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United States Colorado Las Animas County

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County Courthouse

Las Animas County Courthouse;
200 E 1st St;
Trinidad, CO 81082;
Phone: 719.846.3314

County Clerk has marriage records from 1887,
land records from 1883 and military dischrage records from 1918;
County Health Department has birth and death records:
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records^[1]

History

Name

Las Animas takes its name from the Spanish name for the Purgatoire River that runs through the county. Originally the river was called "El Rio de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio", which means "River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory".

Parent County

• Before 1861 this modern Colorado county was in New Mexico.

• 9 January 1852 it was created part of Taos County in New Mexico Territory.^{[2] [3]}
• 1 February 1860 it became part of Mora County.^[2]
• 28 February 1861 it was transferred to Colorado^{[4] [5]} (1 Nov 1861 Huerfano County).^[6]

Look for pre-1861 records in New Mexico. For further explanation see Taos County.

• 1866 Las Animas was created 9 February 1866 from Huerfano County. County seat: Trinidad.^[1]

Boundary Changes

Las Animas is the largest of the 64 counties in Colorado.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Towns and Villages

Abeyta, Aguilar, Andrix, Barela, Beshoar, Boncarbo, Branson, Cokedale, Cordova Plaza, Delhi, Earl, El Moro, Engleville, Gulnare, Hoehne, Houghton, Jansen, Kim, Ludlow, Lynn, Medina Plaza, Model, Monument Park, Parras Plaza, Patterson Crossing, Reilly Canyon, Rugby, San Miguel, Segundo, Simpson, Sopris, Starkville, Stonewall, Stonewall Gap, Tercio, Thatcher, Tijeras, Tobe, Torres, Trinchera, Trinidad, Tyrone, Valdez, Valleroso, Velasquez Plaza, Vigil, Villegreen, Walts Corner, Weston, Zamara

Ghost Towns

Berwind, Del Agua, Morley, Primero, Tabaco

Neighboring Counties

• Baca
• Bent
• Colfax County, New Mexico
• Costilla
• Huerfano
• Otero
• Pueblo
• Union County, New Mexico

Resources

Cemeteries

Search by Cemetery Name

Aguilar Cemetery, Aguilar Community Cemetery, Albertson Cemetery, Andrix Cemetery, Barela Cemetery, Bloom Cemetery, Branson Community Cemetery, Burro Canyon Cemetery, Carpios Cemetery, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cejita Cemetery, Chicosa Cemetery, Cordova Cemetery, Crespin Cemetery,Edenview Cemetery, Gallegos Cemetery, Garcia Cemetery,Hicks Cemetery, Jansen Cemetery, Jarosa Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Kim Cemetery, Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Leyba Cemetery, Los Hermanos Penitentes Cemetery, Lucero Cemetery, Martinez Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery, Mestas Cemetery, Mountain View Cemetery, Nola Cemetery, Pacheco Cemetery, Parker Cemetery, Pleasant View Cemetery, Plum Valley Cemetery, Prince Cemetery, Rivera Cemetery, Robb Cemetery, Romero Cemetery, Saint Anthony Cemetery, Saint Anthony Cemetery, Saint Pius Cemetery, San Juan Cemetery, San Juan Cemetery, Scott Cemetery,  Simpson Cemetery, Starkville Cemetery, Tapia Cemetery, Tercio Cemetery, Thorp Cemetery, Tijeras Cemetery, Trinchera Cemetery, Trujillo Creek Cemetery, Valdea Cemetery, Valdez Cemetery, Vigil Cemetery, Vigil Cemetery, Wilcox Cemetery.

Search be Cemetery Location

Abeyta, Aguilar, Andrix, Barela, Beshoar, Boncarbo, Branson, Burro Canyon, Cokedale, Cordova Plaza, Delhi, Earl, El Moro, Engleville, Gulnare, Hoehne, Houghton, Jansen, Kim, Ludlow, Lynn, Medina Plaza, Model, Monument Park, Parras Plaza, Patterson Crossing, Reilly Canyon, Rugby, San Luis, San Miguel, Segundo, Simpson, Sopris, Starkville, Stonewall, Stonewall Gap, Tercio, Thatcher, Tijeras, Tobe, Torres, Trinchera, Trinidad, Tyrone, Valdez, Vallorso, Velasquez Plaza, Vigil, Villegreen, Walts Corner, Weston, Whiskey Canyon, Zamara

Other Cemetery Websites

• Gen Web Archives.  Listed Cemeteries for Las Animas County.
• Gen Web.  Listed Cemeteries for Las Animas County. 

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Trinidad/Carnegie Public Library
202 N Animas Street Trinidad, CO 81082
Telephone: 719-846-6841
Website  http://www.carnegiepubliclibrary.org/

Aguilar Public Library
146 W. Main Street
Aguilar, CO 81020
Telephone: 719-941-4426

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• A website with photos of the little town of Kim
• Las Animas County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 99, Las Animas County, Colorado. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987), 52. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 X2th.
3. ↑ Brief County Histories (New Mexico) in RootsWeb (accessed 21 June 2012).
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Colorado Territory" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopeida at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Territory (accessed 19 June 2012).
5. ↑ Adrian B. Ettlinger, AniMap 3.0 : with SiteFinder U.S. place name database (Alamo, Calif.: Gold Bug, 2008), Colorado 1861 map. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL CD-ROM no. 4903.
6. ↑ Handybook, 99, Huerfano County, Colorado.

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