Greenwood County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Greenwood County

Guide to Greenwood 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
Greenwood County Courthouse 311 N Main; PO Box 268 Eureka, KS 67045-1321 Phone: 316.583.7421 County Clerk has birth records 1885-1947, marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1965. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land and military records.

Parent County
1855--Greenwood County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Eureka

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Butler
 * Chase
 * Coffey
 * Elk
 * Lyon
 * Wilson
 * Woodson

Military
During the Civil War men from Greenwood County enlisted in the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, and the 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Men from Wilson, Woodson and Greenwood counties organized a mounted militia regiment in 1861.

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

Societies and Libraries
Greenwood County Historical Society 117 North Main Eureka 67045

Greenwood County Historical Society 120 W 4th ST Eureka KS 67045 Telephone Number: 620-583-6682 E-mail: [mailto:gwhistory@sbcglobal.net gwhistory@sbcglobal.net] Website

Web Sites

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