Labette County, Kansas Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1867--Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from Neosho County. County seat: Oswego

Populated Places

 * Altamont
 * Angola
 * Bartlett
 * Brownstone
 * Chetopa
 * Dennis
 * Edna
 * Fern
 * Garvin
 * Grove
 * Labette
 * Laneville
 * Montana
 * Morehead
 * Mound Valley
 * Orchard Park
 * Oswego
 * Parsons
 * Penfield
 * Stover
 * Strauss
 * Valeda
 * Winway

Neighboring Counties

 * Cherokee
 * Craig County, Oklahoma
 * Crawford
 * Montgomery
 * Neosho
 * Nowata County, Oklahoma
 * Wilson

Cemeteries

 * Altamont Cemetery
 * Cecil Cemetery
 * County Farm Cemetery
 * Crain Cemetery
 * Edna Cemetery
 * Elston Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Franklin Cemetery
 * Griffith Cemetery
 * Hackberry Cemetery
 * Harmony Cemetery
 * Hopewell Cemetery
 * Labette Cemetery
 * Lake Creek Cemetery
 * Leib Cemetery
 * Mason Cemetery
 * Masonic Cemetery
 * Memorial Lawn Cemetery
 * Mitchell Cemetery
 * Mound Valley Cemetery
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Oakwood Cemetery
 * Oswego Cemetery
 * Penfield Cemetery
 * Phillips Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Pleasant Valley Cemetery
 * Ritchland Cemetery
 * Roberts Cemetery
 * Saint Rose Cemetery
 * Spring Hill Cemetery
 * Tibbets Cemetery
 * Vance Cemetery
 * Wilsonton Cemetery
 * Wooden Cemetery

Churches

 * Cecil Church (historical)
 * Center Bethel Church
 * Center Chapel
 * Elm Church
 * Hopewell Church
 * Mount Zion Church (historical)
 * Pleasant Hill Church
 * Salem Church (historical)
 * Spring Valley Church
 * Zion Hill Church

Local Histories
Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: And Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1901. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892. Topeka, Kan: Crane &amp; Co, 1893. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876. , 2009. Internet resource at KU Scholar Works.

Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.

Lightfoot, W H. Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at Internet Archiveand Hathi Trust.

Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders". Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Maps
The David Rumsey Map Collection website has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts &amp; Co. 1887.

Newspapers
The Kansas Historical Society holds the following Labette County newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the Newspaper Index at their website.]


 * Altamont Gazette
 * Altamont Journal
 * Altamont Saturday Item
 * Altamont Sentinel
 * American Crank
 * Anti-Monopolist
 * Arbitrator
 * Bartlett News
 * Blade-Democrat
 * Breeze
 * Chetopa Advance [1st]
 * Chetopa Advance [2nd]
 * Chetopa Advance [3rd]
 * Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily
 * Chetopa Advance-Clipper
 * Chetopa Clipper
 * Chetopa Democrat
 * Chetopa Herald
 * Chetopa Statesman
 * Chetopa Times [single issue only]
 * Coffins Business Directory [single issue only]
 * Daily Eclipse [1st]
 * Daily Eclipse [2nd]
 * Daily Eli
 * Daily Evening Star
 * Daily News
 * Daily Out-Look
 * Daily Pilot
 * Daily Republican [1st]
 * Daily Republican [2nd]
 * Democrat
 * Dennis Hustler
 * Dennis Leader
 * Edna Enterprise [1st]
 * Edna Enterprise [2nd]
 * Edna Independent
 * Edna News
 * Edna Star
 * Edna Sun
 * Evening Herald
 * Evening Journal
 * Eye Opener
 * Farm Talk
 * Golden Rod
 * High School Sentiment
 * Independent
 * Infant Wonder [many variant titles]
 * Kansas Advocate
 * Kansas Christian Advocate
 * Kansas Democrat
 * Kansas Farm and Home
 * Kansas Messenger
 * Kansas State Alliance
 * Kansas Workman
 * Labette County Democrat
 * Labette County Statesman
 * Labette County Times
 * Labette County Times-Statesman
 * Labette Record
 * Labette Sentinel
 * Labette Star
 * Mills' Weekly World
 * Mound Valley Herald
 * Mound Valley Journal
 * Mound Valley News
 * Mound Valley Times
 * Oswego Bee
 * Oswego Blade
 * Oswego Courant
 * Oswego Daily Bee
 * Oswego Daily Independent
 * Oswego Daily Republican
 * Oswego Democrat
 * Oswego Independent [1st]
 * Oswego Independent [2nd]
 * Oswego Independent-Observer
 * Oswego News-Blade
 * Oswego Register
 * Oswego Republican
 * Oswego Weekly Blade
 * Oswego Weekly Republican
 * Our Home
 * Parsons Advertiser
 * Parsons Broadaxe [two issues only]
 * Parsons Business College Journal [single issue only]
 * Parsons Daily Eclipse [1st]
 * Parsons Daily Eclipse [2nd]
 * Parsons Daily Eclipse [3rd]
 * Parsons Daily Journal
 * Parsons Daily News
 * Parsons Daily Republican
 * Parsons Daily Sun [1st]
 * Parsons Daily Sun [2nd]
 * Parsons Eclipse [weekly]
 * Parsons Evening Globe
 * Parsons Independent [1st]
 * Parsons Independent [2nd]
 * Parsons News
 * Parsons Palladium
 * Parsons School Reporter
 * Parsons Sun [1st: weekly]
 * Parsons Sun [2nd]
 * Parsons Sun [3rd]
 * Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald
 * Parsons Surprise
 * Parsons Visitor
 * Parsons Weekly Blade
 * Parsons Weekly Eclipse
 * Parsons Weekly Globe
 * Parsons Weekly Herald
 * Parsons Weekly Star
 * Parsons Weekly Sun [1st]
 * Parsons Weekly Sun [2nd]
 * Pilot
 * Railway Employee [single issue only]
 * School Reporter
 * Senior Annual [single issue only]
 * Sentiment
 * Settler's Guide [Issued quarterly]
 * South East Kansas Independent Observer
 * Southern Kansas Advance
 * State Alliance-Workman
 * Sun [1st]
 * Sun [2nd]
 * Times-Journal
 * Union Blade
 * United Labor [single issue only]
 * Weekly Clarion
 * Western Enterprise
 * Western World
 * White Banner
 * Wilsonton Journal

Vital Records
Labette County (Kan.) Funeral Registers 1889-1926. Archival material.

Web Sites

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