Denver County, Colorado Online Historical Directories
Denver County, Colorado Online Historical Directories
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The consolidated City and County of Denver was formed from Arapahoe County in 1902
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1860s - 1870s
Denver Business Directory, Wilhelm, 1866 - Free (Colorado State Archives)
Denver Business Directory, Wilhelm, 1866 - Free (GenealogyBug)
- transcribed
Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871 - Free (Don's List)
- includes Black Hawk (page 335), Boulder (387), Burlington (394), Central City (343), Colorado City (413), Denver (261), Georgetown (375), Golden (319), Greeley (390), Idaho Springs (367), Kit Carson (411), Nevadaville (361), Pueblo (404), Trinidad (399), and more
Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871 - Free (Google Books)
- includes Black Hawk (page 335), Boulder (387), Burlington (394), Central City (343), Colorado City (413), Denver (261), Georgetown (375), Golden (319), Greeley (390), Idaho Springs (367), Kit Carson (411), Nevadaville (361), Pueblo (404), Trinidad (399), and more
Rocky Mountain Area Business and City Directories, Wallihan, 1871 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Black Hawk (page 335), Boulder (387), Burlington (394), Central City (343), Colorado City (413), Denver (261), Georgetown (375), Golden (319), Greeley (390), Idaho Springs (367), Kit Carson (411), Nevadaville (361), Pueblo (404), Trinidad (399), and more
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1876 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1876 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- surnames beginning with A-B, C-E, F-H, I-L, M-P, Q-S, T-Z
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1877 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1878 - $ (Ancestry)
- incorrectly listed at Ancestry as 1879
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1879 - $ (Ancestry)
1880s
Denver City Directory, Corbett, Hoye & Company, 1880 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1881 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1882 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1883 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1884 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1885 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1886 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1887 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Corbett & Ballenger, 1888 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1889 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1889 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Templeton surname only
1890s
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1890 - Free (Internet Archive)
- incorrectly listed at the Internet Archive as 1889
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1890 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with McGowan and Templeton surnames only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1891 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with McGowan and Templeton surnames only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1892 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Templeton surname only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1893 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Templeton surname only
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1894 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1894 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Templeton surname only
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1895 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1895 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with McGowan and Templeton surnames only
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1896 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1896 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with McGowan and Templeton surnames only
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1897 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Templeton surname only
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1899 - $ (Ancestry)
1900s - 1920s
Denver Medical Directory, unknown, 1902 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
Colorado Business Directory, Gazetteer Publishing Company, 1911 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for Argo, Denver Mills, Globeville, Montclair, Overland, and University Park
- listings for Denver; surnames beginning with A-B, C-D, E-F, G-I, J-L, M-O, P-R, S, T-V, W-Z
Denver City Directory, Ballenger & Richards, 1913 - Free (DistantCousin)
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1915 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1925 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
1930s - 1940s
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1930 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1932 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
Denver City Directory, unknown, 1933 - Free (USGenWeb)
- transcribed
- listings for pages with Wichmann surname only
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1936 - $ (Ancestry)
- starts on page 2001 with Silver State Company and goes to near the end of directory, at the beginning of the index
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
- starts on page 917 with Fulsom, C. Burton and goes to near the end of directory, at the beginning of the index
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
- starts on page 2001 with Singleton, Mona and goes to end of directory, then begins 1942 directory at image 182
Denver City Directory, Gazetteer Publishing & Printing, 1942 - $(Ancestry)
- digitized with 1941 directory; 1942 directory begins at image 182; goes until page 1050 (Grable, John G)