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Cheyenne County, Colorado
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Cheyenne County, Colorado Facts
When was Cheyenne County, CO Created?
Cheyenne County was established on March 25, 1889 from Elbert County and Bent County.
What is the County Seat of Cheyenne County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Cheyenne Wells and the county government website is http://www.co.cheyenne.co.us/
What counties are adjacent to Cheyenne County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Kit Carson County, Wallace County, Kansas, Greeley County, Kansas, Lincoln County, Kiowa County.
Cheyenne County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Cheyenne County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Cheyenne County vital records can be found at the Colorado Office of Vital Records which has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Colorado for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Cheyenne County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Colorado Birth Certificate, Marriage Verification, Divorce Verification, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
Cheyenne County, CO Census Records
What Cheyenne County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Cheyenne County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Cheyenne Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Cheyenne County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Cheyenne County, CO?
A list of Cheyenne County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Colorado Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Colorado Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- Colorado State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Cheyenne County (usgwarchives.net)
Cheyenne County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Cheyenne County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Cheyenne County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Colorado courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Colorado residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Cheyenne County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Colorado Corthouse Records Research Guide.
- Cheyenne County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 51 S 1st St E, Cheyenne Wells, CO 80810
- Phone: (719) 767-5685
- Cheyenne County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1889
- Land Records: 1889
- Cheyenne County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1889
- Court Records: 1889
- Cheyenne County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: 1893–1907
Where can I connect with other Cheyenne County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Cheyenne County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Cheyenne County.
Cheyenne Co. CO Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Colorado Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Colorado historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Colorado (1859–1978) (genealogybank.com)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Cheyenne County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Cheyenne Co. CO Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Colorado Divorce Records, Various Sources 1851 – 2004 (archives.com) Various Public Records Sources
- Colorado Marriage Records 1975 – 2004 (archives.com) Colorado State Public Record Offices
- Colorado, Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939 (familysearch.org) Colorado Department of Health card index of divorces in Colorado from 1900-1939. The index is arranged in alphabetical order.
- Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939 (familysearch.org) Card index created by the Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health in Colorado. The index is arranged alphabetically by groom’s name providing county, names of husband and wife, age, race, date and place of marriage, certificate number.
Cheyenne Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Cheyenne Co. CO Census Records
Cheyenne Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Cheyenne Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Cheyenne County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Cheyenne Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Cheyenne Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Cheyenne Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Cheyenne Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Cheyenne Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Cheyenne County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Cheyenne (cyndislist.com)
- Cheyenne County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Cheyenne Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Cheyenne County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Cheyenne Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Cheyenne Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Cheyenne County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Cheyenne County Map (livgenmi.com)
Cheyenne Co. CO Military Records
- Colorado Military Records Research Guide
- Colorado Military Records (fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Colorado men and women who served. Perfect for Cheyenne County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Cheyenne Co. CO Schools & Directories
- Colorado City Directories (search.ancestry.com) This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in Colorado. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes the wife’s name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband’s. Often, dates of deaths of individuals listed in the previous year’s directory are listed as well as the names of partners of firms, and when possible, the forwarding addresses or post offices of people who moved to another town. In addition to the alphabetical portion, a city directory may also contain a business directory, street directory, governmental directory, and listings of town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, and other miscellaneous matters of general and local interest.
- The Colorado state business directory: 1876, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887-8, 1889, 1890, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1920, 1921, 1923 (search.ancestry.com)