Kiowa County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Kiowa County

Guide to Kiowa 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
Kiowa County Courthouse 211 E Florida Greensburg, KS 67054 Phone: 316.723.3366 Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and naturalization records Register of Deeds has land records from 1886 and military discharge records.

Parent County

 * 1886--Kiowa County was created 10 February 1886 from Comanche and Edwards Counties. County seat: Greensburg

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barber
 * Clark
 * Comanche
 * Edwards
 * Ford
 * Pratt

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

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 $

Web Sites

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