Cheyenne County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Cheyenne County

Guide to Cheyenne 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
Cheyenne County Courthouse PO Box 985; St. Francis, KS 67756-0646 Phone: 785.332.2401 Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1886, divorce, court and probate records from 1892. Register of Deeds has land records from mid-1800’s and military discharge records from 1919.

Parent County
1873--Cheyenne County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Francis

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Dundy County, Nebraska
 * Kit Carson County, Colorado
 * Rawlins
 * Sherman
 * Yuma County, Colorado

Military

 * Cheyenne County was not organized until after the Civil War. No records of men enlisting from Cheyenne County exist.

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

Societies and Libraries
Cheyenne County Historical Society West Highway 36, Box 611 St. Francis 67756

Web Sites

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