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Moffat County was created on February 27, 1911. The county was named for David H. Moffat, a Colorado tycoon who died in 1911. In the late 1890s and early 1900s, all state District Courts were held in Denver, in the State courthouse there, due to a lack of funds to build courthouses locally. All murder trials were held in Denver, in the District Courts.
Allegedly, so many murders occurred between sheep farmers from Wyoming and cattle ranchers from Colorado that the presiding judges—tired of presiding over these murder trials—requested that the State legislature split Routt County into what is now Routt and Moffat counties; the legislature complied.
Adjacent Counties
- Daggett County, Utah
- Sweetwater County, Wyoming
- Uintah County, Utah
- Carbon County, Wyoming
- Routt County
- Rio Blanco County
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Craig
- Dinosaur
- Elk Springs
- Greystone
- Hamilton
- Lay
- Massadona
- Maybell
- Sunbeam
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
Dinosaur National Monument (part)
Routt National Forest (part)
White River National Forest (part)
Colorado Historic Newspapers Digital Collection ~ Moffat County Courier
