Guadalupe County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado  Guadalupe County


 * 28 February 1861 The United States Congress created Colorado Territory from parts of four other territories (Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah).
 * 1 November 1861 The Colorado Assembly created Guadalupe County an original Colorado county partly from land previously part of Taos County in New Mexico Territory, and partly from unsettled lands previously claimed as part of Washington County in Utah Territory.
 * 7 November 1861 Six days later the Assembly changed the name from Guadalupe County to Conejos County.

For information about people who lived in what was briefly Guadalupe County:


 * Before 1861 see Taos County records.
 * Starting 1861 see Conejos County records.