Morton County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Morton County

Guide to Morton 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
Morton County Courthouse 1025 Morton Street; PO Box 1116 Elkhart, KS 67950-1116 Phone: 316.697.2157 Created as Kansas County 1873. Reorganized as Morton County 18 Feb 1886. County Clerk has marriage records from 1887, divorce and court records from 1900 and land records from 1887.

Parent County

 * 1886--Morton County was created 18 February 1886 from Kansas (Old) County. County seat:Elkhart 

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Baca County, Colorado
 * Cimarron County, Oklahoma
 * Stanton
 * Stevens
 * Texas County, Oklahoma

Military

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Morton County Historical Society East Highway U.S. 56, PO Box 1248 Elkhart 67950 Telephone Number: 620-697-2833 Website

Web Sites

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