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ALLEN County is located in the southeastern part of the State, in the second tier of counties west of the Missouri River, and about fifty miles north of Indian Territory. In extent it is twenty-one miles north and twenty-four miles east and west, containing 504 square miles, or 322,560 acres.

The county is divided into ten townships as follows: Osage, Deer Creek, Geneva, Iola, Elm, Marmaton, Elsinore, Salem, Humboldt, Cottage Grove. _1.

Organized in 1855. County Seat, Iola. Named in honor of William Allen, of Ohio, who was for many years a member of the United States Senate from that Commonwealth, and also its governor. He favored the doctrine of popular sovereignty on the opening of the Territory of Kansas to settlement. _2.

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Carpenter, A. G. 1831 -	6K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Census Records
1880
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
ED 01: 1| ED 01: 2| ED 01: 3| ED 01: 4|	31-88 KB	Jun 2006	Shari Meyeres
ALLEN COUNTY, KS - 1% of the U.S. 1880 Census	15 KB
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Allen County Medical Directory 1920	5K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
World War II
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
ALLEN County WWII Honor List Of Dead and Missing - 1946	4 kb	Apr 2002	Mary Ann Hetrick
Miscellaneous Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Allen County, Notaries Public in Second Biennial Report, June 30, 1880	1 kb	May 2002	Mary Ann Hetrick
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bell (Maiden = Savage), Amanda Ellen June 20, 1943	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Brown, Dr. Henry A. August 30, 1926	2K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Coleman, Samuel J. February 1, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Hays, John Daniel November 8, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Johnson, Floyd Russell January 8, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Kitterman, Abigail	1.68 K	Aug 1998	Virginia Perry
Knight, Nadja Jean February 21, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
McIlvain, Phyllis J. (Clark) June 7, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
McKinley, Effa [Effie] Nee Neff November 30, 1937	2K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
McKnight, Sadie [Sada] Nee Neff March 12, 1907	2K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, Eli August 27, 1910	5K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, Ella April 14, 1875	3K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, Nancy Nee Barnes November 28, 1910	4K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, O.P. [Homer/Omer] March 15, 1937	3K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, Sarah Frances Nee Ashby April 1936	3K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Neff, Selby August 29, 1859	2K	Jun 2006	Jennifer Neff
Ross, George	2.43 K	Apr 1998	Don Ross
Ross, James Albert	3.03 K	Apr 1998	Don Ross
Ryherd, Brig Gen Clarence H. July 12, 2005	3K	Aug 2007	Oz
Thompson, Fred Lavern February 21, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Vital Records
Death Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bell (Maiden = Savage), Amanda Ellen June 20, 1943	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Marriage Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bell, Dicy A - Hildebrant, Garfield A March 26, 1907	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Bell, Ethel - Keith, William Jefferson (Jeff) December 25, 1905	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Massey, Gereldine - Brown, Lloyd Neff June 30, 1924	4K	Jul 2006	Jennifer L. Neff
Neff, Effa [Effie] - McKinley, George June 16, 1908	2K	Jul 2006	Jennifer L. Neff
Neff, Sadie [Sada] - McKnight, Charles Lorne 1900	1K	Jul 2006	Jennifer L. Neff

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