Rush County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rush County

Rush 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
Rush County Courthouse 715 Elm Street La Crosse, KS 67548 Phone: 785.222.2731 County Clerk has birth, death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage records from 1876, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Rush County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: La Crosse

Neighboring Counties

 * Barton
 * Ellis
 * Ness
 * Pawnee
 * Russell

Military

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