Bourbon County, Kansas Genealogy

Bourbon 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.

United States Kansas  Bourbon County

County Courthouse
Bourbon County Courthouse 210 S National Ave Fort Scott, KS 66701-1328 Phone 316.223.3800

Clerk Circuit has divorce records from 1870. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870 and court records from 1963.

Parent County
1855--Bourbon County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Fort Scott

Neighboring Counties



 * Allen
 * Anderson
 * Crawford
 * Linn
 * Neosho
 * Vernon County, Missouri

Military
Men from Bourbon county enlisted in the 1st Regiment, Company A and in the 2nd Regiment.

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