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Bent County, Colorado
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Bent County, Colorado Facts
When was Bent County, CO Created?
Bent County was established on February 6, 1874 from Huerfano County and former Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal land.
What is the County Seat of Bent County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Las Animas and the county government website is http://bentcounty.org/
What counties are adjacent to Bent County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Kiowa County, Prowers County, Baca County, Las Animas County, Otero County.
Bent County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Bent County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Bent 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 Bent 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.
Bent County, CO Census Records
What Bent County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Bent County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Bent Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Bent Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1870 and 1880. Bent Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Bent County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Bent County, CO?
A list of Bent 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)
- Southeastern Colorado Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1407, 100 E. Abriendo, Pueblo, CO 81004-4290
- Bent County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Bent County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Bent County (usgwarchives.net)
Bent County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Bent County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Bent 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 Bent 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.
Greenwood dissolved in 1874 to Bent and Elbert counties.
- Bent County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 725 Bent Ave, Las Animas, CO 81054
- Phone:(719) 456-1600
- Bent County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1888
- Land Records: 1874?
- Bent County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1874?
- Court Records: 1874?
- Bent County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: ?
Where can I connect with other Bent County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Bent County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Bent County.
Bent 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)
- Bent County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Bent County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Bent 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.
Bent Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Bent Co. CO Census Records
- Bent County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Bent County, CO Census QuickFacts
Bent Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Bent Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Bent County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Bent Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Bent Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Bent County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Bent Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Bent Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Bent County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Arkansas Valley, Colorado History (search.ancestry.com)
- History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado (search.ancestry.com)
- Boggsville (search.ancestry.com)
- Bent County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Bent Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Bent County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Bent (cyndislist.com)
- Bent County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Bent Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Bent County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Bent Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Bent Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Bent County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Bent County Map (livgenmi.com)
Bent 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 Bent County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Bent 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)