Comanche County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Comanche County

Guide to Comanche 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
Comanche County Courthouse 201 S New York; PO Box 397; Coldwater, KS 67029-0397 Phone: 620.582.2182 County Clerk has birth and death records 1891-1911. Magistrate Judge has marriage records 1891-1912, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1867--Comanche County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Coldwater

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barber
 * Clark
 * Harper County, Oklahoma
 * Kiowa
 * Woods County, Oklahoma

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

Newspapers
The Western Star The Western Starr Newspaper is published in Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas and has a link leading to the on-line Hailey Cemetery Internment records.

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

Societies and Libraries
Comanche County Historical Society 410 South Baltimore, Box 177 Coldwater 67029

Web Sites

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