Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Crawford County

County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse PO Box 249; Girard, KS 66743-0249 Phone: 316.724.6115 County Clerk has birth and death records 1886-1911 and burial records 1860’s-1976. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1869 military records.

Parent County

 * 1867--Crawford County was created 13 February 1867 from Bourbon and Cherokee Counties. County seat: Girard

Neighboring Counties

 * Barton County, Missouri
 * Bourbon
 * Cherokee
 * Jasper County, Missouri
 * Labette
 * Neosho
 * Vernon County, Missouri

Resources
Cemeteries

The Crawford County Genealogical Society offer several CD's for sale. One of those is Tombstone Transcriptions of All Known Cemeteries in Crawford County, Kansas 1867-1976. The price of this CD is $12 for members of the Genealogical Society and $22 for non-members. Membership is $13 per year.

Some Crawford County burials can be found online at http://skyways.lib.ks.ur/genweb/crawfor/cemetery.html or http://www.interment.net/us/ks/crawford.htm.

Maps

 * Map of Crawford County townships (Histopolis)

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Bourbon County.

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin, Missouri newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news that included residents from Crawford County communities.

Societies and Libraries

 * The Crawford County Genealogical Society can be contacted by e-mail at [mailto:genealogy@pittsburg.lib.ks.us genealogy@pittsburg.lib.ks.us] or at 308 N. Walnut, Pittsburg, KS 66762.

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