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Debra Crosby
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Kansas Archives Search Form |
| Defunct Names and Dissolved Kansas Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe became part of Colorado 1861. |
Breckenridge now Lyon |
Buffalo 1873-1881 see Gray |
Calhoun 1859 became Jackson |
Davis becaame Geary in 1869 |
| Dorn now Neosho andLabette |
Foote created 1873-1881 seeGray |
Garfield 1893 annexed to Finney |
Godfrey 1855 became Seward 1861 |
Howard 1867-1875 became Elk and Chautauqua |
| Hunter
now Cowley |
Kansas
1872-1883 now Morton |
Lykins
now Miami |
Madison
became Breckenridge/Lyon and Greenwood |
McGee
now Cherokee |
| Otoe 1860-1867 became part of Butler |
Richardson
now Wabausee |
Saint John
now Logan |
Sequoyah
now Finney some records in Ford County |
"Old" Seward now Howard |
| Shirley
now Cloud |
Weller
1855-1859 became Osage |
Wise
1855-1859 became Chase |
Oro Territory became Norton County |
Peketon Territory 1854-1867 no population abolished |
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Can't find the Kansas information you want on these pages? You might want to check out the Kansas State Government Archives on-line files. See http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/govtrecords/index.htm.
The donation of Census images for permanent, free displayin the USGenWeb Archives was made possible through the generosity of the donors
[listed beside the link to their donation] and the permission of:
S-KPublications
PO Box 8173
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genie@skpub.com
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County formation information from:
- Ancestry's Red Book American State, County & Town Sources,
Edited by Alice Eichholz, PH. D., C. G.,
Pub. Ancestry P. O. Box 476
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
- "THE HANDYBOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EIGHTH EDITION"
Published by The Everton Press
1991
- The Kansas State Historical Society
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