1867, military records from 1944 and
land records; City County health Department has birth and death records;
District Court has divorce probate court and naturatlization records ^[1]

History

Parent County

• Before 1861 the southern 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]
• 1866 the former New Mexico part was ceeded from Huerfano to Pueblo County.^[7]

Look for pre-1861 records in New Mexico. For further explanation see Taos County.

1861 Pueblo County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county. County seat: Pueblo.^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Crowley
• Custer
• El Paso
• Fremont
• Huerfano
• Las Animas
• Lincoln
• Otero

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church 

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Pueblo

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Pueblo City-County Library District
100 E Abriendo Ave
Pueblo, CO 81004
Telephone 719-562-5600
Website http://www.pueblolibrary.org/pld_welcome.asp

Pueblo County Historical Society
201 West "B" Street
Pueblo, CO 81003
Telephone 719-543-6772
Website http://www.pueblohistory.org/

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Pueblo Colorado Family History Center
• Rye Colorado Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Pueblo County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 101, Pueblo County, Colorado. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ Brief County Histories (New Mexico) in RootsWeb (accessed 21 June 2012).
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Colorado Territory" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopeida at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Territory (accessed 19 June 2012).
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ Handybook, 99, Huerfano County, Colorado.
7. ↑ Ettlinger, see the Colorado 1866 map.

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