Kansas Directories

Online Resources

 * U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 for Kansas ($)
 * Kansas Memory, Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directories
 * Southwestern business directory : including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska.
 * Kansas Online Historical Directories - listed by county

History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Kansas.

Libraries and Archives
The Kansas Historical Society research collections contain both published city directories and telephone books for the state of Kansas. Many of the directories have been microfilmed and can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Kansas Historical Society search form

Directories Online
Ancestry.com ($) has Kansas directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

Kansas Memory has some Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directories available for the years 1878-1912.

The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Kansas including:

Kansas City

Wichita

Suburban Wichita

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * KANSAS, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * KANSAS, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.