Phillips County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Phillips County

Guide to Phillips 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
Phillips County Courthouse ;301 State Street Phillipsburg, KS 67661 Phone: 785.543.5513 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records City Clerk has death and burial records. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County
1867--Phillips County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Phillipsburg

Populated Places

 * Kirwin
 * Logan
 * Long Island
 * Phillipsburg
 * Prairie View

Neighboring Counties



 * Franklin County, Nebraska
 * Furnas County, Nebraska
 * Graham
 * Harlan County, Nebraska
 * Norton
 * Rooks
 * Smith

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Agra, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories
History of Stuttgart, Kansas

http://www.phillipscountyreview.com/stuttgart/stuttgart_history.html

Military

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

Birth Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

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

Societies and Libraries
Kirwin City Library: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Logan Library: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Phillipsburg City Library: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Long Island Community Library and Sunshine Library, Prairie View, will be available on Pathfinder Central later in 2010.

Family History Centers



 * Phillipsburg Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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