Prowers County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado   Prowers County

Guide to Prowers County, Colorado ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage, land and some death records 1889; District Court has divoce and court records. County Court has probate records.

County Seat
Lamar

Parent County
1889 April 11 Prowers County was created from Bent County.

Neighboring Counties



 * Baca
 * Bent
 * Greeley County, Kansas
 * Hamilton County, Kansas
 * Kiowa
 * Stanton County, Kansas

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cemeteries

 * Compilation of cemetery records including index from four cemeteries near Lamar, Prowers, Colorado

Sources for Prowers County Cemeteries

 * Find-a-Grave.com, Prowers County Cemeteries
 * USGenWeb Colorado Tombstone Transcription Project for Prowers County. Many or perhaps most of the gravestone photos associated with this site are copyrighted by the photographer. They may not be used for another site (like Ancestry.com, for example) without the permission of the photographer. Additionally, several of the links to cemeteries associated with this page are broken (update 1/2014).

Cemeteries in or near the town of Lamar


 * Riverside Cemetery

Census

 * 1860-1940 Colorado Census Records from 1860 to 1940 at FamilySearch.org — index/images

Court Records
Numerous records are available at Colorado Archives. To use this link scroll down the page to where it asks for Record Type. Click there and scroll down the list to the records you want and select. The next field asks for county. Select the county you want and then click on Search. You can narrow the search by adding the additional information it asks for.

Directories

 * Bent and Prowers Counties (Colorado) directories
 * Polk's Lamar (Prowers County, Colorado) city directory: including Prowers County residents and ranchers

Local History

 * Prowers County history

Land and Property

 * The homestead years: Prowers County, Colorado

Maps

 * 1889 Prowers County, Colorado land ownership map, 1889

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1875–1974 Colorado Wills and Probate Records 1875-1974 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

School Records
1942-1945 Colorado State Archives Index to the Prowers County Amache School Teachers and Personnel for the period 1942-1945. This is an Index to the records of the teachers who were approved and hired at the Center.

Archives

 * Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, no. 50, Prowers County (Lamar)

1933-1936 Prowers County Old Age Pensions

Family History Centers

 * La Junta Colorado Family History Center

Libraries

 * Holly Public Library 302 South Main Street Holly, CO 81047 Telehone 719-537-6520 Holly Public Library website


 * Lamar Public Library 102 East Parmenter St Lamar, CO 81052 Telephone 719-336-4632 Lamar Public Library website

Museums

 * Big Timbers Museum Prowers County Historical Society 7515 U.S. Hwy 50 P. O. Box 929 Lamar, CO 81052 Telephone 719-336-2472 Big Timbers Museum website

Societies
Prowers County Genealogical Society 407 E. Olive Street Lamar, CO 81052 Telephone: 719-336-4072 Website Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m

Birth
Birth records may become public records when 100 years have elapsed after the date of birth. EXCEPTION: The birth record of any individual who is known to be currently alive will remain confidential even if they are 100 years of age or greater.

Marriage

 * 1853-2006 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1859-1900 Colorado Marriages, 1859-1900 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1864-1995 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1900-1939 Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death
Death records may become public records when 75 years have elapsed after the date of death.

Web Sites

 * Prowers County CO Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)