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CLOUD, formerly Shirley County, is on the west side of the sixth Principal Meridian in the second tier of counties from the north. It is bounded on the north by Republic, on the east by Washington and Clay, on the south by Ottawa, and on the west by Mitchell and Jewell counties. The northern third of the county lies in the Republican Valley, and its southwest townships are in the valley of the Solomon, making it agriculturally, one of the finest in the State.₁

Organized as Shirley in 1860. County seat Concordia. The county was originally named for Governor William Shirley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1756. The name was changed to Cloud in 1867 in honor of Colonel William F. Cloud, of the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteers.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
Bennett, Lloyd 1859 -	4K	May 2007	Joy Fisher
Bonha, Kitty Mary January 12, 1860 - July 10, 1972	4K	Feb 2010	Bill Boggess
McCallum, Charles 1878 -	2K	Apr 2007	Joy Fisher
Soule, Harry L. May 17, 1862 -	6K	Oct 2008	J. Robison
Weeks, Fred 1857 -	5K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Census Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1870 Federal Census Transcription [|Page 0212A| |Page 0224B| |Page 0237A|]		Apr 2000	Joann Girard
1880 Census Images		Apr 2000	Joann Girard and S-K Publications
Court Records - Wills
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Dawson, James M July 6, 1904	3K	Nov 2008	Karen Pickett
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cloud County Medical Directory 1920	5K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Beverly, Mary W Smith April 14, 1913	2K	Aug 2007	Tricia Teiber
Bitzer, Gladys Marie Padgett Neal April 6, 1989	2K	Aug 2007	Tricia Teiber
Henry, Myrtle Ivy; 15 DEC 1927 - IMAGE 84K	2 kb	Jun 2004	Chuck Emerson-Henry
Neal, Paul Rexford November 11, 1929	2K	Aug 2007	Tricia Teiber
Neal, Paul Rexford November 12, 1929	6K	Aug 2007	Tricia Teiber
Reynard, Hester Ann Hieatt April 24, 1913	3K	Aug 2007	Tricia Teiber

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