Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Jewell County Courthouse 307 N Commercial Mankato, KS 66956-2025 Phone: 785.378.3121 Clerk District Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records; Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records 1886-1894, cemetery records from 1860’s, land records from 1871, military records from 1889, yearly census assessment rolls 1871-1908 and school recordes from 1884

Parent County
1867--Jewell County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Mankato

Neighboring Counties

 * Cloud
 * Mitchell
 * Nuckolls County, Nebraska
 * Osborne
 * Republic
 * Smith
 * Webster County, Nebraska

Military

 * Jewell County was not organized until after the Civil War.

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.
 * Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)