Rush County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rush County

Guide to Rush 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
Rush County Courthouse 715 Elm Street La Crosse, KS 67548 Phone: 785.222.2731 County Clerk has birth, death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage records from 1876, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Rush County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: La Crosse

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Ellis
 * Ness
 * Pawnee
 * Russell

Military

 * Rush County was organized after the Civil War.

Probate
Online Records


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

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
Rush County Historical Society 202 West 1st, Box 473 La Crosse 67548 Website

Web Sites

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