Colorado Directories

Online Resources

 * Colorado State Archives City Directories Choose Record Type Directories in search box.
 * Distant cousins
 * Old Directory Search
 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 * We Know Colorado Add Business Directory - Travel CO business Directory
 * 1866 City of Denver Business Directory
 * 1887 Denver City Directory 1887 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)

History
Directories of heads of households were published for major cities of Colorado.

Resources for Colorado Directories
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Colorado.

Libraries and Archives
The Colorado Historical Society has directories for Denver as well as many smaller cities.

Directories Online

 * Fold3.com ($) has Denver City Directories 1862, 1866, 1871, 1873-1923 (1 year missing) available online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * Ancestry.com ($) has Colorado directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection

The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Colorado including:

Denver


 * 1866, 1871-1935 FS Library films
 * 1913, 1941, etc. FS Library book 978.883/D1 E4p

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * COLORADO, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * COLORADO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES