Kiowa County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Kiowa County Kiowa County, Oklahoma 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
Kiowa County Courthouse 316 S Main; PO Box 73 Hobart, OK 73651 Phone: 580.726-5286 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1905; County Clerk has burial, land and military records from 1905

Parent County
1901--Kiowa County was created in 1901 from Kiowa-Comanche-Apache and Caddo-Wichita lands. County seat: Hobart

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Beckham
 * Caddo
 * Comanche
 * Greer
 * Jackson
 * Tillman
 * Washita

Newspapers
Oklahoma Newspapers Online Oklahoma Newspaper Catalogs
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Oklahoma newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Oklahoma newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Oklahoma State Historical Society - catalog of known Oklahoma newspapers; lists repositories that have the newspapers
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper


 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Lawton newspapers that may have included Kiowa County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

Probate
Online Records
 * 1801 – 2008 Oklahoma Wills and Probate Records 1801-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1887 – 2008 Oklahoma Probate Records 1887-2008 at FamilySearch — images

Probate records may also be available by contacting the County Clerk's office.

School Records

 * 1895 - 1936 at | FamilySearch — index and images

Vital Records
See the article Oklahoma Vital Records for information about birth and death records. These records are kept at the State level.

Marriage

 * 1890–1995 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

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.