Free Online Colorado City Directories

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
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• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• 1892 State of Colorado Business Directory
• 1916 State of Colorado Business Directory
• 1924 State of Colorado Business Directory
• Colorado State Business Directory and Annual Register, 1875
• Colorado State Business Directory, 1877
• Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871
• Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871
• Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871

Alamosa

• Alamosa, Colorado City Directory - 1953

Aspen

• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1885
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1889
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1892
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1893
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1897
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1903 Jan
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1903 March
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1908
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1910
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1913
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1926
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1927
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1928 Fall
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1928 Spring
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1929 Fall
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1929 Spring
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1932 Spring
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1932-33
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1933-34
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1935-36
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1939 Spring
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1942
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1945
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1949
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1950
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1951
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1953
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1955 Summer
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1957 Spring
• Aspen City Directories & Phone Books, 1962

Big Thompson

• 1960 Big Thompson Canyon Directory
• 1964 Big Thompson Canyon Road Directory

Boulder

• Boulder, Directory of the Students and Faculty of the University of Colorado, 1917-18

Buena Vista

• 1907 – 1908 Buena Vista Directory

Canon City

• Canon City, Colorado City Directory - 1958

Coalmont

• The Directory: Coalmont, Cowdrey, Rand, Red Feather Lakes, Walden, 1997

Colorado City

• 1899 Colorado City and Manitou Directory

Colorado Springs

• The Blue Book of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou
• 1940 Colorado Springs Area Telephone Directory
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, April 1901
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1900
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1902
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1903
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1904-5
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1905-6
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1906-7
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1907-8
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1908
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1909
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1910
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1911
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1912
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1914
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1915
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1916
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1917
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Raper, 1879
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Raper, 1882
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Republic Publishing, 1892
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1886
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1888
• Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1890
• Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Alumni Directory, 1909
• Colorado Springs  and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1922
• Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1920
• Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1921
• Colorado Springs City Directory, Gazette Printing, 1896
• Colorado Springs City Directory, unknown, 1894
• Colorado Springs City Directory, unknown, 1898
• Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Drennan, Fountain, and Yoder Telephone Directories, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Spring 1940
• The Blue Book of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Manitou, 1903

Denver

• 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
• 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City Directory
• 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 3rd Annual Denver City Directory
• 1876 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 4th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 6th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 7th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 8th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1881 Corbett & Ballenger's 9th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1883 Corbett & Ballenger's 11th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1885 Corbett & Ballenger's 13th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1886 Corbett & Ballenger's 14th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1887 Corbett & Ballenger's 15th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1888 Corbett & Ballenger's 16th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1890 Corbett & Ballenger's 18th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
• 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
• 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
• 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 33rd Annual Denver City Directory
• 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
• 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
• 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
• 1924 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.1
• 1926 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2
• 1927 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.3
• 1928 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.4
• 1929 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.5
• 1930 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.6
• 1931 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.7
• 1933 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9
• 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
• 1935 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11
• 1936 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.12
• 1937 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.13
• Ballenger & Richards Denver directory - v. 48 (1920)
• City Directory of the City of Denver, 1875
• City Directory of the City of Denver, 1876
• City Directory of the City of Denver, 1884
• City Directory of the City of Denver, 1897
• City Directory of the City of Denver, 1900
• Denver (Denver County, Colorado) City Directory - 1913
• Denver Business Directory, Wilhelm, 1866
• Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1890
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1889
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1890
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1891
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1892
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1893
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1894
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1895
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1897
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1915
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1925
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1930
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1932
• Denver City Directory, unknown, 1933
• Denver Directory and Classified Buyers Guide, 1923
• Denver Medical Directory, unknown, 1902
• Denver, City Directory, 1885
• Denver, Colorado City Directory, 1892
• The 1886 Denver Directory
• The 1886 Denver directory
• The 1887 Denver Directory
• The 1887 Denver Directory
• XL's new Denver suburban directory - 1957
• XL's new Denver suburban directory - 1961

