El Paso County, Colorado Online Historical Directories

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1870s - 1890s

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Raper, 1879 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Raper, 1882 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1886 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1888 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs City Directories, Francis, 1890 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Republic Publishing, 1892 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado Springs City Directory, unknown, 1894 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado Springs City Directory, Gazette Printing, 1896 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado Springs City Directory, unknown, 1898 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

1900s

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1900 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, April 1901 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1902 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Giles, May 1903 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1904-5 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1905-6 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1906-7 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1907-8 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1908 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1909 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

1910s

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1910 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1911 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1912 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1914 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1915 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1916 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado City, Colorado Springs, and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1917 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

1920s - 1930s

Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1920 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1921 - Free (DistantCousin)

Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1921 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

- an accidental scanning of the title page of the 1928 city directory is included; however, scrolling through, one finds the correct title page and directory.

Colorado Springs and Manitou City Directories, Polk, 1922 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

1940s - 1960s

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

- Part I (through page 401)

- Part II (page 400 through end)

Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Drennan, Fountain, and Yoder Telephone Directories, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Spring 1940 - Free (Pikes Peak Library District)

- includes Cascade, Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls, Manitou Springs, Victor, and Woodland Park

- residential listings only

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1943 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1946 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou and Pikes Peak region

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1948 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou Springs

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1951 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Manitou Springs

Colorado Springs City Directory, Polk, 1963 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Broadmoor, Cragmor, East Manitou Springs, Ivywild, Manitou Springs, Nob Hill, Security Village, Stratton Meadows, and Stratton Park

Are the directories you're looking for not available online?

Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Colorado Springs and El Paso County.

They may be available through inter-library loan, or the library that holds them may be able to do lookups and send you copies of pertinent pages.