Mitchell County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Mitchell County

Guide to Mitchell County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogy 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.

County Courthouse
Mitchell County Courthouse 111 S Hersey Avenue Beloit, KS 67420 Phone: 785.738.3652 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Mitchell County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Beloit

Boundary Changes
Mitchell County has had no boundary changes.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
Mitchell County has the following populated places:


 * Beloit (county seat, 2010 population 3835)


 * Cawker City (2010 population 469)


 * Glen Elder (2010 population 445)


 * Tipton (2010 population 210)


 * Asherville (unincorporated, township population 122)


 * Simpson (2010 population 86)


 * Hunter (2010 population 57)


 * Solomon Rapids (unincorporated, township population 80)


 * Scottsville (2010 population 25)

The county consists of 16 townships:


 * Asherville, population 122


 * Beloi, population 4,003


 * Bloomfield, population 83


 * Blue Hill, population 36


 * Carr Creek, population 31


 * Cawker, population 578


 * Center, population 49


 * Custer, population 132


 * Eureka, population 41


 * Glen Elder, population 553


 * Hayes, population 21


 * Logan, population 168


 * Lulu, population 90


 * Pittsburg, population 346


 * Plum Creek, population 119


 * Round Springs, population 27


 * Salt Creek, population 39


 * Solomon Rapids, population 80


 * Turkey Creek, population 134


 * Walnut Creek, population 42

Neighboring Counties



 * Cloud
 * Jewell
 * Lincoln
 * Osborne
 * Ottawa

Maps

 * Township Map of 1887 Mitchell County, Kansas with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

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

Probate
Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Schools
Beloit, KS High School Alumni Roster: Covers the years 1883-1921

Birth Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1811 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Mitchell County Historical Society PO Box 472 Beloit 67420

Mitchell County Historical Society 402 W 8th, Beloit, KS. 67420 Telephone Number: 785-738-5355

Cawker City Public Library and Genealogical Society PO Box 251 Cawker City, Kansas 67430

Web Sites

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