Earliest Colorado Vital Records on file in local offices

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Earliest Colorado Vital Records on File in Colorado Counties

County	Birth	Death

Adams	1876	1907
Alamosa	1870	1902
Arapahoe	1876	1907
Archuleta	1880	1907
Baca	1910	1911
Bent	1910	1908
Boulder	1866	1880
Chaffee
Buena Vista	1909	1914
Salida	1902	1902
Cheyenne	1910	1911
Clear Creek	1871	1877
Conejos	1873	1918
Costilla	1923	1930
Crowley	1907	1907
Custer	1879	1912
Delta	1897	1908
Denver*	1907	1964
Dolores	1882	1895
Douglas	1910	1907
Eagle	1888	1894
Elbert****	1880	1900
El Paso	1887	1890
Fremont
Canon City	1885	1908
Florence	1874	1908
Garfield	1908	1904
Gilpin**	1882	1877
Grand	1895	1895
Gunnison	1894	1894
Hinsdale	1878	1897
Huerfano	1886	1902
Jackson	1910	1910
Jefferson	1907	1868
Kiowa	1884	1913
Kit Carson	1905	1907
Lake	1893	1886
La Plata	1920	1920
Larimer	1883	1900
Las Animas	1907	1907
Lincoln	1910	1909
Logan	1894	1894
Mesa	1909	1907
Mineral	1894	1894
Moffat	1870	1913
Montezuma	1879	1892
Montrose	1907	1907
Morgan	1910	1907
Otero	1890	1890
Ouray	1880	1894
Park	1875	1903
Phillips
Holyoke	1886	1902
Haxtun	1918	1918
Pitkin***	1910	1910
Prowers	1908	1908
Pueblo	1910	1903
Rio Blanco	1898	1902
Rio Grande
Monte Vista	1905	1905
Del Norte	1908	1908
Routt	1900	1908
Saguache	1899	1902
San Juan	1882	1901
San Miguel	1874	1909
Sedgwick	1910	1909
Summit	1892	1893
Teller	1876	1902
Washington	1894	1894
Weld	1888	1877
Yuma
Wray	1894	1921
Yuma	1910	1910
Colorado Vital Records	1910	1900

*Birth records dating back to 1863 and death records dating back to 1877 are available in the State but the file is quite incomplete prior to 1900. Most of the records are from the Denver Metro area.
**Records are available only at the State Office.
*** Pitkin County records from 1910-1989 are available only in the State Office. Records from 1990 to the present are available in the Garfield County Office of Vital Records.
****Elbert County records from 1880-1995 are available only at the State Office.

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