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La Plata County, Colorado
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County Seat - Durango
(1874-1875 Howardsville, 1875-1885 Parrott City)
Population - 43,941
 
La Plata County was created in 1874 from parts of Lake and Conejos Counties.
In 1876 the northern part was split off to form San Juan County.
In 1889 western La Plata County was split off to form Montezuma County.
Jump to: Biographies, Cemetery Lists, Directories, Obits, Misc, Vitals
Biographies
1905 "Progressive Men of Western Colorado"
Chapman, W.C.
Newcomb, Cyrus F. 
Wingate, John W
Updated Feb 06 Judy Crook
Cemeteries
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Allison Cemetery 37 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Animas Cemetery 12 KB Jul 01 Henry R Ninde
Bayfield Cemetery (partl), Bayfield   May 04 Katie Dahl
Crestview Memorial Gardens, Durango 26 KB May 04 Katie Dahl
Elco Cemetery 12 KB Aug 01 Henry R Ninde
Florida Cemetery, Rural
(aka Florida Mesa, aka Hood)
59 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Folsom Family Cemetery, Durango 4 KB Oct 01 Henry R Ninde
Greenmount Cemetery, Durango      
Hay Gulch Cemetery, Hesperus 3 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Hermosa Cemetery 20 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Hesperus Cemetery 12 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Kline Cemetery, Rual 10 kb Jan 03 Richard & Lorrie Eaton
La Boca Cemetery 7 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
La Posta Cemetery, Durango 19 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Marvel Community Cemetery, Marvel 25 KB Oct 01 Kathy J. Kennedy
Old Durango Cemetery, Durango      
Oxford Cemetery 10 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Red Mesa Cemetery 13 kb Jan 03 Richard & Lorrie Eaton
Shreck Cemetery 3 KB Jan 02 Henry R Ninde
Tiffany Cemetery 6 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Ute Indian Cemetery, Ignacio      
Zion Lutheran (Thompson Park) Cemetery 6 KB Apr 02 Henry R Ninde
Directories
1911 Directory  1911 Directory  1911 Business Section Date

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Abbreviations - City Directory 1911 Allison Allison Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Civiliian Conservation Corps Bayfield Bayfield Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango - City, State & Gov't Listings Breen Breen Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, Church, Newspapers, Societies Castelar Castelar Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, Citty - Householders  Elco  Durango Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, City - Names A > L Griffith Elco Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, City - Names M > Z Hesperus Griffith Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, Rancher's List Ignacio Hesperus Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Durango, RFD List Kline Ignacio Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Miscellaneous - C > V Listings Laboca Kline Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
  Laplata Laboca Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
  Oxford Laplata Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
  Perins Oxford Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
  Red Mesa Perins Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Rockwood Rockwood Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Tacoma Tacoma Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Tiffany Tiffany Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Vallecito   Dec - 08 - Jan-09 Joy Fisher
Obituaries / Death Notices
Obituaries Date Contributed by:
Briggs, Georgia D - Dec 22 1910 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Chambers, Randall Henry - Feb ?? 1918 Dec. 2007 Joy Fisher
Garbanati, Henry, Sr. - 1910 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Hannon, John E - 1910 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Munkes, Geo. M. - 1910  Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Niles, William -  1910 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Schluter, Fred A. - 1911 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Strayer, John W - 1911 Dec. 2008 Joy Fisher
Smith, J C - Apr 16 1927 Sep. 2000 Louise Adams
Military

Civil War Rosters - G. A. R. - Sedgwick Post, Durango 1910

Miscellaneous Files
Animas Museum Research Guide 3 KB Jul 97 Rae Seeman
Vital Records
Marriage Certificates
Barrie, Teanie - Haffling, George W - Dec 25, 1891 2 kb Apr 08 Julie Pickett
Kavanaugh, Fannie - Turner, John C - Oct 27, 1894 2 kb Apr 08 Julie Pickett
McDermott, Maggie M - Firebaugh, John P - Feb 15, 1882 2 kb Apr 08 Julie Pickett
Steinbrecher, Ameilia - Hafling, George W - Jan 24, 1898 2 kb Apr 08 Julie Pickett

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This Site Updated: 10 January 2009


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