Sherman County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Sherman County

Sherman 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
Sherman County Courthouse 813 Broadway Goodland, KS 67735-3056 Phone: 785.899.7581 County Clerk has newspapers from 1898, school and census records. City Clerk has birth, death records, land records from 1887. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1886. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1887.

Parent County
1873--Sherman County was created 6 March 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Goodland

Neighboring Counties



 * Cheyenne
 * Kit Carson County, Colorado
 * Logan
 * Rawlins
 * Thomas
 * Wallace
 * Yuma County, Colorado

Military

 * Sherman County was organized after the Civil War.

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