Durango

• Durango, Colorado, City Directory - 1969

Estes Park

• 1991-1992 Estes Park Telephone Directory
• 1992-1993 Estes Park Telephone Directory
• 1995-1996 Estes Park Telephone Directory
• 1998-1999 Estes Park Telephone Directory

Fort Collins

• 1902 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1903 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1906 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1907 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1908 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1909-1910 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1910-1911 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1919 Courier's Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory
• 1922 R.L. Polk Directory Co's. Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory
• 1925 R.L. Polk Directory Co's. Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory
• 1927 Polk's Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory
• 1929 Polk's Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1931 Polk's Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1933 Polk's Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1934 Fort Collins Directory
• 1936 Polk's Fort Collins City Directory
• 1938 Polk's Fort Collins (Larimer County, Colo.) City Directory
• 1939 Larimer County Rural Directory
• 1939 Larimer County, Colorado Rural Yearbook Directory
• 1940 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1948 Polk's Fort Collins (Larimer County, Colo.) City Directory
• 1950 Fort Collins (Larimer County, Colo.) City Directory
• 1952 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1954 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1956 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1957 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1959 Atlas for Larimer County, Colorado
• 1959 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1960 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1962 Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory
• 1963 Fort Collins City Directory, Colorado
• 1964 Fort Collins City Directory, Colorado
• 1964 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1965 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1966 Fort Collins City Directory, Colorado
• 1966 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1967 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1968 Fort Collins Colorado City Directory
• 1968 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1969 Fort Collins Colorado City Directory
• 1969 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1970 Fort Collins Colorado City Directory
• 1970 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1971 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1971 Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1972 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1972 Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1973 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1973 Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1974 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1975 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1975 Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1976 Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1977 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1977 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1978 City of Fort Collins Cross Reference Directory
• 1979 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1980 City of Fort Collins and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1980 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1980 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1981 City of Fort Collins and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1981 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1981 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1982 City of Fort Collins and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1982 Fort Collins City Directory
• 1982 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1982 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1983 City of Fort Collins and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1983 Fort Collins Directory
• 1984 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1984 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1985 City of Fort Collins and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1985 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1986 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1986 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1986-87 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1987 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1987-1988 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1987-1988 Fort Collins Telephone Directory United Phone Book
• 1988 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1988-1989 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1988-1989 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1988-1989 Fort Collins Telephone Directory United Phone Book
• 1989 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1989-1990 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1989-1990 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1990 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1990-1991 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1991-1992 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1991-1992 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1992-1993 City of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity Cross Reference Directory
• 1992-1993 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1993-1994 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1994-1995 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1994-1995 Fort Collins Telephone Directory Telecom
• 1995 Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory
• 1995-1996 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1995-96 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1996-1997 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1996-1997 Estes Park Telephone Directory
• 1996-1997 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1997-1998 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1997-1998 Fort Collins Telephone Directory McLeod
• 1998-1999 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1998-1999 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 1999-2000 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 1999-2000 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 2000-2001 Fort Collins Telephone Directory McLeod
• 2001-2002 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 2001-2002 Fort Collins Telephone Directory McLeod
• 2002 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 2002 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 2003 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 2003 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 2004 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 2004 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 2005 Cole Directory for Fort Collins, Loveland, and Vicinity
• 2005 Fort Collins Telephone Directory
• 2006 Fort Collins Telephone Directory 5 Star
• Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory - 1968
• Fort Collins (Colorado) City Directory - 1969

Fort Morgan

• Fort Morgan - Bush, Colorado, City Directory - 1957

Greeley

• Greeley, Colorado City Directory - 1960
• Greeley, Colorado City Directory - 1966
• Greeley, Colorado City Directory - 1968
• The Greeley City and rural Directory, 1946

Kit Carson County

• Standard atlas of Kit Carson County, Colorado, 1922

Larimer County

• 1904 Directory of Larimer County, Colorado
• 1913-1914 Larimer County Directory
• 1917 Courier's Larimer County Directory
• 1947 Larimer County Farm & Rural Directory
• 1977 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1980 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1981 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1983 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1984 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1985 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1986 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1987 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1989 Larimer County Telephone Directory
• 1992-1993 Larimer County Telephone Directory

