Prowers County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado  Prowers County

County Courthouse
Prowers County Courthouse 300 S Main Street Lamar, CO 81052-2857 Phone. 719.336.4337 County Clerk has marriage, land and some death records 1889; District Court has divoce and court recors. County Court has probate records.

Parent County
11 April 1889: Prowers County was created from Bent County. County seat: Lamar

Neighboring Counties

 * Baca
 * Bent
 * Greeley County, Kansas
 * Hamilton County, Kansas
 * Kiowa
 * Stanton County, Kansas

Archives and Libraries

 * Holly Public Library 302 South Main Street Holly, CO 81047 Telehone 719-537-6520


 * Lamar Public Library 102 East Parmenter St Lamar, CO 81052 Telephone 719-336-4632


 * Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, no. 50, Prowers County (Lamar)

Cemeteries

 * Compilation of cemetery records including index from four cemeteries near Lamar, Prowers, Colorado

Directories

 * Bent and Prowers Counties (Colorado) directories
 * Polk's Lamar (Prowers County, Colorado) city directory : including Prowers County residents and ranchers

History

 * Prowers County history

Land and Property

 * The homestead years: Prowers County, Colorado

Maps

 * Prowers County, Colorado land ownership map, 1889

Maps
Land and Property

School
Colorado State Archives Index to the Prowers County Amache School Teachers and Personnel for the period 1942-1945. This is an Index to the records of the teachers who were approved and hired at the Center.

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Big Timbers Museum Prowers County Historical Society 7515 U.S. Hwy 50 P. O. Box 929 Lamar, CO 81052 Telephone 719-336-2472

Web Sites

 * Prowers County CO Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)