Grand County

Grand County Colorado Genealogy Research

Today is:

Welcome to Grand County!

When Grand County was created 2 February, 1874 it was carved out of Summit County and contained land to the western border of the state which is now in present day Moffat and Routt counties.� In 1877 Routt County was created and Grand County shrunk down to its current western boundary.� When valuable minerals were found in North Park, Grand County claimed the area as part of its county, a claim Larimer County also held.� It took a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court in 1886 to declare North Park part of Larimer County.� So its northern boundary was set.
Population in 2000:� 12,442 people� and approximately�750 Bighorn Sheep

The County Seat is Hot Sulphur Springs� Grand County was established in 1874 by the Territory of Colorado, thus becoming a county two years before Colorado became a state. It was named for the Grand River, known today as the Colorado River, with its headwaters located in Rocky Mountain National Park. The county was formed from a portion of Summit County but acquired its current boundaries in 1877, when part of Grand County was used to create Routt County. The area of 1,854 square miles (larger than Rhode Island) consists of meadows, river valleys and mountains. Grand County includes the mountain towns of Winter Park, Fraser, Tabernash, Granby, Grand Lake, Parshall, Hot Sulphur Springs and Kremmling, and each town has a rich and unique history of its own.

Located 67 miles west of Denver, Grand County is home to wide-open spaces, breathtaking mountain scenery and authentic old-west towns. Outdoor recreational activities include golf, boating, fishing, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, skiing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, sleigh rides and tubing. The area features more than 600 miles of mapped and marked trails, one national park, two national forests, two wilderness areas, two nationalscenic byways, two major ski resorts, five world-class dude ranches and four mountain golf courses. Grand County�s extensive water network includes Colorado�s largest natural lake, 1,000 miles of streams, 1,000 acres of high-mountain lakes and 11,000 acres of reservoirs.

�

Known as: Dude Ranch Capital of the USA
In March and April of 1996 a group of genealogists got together and organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. Their idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index.
Volunteers were then found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of these county web pages.

In June of 1996, as the Kentucky project was nearing completion, the concept came about to extend this idea to each of the remaining states. As with the Kentucky project, volunteers were found to host the state pages and USGenWeb was launched. The USGenWeb Project is now a national organization helping to keep all the sites interconnected and with relative uniformity. Since its inception, the project has and will maintain one central idea: an area for FREE collection and dissemination of data.

Hello! My name is Rebecca and I am the County Coordinator for Grand County. I was born here and am excited to help this amazing COGenWeb Project! Please with any questions or information you have for Grand County!

I would like to thank all of the previous volunteers that have gathered the information throughout this site and made my work so much easier! We are always looking for more volunteers! We need transcribers for records of all kinds! You can sign up to volunteer with any of the Coordinators at the bottom of this page!