Uncompahgre County, Colorado Genealogy
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History[edit | edit source]
Uncompahgre County (extinct) was a short lived county of southwestern Colorado, it existed for only three days.
- 27 Feb 1883 - Uncompahgre County (extinct) was created from Gunnison County, Montrose County, and Ouray County Colorado.
- 2 Mar 1883 - Uncompahgre County (extinct) was renamed Ouray County, Colorado. Ouray County in effect, regained the area (and more) that it lost to the creation of Uncompahgre three days earlier. [1] [2]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Colo. Laws 1883, 4th sess., sec. 1/p. 123
- ↑ "Colorado County Evolution" (HTML). Don Stanwyck. 2003. http://www.stanwyck.com/cogenweb/cocounties.html. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
