Elk County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Elk County

Guide to Elk 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
Elk County Courthouse; 127 N Pine Street Howard, KS 67349 Phone: 316.374.2490 Courthouse burned in 1906. Clerk Disrict has birth and death records 1885-1911, marriage and probate records from 1875, divorce and court records from 1906 and land records from 1871.

Parent County

 * 1875--Elk County was created 3 March 1875 from Howard (Old) County. County seat: Howard

Record Loss
1906 Fire burned the courthouse in 1906.

Neighboring Counties



 * Butler
 * Chautauqua
 * Cowley
 * Greenwood
 * Montgomery
 * Wilson

Military
For information about Civil War records see Chautauqua County.

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

Societies and Libraries
Elk County Historical Society Caney Valley Ranch, Route 1 Grenola 67346

Web Sites

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