Gove County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Gove County

Guide to Gove 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
Gove County Clerk 520 Washington Street Suite 105 PO Box 128 Gove, KS 67736-0128 Phone: 785.938.2300

Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Court has probate records.

Parent County
1868 -- Gove County was created 2 March 1868 from unorganized territory, but was governed by Trego County until 1886. County seat: Gove

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Graham
 * Lane
 * Logan
 * Ness
 * Scott
 * Sheridan
 * Thomas
 * Trego

Military

 * Gove County was not organized until after the Civil War.

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

Societies and Libraries
Gove County Historical Association Museum 505 Washington St. Gove, KS 67736

Web Sites

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