Bent County, Colorado, United States

Details for Bent County

Name

Bent County

Place Type

County

Located in

Colorado, United States

County Seat

Las Animas

Coordinates

Latitude		37.9666746		37° 58' 00" N
Longitude		-103.0671487		103° 04' 01.7" W

Population

5,048

Elevation

1,226 m

Surrounding Counties

Kiowa NE
Prowers E
Baca SE
Las Animas SW
Otero W

USGS GNIS FeatureID

198121

Histopolis Place ID

996790647

Updated 27 days ago

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Genealogy Resources for Bent County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Cemeteries in or near Bent County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=9351&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (23 Jul 2008)

Bent County, Colorado Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Bent County, Colorado
http://www.interment.net/us/co/bent.htm (16 May 2010)

Bent County, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado (27 Jul 2010)

Colorado Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Colorado Gravestones]
Research your Colorado ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Colorado gravestone photos. Locate Colorado gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Colorado roots.
http://coloradogravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=6 (2 Apr 2011)

Bent County, Colorado CO, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Bent County, Colorado CO, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9351 (3 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Bent County, Colo. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

USGenWeb Archives: Bent County Colorado Table of Contents [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/bent.htm (8 Feb 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Bent County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Bent County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CO/Bent/cem/ (22 Jul 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=246 (12 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Bent County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Bent County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CO/Bent/ (4 Mar 2010)

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Surveys in Bent County

1 Survey, 8 Ranges, 54 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Bent County. You can navigate to any of the 54 survey townships that overlap Bent County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Bent County

1 City, 23 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Able	Big Bend	Boggsville	Caddoa
Cornelia	Fort Lyon	Four Corners Crossing	Gilpin
Hasty	Hilton	Keesee	Keller
Kreybill	Las Animas (city)	Las Animas Junction	Lubers
Marlman	McClave	Melina	Old Fort Lyons
Prowers	Riverdale	Ruxton	Toonerville

Cemeteries of Bent County

10 Cemeteries

Bethel	Fort Lyon National †	Hight	The Home
Indian Rock	Las Animas	Little Kansas	Pruett
Union Valley	Wiley

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