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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.
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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 Contributed by: 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