Did you know that La Plata
County was formed in 1874 and that the Parent
County or territory from which it was organized
was Conejos, Lake?
The La Plata County Clerks office is located at
1060 E. 2nd Avenue, Durango, CO. 81301-5157, the
phone number is (303)-259-4000. The County Clerk
has marriage records from 1878, land records from
1876; The County District Court has divorce and
probate records; County Court has civil court
records; Saun Jaun Basin Health has birth, death
& burial records.
There was a Federal Census taken in 1860 (with
Kansas), 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910; Federal
Mortality Schedules 1870 & 1880; State /
Territorial Census in 1885.
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