Prowers County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado  Prowers County

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

County Courthouse
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)