Pawnee County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Pawnee County

Guide to Pawnee 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
Pawnee County Courthouse 715 Broadway Larned, KS 67550 Phone:620-285-3721 Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1873, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records Register of Deeds has land records. City Clerk has birth and death records and death records 1897-1911 and burial records from 1886, census taken in 1886. County Clerk

Vital Records/Records of Pawnee County

Parent County
1867--Pawnee County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Larned

Populated Places

 * Ash Valley
 * Burdett
 * Frizell
 * Garfield
 * Hamburg
 * Larned
 * Ray
 * Rozel
 * Sanford
 * Vaughn
 * Zook

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Edwards
 * Hodgeman
 * Ness
 * Rush
 * Stafford

Cemeteries

 * Find A Grave for Pawnee County

Court

 * Records of Pawnee County

Local Histories

 * Pawnee County Organization Records
 * Pawnee County Section of William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
 * Kansas Historical Society Kansapedia for Pawnee County
 * Souvenir of Larned and Pawnee County, Kansas Issued by the "Larned Business Men's Association" about 1908. Collection of photos and brief historical sketches.
 * Wichita State University Libraries I mages of Larned
 * History of Browns Grove &amp; Burdett Kansas, 1876-1976 List of names in this out-of-print book (lookups available)
 * Burdett High School Class of 1937 Pictures with names.

Maps

 * Map from Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
 * Map from Kansas State Board of Agriculture First Biennial Report, 1878
 * Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas, 1902
 * Atlas and Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas, 1916
 * Township Map of 1887 Pawnee County, Kansas with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * Pawnee County 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
 * Pawnee County World War II casualties
 * Pawnee County was not organized until after the Civil War.

Vital Records

 * Records of Pawnee County

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

Societies and Libraries

 * Kansas Historical Society Online documents, images, publications, etc. for Pawnee County
 * Jordaan Memorial Library, Larned: 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.

Web Sites

 * Genealogy Trails/Kansas Trails Pawnee County page
 * KSGenWeb/Pawnee County
 * Pawnee County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Pawnee County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)