Republic County, Kansas Genealogy

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Parent County
Republic County was created 27 February 1860 as an original county of what was, at the time, the Kansas Territory. It remained a county when the territory became a state on 29 January 1861. Until the county was formally organized on 23 March 1868, it was attached to neighboring counties "for judicial purposes".


 * From 22 May 1861 to 13 February 1865, it was attached to Marshall County.
 * From 14 February 1865 to 1 March 1867, it was attached to Washington County.
 * From 2 March 1867 to 22 March 1868, it was attached again to Marshall County.

Boundary Changes
Republic County has not undergone any boundary changes since its creation in 1860.

Record Loss
Records from the 1890 Federal Census (including those from the special Veterans and Widows schedules) were lost in the 1921 warehouse fire. There are no other known systematic losses of records in the county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cloud
 * Jefferson County, Nebraska
 * Jewell
 * Nuckolls County, Nebraska
 * Thayer County, Nebraska
 * Washington

Newspapers
The Belleville Public Library, with financial support from local patrons and The Belleville Telescope, has digitzed almost its entire collection of Republic County newspapers (and a few other periodicals) published from 1876 to 2005. This entire collection, comprising nearly 150,000 pages, can be searched, browsed, and saved free online at the Digital Archives of the Belleville Public Library.

The Kansas Historical Society has additional Republic County newspapers that may be borrowed on microfilm.

Web Sites

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