Custer County, Colorado Records
Custer County, Colorado (Map It) was created on  March 9, 1877 from Fremont County. Custer County was named in honor of George Armstrong Custer, (1839 - 1876), the U.S. Army colonel defeated and killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Custer County is bordered by Fremont County (north), Pueblo County (east), Huerfano County (west), Saguache County (west).
Custer County Cities and Towns include Cold Spring, Colfax, Fairview, Greenwood, McKenzie Junction, Querida, Rosita, San Isabel, Silver Cliff, Tanglewood Acres, Westcliffe, Wetmore.
A Map of Custer County, Colorado contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. There is a collection of old Colorado maps at MapGeeks.org
Custer County, Colorado Courthouse Records
Custer County, CO Courthouse
The Custer County Courthouse is located in Westcliffe, Colorado. Learn More About State of Colorado Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Custer county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.
- Custer County Clerk & Recorder has Marriage Records from 1877Â ; Some earlier in Fremont County miscellaneous file. and has Land Records from 1877. The County Clerk & Recorder is responsible for recording deeds, marriage licenses, issuing passports, titling and registering automobiles, issuing driver's licenses, registering voters, administering elections and maintaining records for the Board of County Commissioners.
- Custer County Clerk of Courts has Probate Records from 1877 and has Court Records from 1877.
- Custer County Public Health Agency has Birth / Death Records from 1902–07;
Custer County, Colorado Census Records
- Learn More: State of Colorado Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- State Population Schedules: 1885
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Custer County, Colorado Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Colorado Vital Records
- Birth Records: from July 1910 to present.
- Marriage Records: None, but are available from the County Clerk of District Court.
- Death Records: from 1900 to present.
- Divorce Records: None, but are available from the County Clerk of District Court.
- Locations:Â Vital Records Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, HSVRD-VS-A1, Denver, CO 80246-1530; PH (916) (303) 692-2224 General, (303) 756-4464 Information.
- Vital Records Online:Â USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail: Birth Certificate, Marriage Verification, Divorce Verification, Death Certificate Applications.
Custer County, Colorado Resources
Custer County, Colorado External Links
- Colorado Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
- Custer County, Colorado Books - Amazon
- Custer Co., Colorado - FindaGrave
- Colorado Indexed Historical Records - Familysearch
- Custer County, Colorado Links - Cyndi's List
- Historical Newspapers from Colorado (1859–1978)
- Custer Co. COGenweb
- Custer County, Colorado Ancestry Database Collections
- Custer County, Colorado Military Records
