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Routt County, Colorado
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Routt County, Colorado Facts
When was Routt County, CO Created?
Routt County was established on Janurary 29, 1877 from Grand County.
What is the County Seat of Routt County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Steamboat Springs and the county government website is http://www.co.routt.co.us/
What counties are adjacent to Routt County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Carbon County, Wyoming, Jackson County, Grand County, Eagle County, Garfield County, Rio Blanco County, Moffat County.
Routt County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Routt County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Routt 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 Routt 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.
Routt County, CO Census Records
What Routt County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Routt County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Routt Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1880. Routt Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1880. Routt Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Routt County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Routt County, CO?
A list of Routt 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)
- Hayden Heritage Center, 300 Pearl St, Hayden, CO 81639; Phone:(970) 276-4380
- Routt County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Routt County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Routt County (usgwarchives.net)
Routt County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Routt County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Routt 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 Routt 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.
- Routt County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 1955 Shield Dr, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
- Phone: (970) 870-5556
- Routt County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1877
- Land Records: 1877
- Routt County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1877
- Court Records: 1877
- Routt County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: 1903–08
Where can I connect with other Routt County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Routt County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Routt County.
Routt 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)
- Routt County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Routt County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Routt 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.
Routt Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Routt Co. CO Census Records
- Routt County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Routt County, CO Census QuickFacts
Routt Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Routt Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Routt County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Routt Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Routt Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Routt County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Routt Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Routt Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Routt County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Routt County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Routt Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Routt County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Routt (cyndislist.com)
- Routt County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Routt Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Routt County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Routt Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Routt Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Routt County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Routt County Map (livgenmi.com)
Routt 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 Routt County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Routt 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)