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Guide to Routt County Colorado genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Colorado Online Records

Routt County, Colorado
Map
Location in the state of Colorado
Location of Colorado in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1887
County Seat	Steamboat Springs
Courthouse
Address	Routt County Courthouse 522 Lincoln Ave PO Box 773598 Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Phone: 970.879.1710 Routt County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage records from 1893 &
land records from 1885; County Health Department
has birth and death records; Clerk District Court has
Court has divorce, probate and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1881--Routt County was created 29 January 1887 from Grand County. County seat: Steamboat Springs ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

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

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Routt County, Colorado census records online, see: Colorado Census.

Church

Court

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
  

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

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

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

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

Societies and 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/

 Family History Center

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Steamboat Springs Colorado Family History Center
  
  

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Routt County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Routt County, Colorado. Page 101 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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