Routt County, Colorado Genealogy

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Guide to Routt 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 records from 1893 &amp; land records from 1885; County Health Department has birth and death records; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records

County Seat
Steamboat Springs

Parent County



 * 1881--Routt County was created 29 January 1887 from Grand County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Carbon County, Wyoming
 * Eagle
 * Garfield
 * Grand
 * Jackson
 * Moffat
 * Rio Blanco

Census

 * 1885 at FamilySearch.org — index/images

Court Records
Routt County Old Age Pension Records 1933-1936. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the Routt 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

Newspapers
Routt county newspapers can be searched online through Colorado Historic Newspapers www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org The following titles and issue dates are available online:

{| class=wikitable |- | Newspaper || City || Beginning Date || Ending Date |- | Inter Mountain, The || Steamboat Springs || Sat Mar 16 1889 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Thu Apr 17 1890 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Oak Creek Times || Oak Creek || Thu Jun 25 1908 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Sat Oct 07 1922 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Pilot || Steamboat Springs || Fri Jul 31 1885 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Wed Oct 19 1892 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Routt County Republican || Hayden || Fri Jan 31 1908 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Thu May 19 1921 23:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Routt County Sentinel || Steamboat Springs || Fri Oct 05 1900 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Fri Feb 03 1922 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Steamboat Pilot || Steamboat Springs || Wed Dec 05 1894 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Thu Dec 25 1952 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |- | Yampa Leader || Yampa || Sat Jun 06 1903 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) || Fri Apr 06 1923 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (MST) |}

Probate
The Colorado State Archives has put the Routt County Will Records Index for the years 1888-1905 on-line.

Archives
{CO Archives}} Routt County Ditch Claim Statements 1902 - 1903 Routt County Inheritance Tax 1918 - 1923 Routt County School Census 1910 Routt County School Census 1920 Routt County Will Record 1888 - 1905

Family History Centers

 * Steamboat Springs Colorado Family History Center

Libraries

 * West Routt Library District/Hayden 201 East Jefferson Avenue Hayden, CO 81639 Telephone 970-276-3777 Website http://yampavalley.info/centers/libraries/organizations/hayden_public_library_-_west_routt_library_district


 * South Routt Library District 227 Dodge Avenue Oak Creek, CO 80467 Telephone 970-736-8371 Website http://yampavalley.info/centers/libraries/organizations/oak_creek_public_library


 * Bud Werner Memorial Library 1289 Lincoln Ave. Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Telephone 970-879-0240 Website http://www.steamboatlibrary.org/

Taxation
Colorado State Archives has put the Routt County Inheritance Tax Records Index for the years 1918-1923 on-line.

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

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
For marriages from 1877-1933 see Western States Marriage Index.


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

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

Web Sites

 * Routt County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Routt County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)