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El
Paso County is the second most populous of the 64
counties of the State of Colorado of the United States behind Denver County. The county seat is Colorado
Springs, the second
most populous city in Colorado. In July
1858, gold was discovered along the South
Platte River in Arapahoe
County, Kansas Territory.
This discovery precipitated the Pike's
Peak Gold Rush. Many
residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial
governments of Kansas
and Nebraska, so they voted to form their own Territory
of Jefferson on
1859-10-24. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature
organized 12 counties for the new territory including El
Paso County. El Paso County was named for the Spanish language name for Ute Pass north of Pikes Peak. Colorado
City served as the county seat of El Paso County. The
Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but on 1861-02-28, U.S. President James Buchanan signed an act organizing the Territory
of Colorado. El Paso County was one of the original 17
counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861. Part of its
western territory was broken off to create Teller
County in 1899. Originally based in Old
Colorado City (now part
of Colorado
Springs, not today's Colorado
City between Pueblo and Walsenburg), El Paso County's county seat was moved
to Colorado Springs in 1873. Counties that lies adjacent to El
Paso are: Douglas
County – north; Elbert
County - north and
east; Lincoln
County – east; Crowley
County – southeast; Pueblo
County – south; Fremont
County – west; and Teller
County – west. |
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Colorado School for the Deaf and
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El Paso County School Districts ·
El Paso County School Records ·
Myron Stratton Home Census from District 12
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Death records for El Paso County Colorado ·
Divorce Records 1903-1941 ·
El Paso County Colorado Births ·
El Paso County Marriage Indexes |
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Colorado Libraries El Paso County ·
Colorado
Springs Pioneer Museum ·
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum ·
Family History Library Holdings ·
PERiodical Source Index Search
El
Paso County, Colorado ·
Regional History and Genealogy Resources
Pikes
Peak Library District ·
Special Collections Pikes Peak Library District ·
Special Collections and Archives
Tutt
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Your
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Districts in EL
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
died in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Moreland |
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LOCATION: Place: Colorado
Springs; Coordinates/Map: 38° 51′ 48″ N,
104° 47′ 31″ W |
Map showing location of
3265 Galena Court Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION: Colorado Springs is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County. It is located just east of the geographic
center of the state and 61 miles (98 km) south of the Colorado
State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet (1839 meters) the city sits over one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher.
Colorado Springs is situated near the base of one of the most famous American
mountains, Pikes Peak, at the eastern edge of the southern Rocky Mountains. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
June
Eleanor Moreland passed away here September 04, 2001 while living at 3265 Galena Court. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Colorado Springs, Colorado - Wikipedia; |
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map
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designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple
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gazetteer
The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 49 cities, towns and other
populated places in El Paso County Colorado Map of El Paso County Colorado El Paso County Physical, Cultural &
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Find Physical Features* Within This County * includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches,
Locales, Military Installations;
Populated Places, Post Offices, Schools, Streams, and Trails |
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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Maps, Gazetteers,
and other helpful
resources that will assist you
in discovering Ancestral Locations. |
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State-Wide Resources
For more information about the U.S. State in which this
county is located click on
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
Garden of the Gods, El Paso
County, Colorado |
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location,
we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
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Snail mail: Fred
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Pony
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