Welcome to Elbert County Colorado History and Genealogy Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This county is available for adoption! This website is part of the Genealogy Trails family. Our Group's goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to keeping Genealogy free and are interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it. Learn more about joining our group as a county host and then CONTACT US. DONATE YOUR DATA! We welcome any information you may wish to provide for the free research of others. So, dust off those old scrapbooks you have in your attic, dig out those old newspapers, or anything else you feel is of interest to this County, and send them our way. We are looking for obituaries, newspaper stories, biographies, Birth, Death and Marriage records, as well as interesting newspaper tidbits from years gone past - the items YOU used to put together your family trees. If you have information that you'd like to share with us on the history of this county and its people, please send it to us and we'll make sure it gets posted online. If you have any comments, questions or data contributions, CONTACT US WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.  All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. Founded: February 2, 1874 Named for Samuel H. Elbert Seat: Kiowa Largest town: Elizabeth Elbert County was created on February 2, 1874, from the eastern portions of Douglas County. On February 6, 1874, the county was enlarged to include part of northern Greenwood County upon Greenwood's dissolution, and originally extended south and east of its present boundaries to reach to the Kansas state line. The county was named for Samuel Hitt Elbert, the Governor of the Territory of Colorado when the county was formed. In 1889, Elbert County was reduced to its modern size when its eastern portions were taken to create Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties. Cities, Towns and Other Communities * Agate * Elizabeth * Elbert * Fondis * Kiowa * Matheson * Ponderosa Park * Simla Our Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Apr 2012: obit for HOLDEN Jan 2012: bio for PHILLIPS SEARCH OUR SITES Join our Genealogy Trails Western States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Western States of : Colorado -- Idaho -- Montana -- Utah -- Wyoming Visit our State Site  Adjacent Counties * Arapahoe County- (north) * Lincoln County - (east) * El Paso County - (south) * Douglas County - (west) Visit our National Site  Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.