Allen County, Kansas Genealogy

Allen 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.

United States Kansas  Allen County


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

County Courthouse
Allen County Courthouse 1 N Washington Street Iola, KS 66749-2841 Phone: 316.365.7491 316.365.7491     Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1856, divorce, probate and court records 1860 and naturaltization records 1871-1929. 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 '''

Populated Places
Cities of Allen County


 * Bassett


 * Elsmore


 * Gas


 * Humboldt


 * Iola

Iola is the county seat of Allen County.

It is named in honor of Iola Colborn.


 * La Harpe


 * Mildred


 * Moran


 * Savonburg

Neighboring Counties

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

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
 * http://www.allencounty.org/history.html

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Iola 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.
 * Allen County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)