Washington County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Washington County

Guide to Washington 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
Washington County Courthouse 214 C Street Washington, KS 66968-1928 Phone: 785.325.2974 County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1887-1911. Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1868, divorce, probate and court records from 1873 and naturalization records 1870-1938. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1859--Washington County was created in 1859 from unorganized territory. County seat: Washington

Neighboring Counties



 * Clay
 * Cloud
 * Gage County Nebraska
 * Jefferson County, Nebraska
 * Marshall
 * Republic
 * Riley
 * Thayer County, Nebraska

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Little Blue River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

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

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

Web Sites

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