Allen County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Allen County


 * This article is about a southeast Kansas county. For other uses, see Allen.

Guide to Allen 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
Allen County Courthouse 1 N Washington Street Iola, KS 66749-2841 Telephone: 316-365-7491

Clerk of the District Court has marriage records from 1856; divorce, probate and court records 1860; and naturalization records 1871-1929. Allen County Register of Deeds has land and military records from 1860.

Parent County
'''1855--Allen County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Iola '''


 * Humbolt Historical Museum

Boundary Changes

 * List of Kansas Counties

Because there are 105 counties in the state of Kansas this link is provided so you can research the original counties and those that were created from the original 36 counties.

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

Populated Places
Cities of Allen County

"towns|AllenCounty|Kansas" Incorporated cities

Name and population (2006 estimate):


 * lola, 5,966 (county seat)
 * Humboldt, 1,906
 * La Harpe, 665
 * Gas, 552
 * Moran, 535
 * Savonburg, 89
 * Elsmore, 68
 * Mildred, 36
 * Bassett, 22

Unincorporated places


 * Bayard
 * Carlyle
 * Cofachique (extinct town)
 * Geneva
 * Petrolia

Neighboring Counties

 * Anderson
 * Bourbon
 * Coffey
 * Linn
 * Neosho
 * Wilson
 * Woodson

Cemeteries
Iola's two cemeteries came under the direction of the Park Superintendent in April of 1998 after a vote to dissolve the Cemetery Board. The old Iola Cemetery located on the west edge of town was opened in 1863, and Highland Cemetery located on the north end was opened in 1907. Full time employees manage the grounds and take care of burial work. In the summer several part time workers help with mowing, weeding and general upkeep. In 2000, cemetery employees completed the conversion of all cemetery deeds and burial records to computer. This new system will allow genealogists and others interested in locating information about family or friends to have easy access to records and site locations. For your convenience, burial identification lists are avalable from the links below. The lists are in alphabetical order.
 * Iola, Kansas, Cemeteries
 * Iola Cemetery
 * Highland Cemetery


 * For those seeking genealogy information associated with the Iola and Highland Cemeteries, it is available at the Iola Public Library.


 * Other sources of burial information are listed below:
 * Allen County Cemetery Records Interment.Net
 * Allen County Cemetery Search Find A Grave.com
 * Allen County Poor Farm Cemetery Search Form
 * Tombstone Transcription Project, Allen County USGenWeb Archives

Church

 * List of Iola, Kansas, Religions

Court

 * Allen County Genealogy Research Resources
 * Allen County Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce Records

Local Histories

 * Wallace, Duncan L. . History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county. Iola, Kan.: Iola Register,1901. Digital version at: Internet Archive
 * History of Iola, Kansas

Maps

 * Maps of Kansas: Interactive and historical maps of Kansas
 * Maps of Allen County:
 * David Rumsey Map Collection
 * Kansas Historical Society (KHS) Allen County Plat Book
 * KHS Allen County Atlas and Plat Book

Civil War
Men from Allen County enlisted in:

The Iola Battalion in 1861

Ninth Regiment

Three companies, commanded by Captains Coleman, Flesher and Killen

Tenth Regiment

Two companies, commanded by Captain N. B. Blanton

Seventh Regiment

Commanded by General J. H. Lane

World War II

 * ALLEN County WWII Honor List Of Dead and Missing - 1946 USGenWeb Archives

Obituaries

 * Selected Allen County Obituaries Scroll down on page to Obituaries heading. USGenWeb Archives

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

 * 1840 - 1935  at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Family History Centers



 * Iola Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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