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United States Kansas Cheyenne County

Cheyenne County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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Cheyenne County, Kansas
Map
Location in the state of Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 6, 1873
County Seat	St. Francis
Courthouse
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Address	Cheyenne County Courthouse P.O. Box 985 St. Francis, Kansas 67756-0646 Phone: 785.332.2401

County Courthouse

Cheyenne County Courthouse
PO Box 985;
St. Francis, KS 67756-0646
Phone: 785.332.2401

Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1886,
divorce, court and probate records from 1892.
Register of Deeds has land records from mid-1800’s
and military discharge records from 1919. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1873--Cheyenne County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Francis ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Dundy County, Nebraska
• Kit Carson County, Colorado
• Rawlins
• Sherman
• Yuma County, Colorado

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• Cheyenne County was not organized until after the Civil War.  No records of men enlisting from Cheyenne County exist.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Cheyenne County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cherokee County, Kansas 249 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).