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Sumner 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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Coordinates: 39.99°0′N 91.19°0′W / 39.99°N 91.19°W / 39.99; -91.19

Sumner County, Kansas
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Location in the state of Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 26, 1867
County Seat	Wellington
Courthouse
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Address	Sumner County Courthouse 500 N. Washington Ave. Wellington, Kansas 67152-4096 Phone: 316.326.3395

County Courthouse

Sumner County Courthouse
500 N Washington
Wellington, KS 67152<span
Phone: 316.326.3395

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records.
Clerk District Court has divorce records.
County Clerk has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1867--Sumner County was created 26 February 1867 from Butler and Marion Counties. County seat: Wellington ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Butler
• Cowley
• Grant County, Oklahoma
• Harper
• Kay County, Oklahoma
• Kingman
• Sedgwick

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

A Portrait and biographical album of Sumner County, Kansas containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county... (1885) is available online free from Google Books. Parts I and II contain biographies of the U.S. presidents and Kentucky governors. Part III (starts about p.160) contains biographies of Sumner County residents.

Maps

Military

• Sumner County was organized after the Civil War began. Please see Butler and Marion counties for Civil War records
  

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
• Sumner County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sumner County, Kansas page 256, 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).