Anderson County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Anderson County

Guide to Anderson 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
Anderson County Courthouse 100 E 4th Avenue Garnett, KS 66032 Phone: 913.448.6841 Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1857. County Appraiser has land records from 1900.

Parent County
1855--Anderson County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Garnett

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

Populated Places
Name and population (2006 estimate):[10]
 * Garnett, 3,280 (county seat)
 * Colony, 382
 * Greeley, 326
 * Kincaid, 177
 * Westphalia, 164
 * Harris, 53 (from Census 2000)
 * Lone Elm, 27

Unincorporated places
 * Amiot
 * Bush City
 * Central City
 * Glenloch (Glenlock)
 * Mont Ida
 * Northcott
 * Scipio
 * Selma
 * Welda

Neighboring Counties



 * Allen
 * Bourbon
 * Coffey
 * Franklin
 * Linn
 * Miami
 * Woodson

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

Societies and Libraries
Anderson County Historical Society 6th and Maple PO Box 183 Garnett 66032 Telephone Number:785-448-5740 E-mail[mailto:Contact_Us@historyandersoncoks.org] Website Anderson County Genealogical Society PO Box 194 Garnett, KS 66032-0194

Web Sites

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