Smith County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Smith County

Smith 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.

County Courthouse
Smith County Courthouse 218 S Grant Street Smith Center, KS 66967 Phone: 785.282.6533 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1875. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1875. County Clerk has land records from 1872.

Parent County
1867--Smith County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory.County seat: Smith Center

Populated Places

 * Lebanon
 * Smith Center

Neighboring Counties

 * Franklin County, Nebraska
 * Jewell
 * Osborne
 * Phillips
 * Webster County, Nebraska

Maps
Plat Book, Smith County, Kansas, 1900, Northwest Publishing Co. This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Military
Smith County was organized after the Civil War.

Societies and Libraries
Smith Center Public Library: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

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