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, and newspapers.
  • Whether a woman is a widow (including the name of her husband).
  • List of marriages and deaths of the previous year.
  • Death date.
  • etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:​

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

Note: Some of the links listed 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. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

(Updated August 2023)

Colorado City Directories

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

Adams County

Akron

Alamosa

Alamosa County

Arapahoe County

Arvada

Aspen

Aurora

Baca County

Bent County

Big Thompson

Boulder

Boulder County

Brighton

Calhan thru Canon City

Canon City

Chaffee County

Cheyenne County

Clifton

Coalmont

Colorado City

Colorado Springs

Craig

Crowley County

Denver

Denver County

Douglas County

Durango

Estes Park

Florence

Fort Collins

Fowler

Fremont County

Greeley

Jefferson County

Kiowa County

Kit Carson

Kit Carson County

La Junta

Larimer County

Las Animas County

Leadville

Lincoln County

Logan County

Manitou Springs

Manzanola

Morgan County

Otero County

Park County

Phillips County

Prowers County

Pueblo

Pueblo County

Rio Grande County

Rocky Ford

Saguache County

Salida

Sedgwick County

Sterling

Swink

Trinidad

Washington County

Weld County

Wellington

Yuma County


For all Free Colorado Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Colorado, and then click on the category of interest.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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