Routt County, Colorado Genealogy

United StatesColoradoRoutt County

County Courthouse
Routt County Courthouse 522 Lincoln Ave; PO Box 773598; Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Phone: 970.879.1710

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

Parent County

 * 1881--Routt County was created 29 January 1887 from Grand County. County seat: Steamboat Springs

Neighboring Counties

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

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

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

 * Routt County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Routt County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)