Leadville

• Leadville City Directory, 1879
• Leadville City Directory, 1880
• Leadville City Directory, 1881
• Leadville City Directory, 1882
• Leadville City Directory, 1883
• Leadville City Directory, 1884
• Leadville City Directory, 1885
• Leadville City Directory, 1886
• Leadville City Directory, 1887
• Leadville City Directory, 1888
• Leadville City Directory, 1889
• Leadville City Directory, 1890
• Leadville City Directory, 1891
• Leadville City Directory, 1892
• Leadville City Directory, 1894
• Leadville City Directory, 1895
• Leadville City Directory, 1897
• Leadville City Directory, 1898
• Leadville City Directory, 1899
• Leadville City Directory, 1900
• Leadville City Directory, 1901
• Leadville City Directory, 1902
• Leadville City Directory, 1903
• Leadville City Directory, 1904
• Leadville City Directory, 1905
• Leadville City Directory, 1906
• Leadville City Directory, 1907
• Leadville City Directory, 1908
• Leadville City Directory, 1909
• Leadville City Directory, 1910
• Leadville City Directory, 1911
• Leadville City Directory, 1912
• Leadville City Directory, 1913
• Leadville City Directory, 1914
• Leadville City Directory, 1915
• Leadville City Directory, 1916
• Leadville City Directory, 1917
• Leadville City Directory, 1918

Otero County

• Otero County City Directory, 1909-10
• Otero County City Directory, 1914-15
• Otero County, Fowler, City Directory, 1914
• Otero County, La Junta, City Directory, 1909
• Otero County, La Junta, City Directory, 1914
• Otero County, Manzanola, City Directory, 1914
• Otero County, Other, City Directory, 1914
• Otero County, Rocky Ford, City Directory, 1914
• Otero County, Swink, City Directory, 1914

Pueblo

• 1889 Pueblo City Business Directory
• 1911 Pueblo City Business Directory

Salida

• 1907 – 1908 Salida City Directory, Part 1
• 1907 – 1908 Salida City Directory, Part 2
• 1911 – 1912 Salida City Directory, Part 1
• 1911 – 1912 Salida City Directory, Part 2
• 1911 – 1912 Salida Directory - includes Farmers and Land Owners Directory and the Classified Business Directory.
• 1913 – 1914 Salida City Directory, Part 1
• 1913 – 1914 Salida City Directory, Part 2
• Colorado Telephone Company – 1905 city directory– lists subscribers in Salida and Turret, and Buena Vista.
• Colorado Telephone Company – 1907 city directory – includes Red Cliff, Salida, and Turret.
• Salida Mail’s City Directory of Salida, Colorado, 1909

Sterling

• ​Sterling, Colorado City Directory - 1957

Trinidad

• Trinidad City Directory, 1871
• Trinidad City Directory, 1888
• Trinidad City Directory, 1892
• Trinidad City Directory, 1895
• Trinidad City Directory, 1899
• Trinidad City Directory, 1900-1901
• Trinidad City Directory, 1902-1903
• Trinidad City Directory, 1904
• Trinidad City Directory, 1905-1906
• Trinidad City Directory, 1907
• Trinidad City Directory, 1908
• Trinidad City Directory, 1909
• Trinidad City Directory, 1910-1911
• Trinidad City Directory, 1912-1913
• Trinidad City Directory, 1915-1916
• Trinidad City Directory, 1918-1919
• Trinidad City Directory, 1929
• Trinidad City Directory, 1931
• Trinidad City Directory, 1935
• Trinidad City Directory, 1948
• Trinidad City Directory, 1952

Weld County

• Weld County Directories Index

Wellington

• The Wellington Area Directory, 2009 Edition

Yuma County

• Standard atlas of Yuma County, Colorado, 1922

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