Welcome to Arapahoe County, Colorado Genealogy and History
Welcome to Genealogy Trails Volunteers working to put free historical data online. My name is Lillie Baird and as your new Arapahoe County host I will try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. This site is still under construction so come back often to see whats ! We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree!! Feel free to email me with your contributions - every little bit helps. I regret that I am unable to do personal research
"Arapahoe County was one of the original 17 Colorado counties created by the new Colorado Territory on November 1, 1861. Arapahoe County originally stretched from the line of present-day Sheridan Boulevard 160 miles (258 kilometers) east to the Kansas state border, and from the line of present-day County Line Road 30 miles (48 kilometers) north to the Parallel 40° North (168th Avenue). Denver City served as the Arapahoe County Seat until 1902. In 1901, the Colorado General Assembly voted to split Arapahoe County into three parts: a new consolidated City and County of Denver, a new Adams County, and the remainder of the Arapahoe County to be renamed South Arapahoe County. A ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, subsequent legislation, and a referendum delayed the reorganization until November 15, 1902. Governor James Bradley Orman designated Littleton as the temporary South Arapahoe County Seat. On April 11, 1903, the name of South Arapahoe County was changed back to Arapahoe County. On November 8, 1904, Arapahoe County voters chose Littleton over Englewood by a vote of 1310 to 829 to be the permanent county seat." --Wikipedia
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