Scott County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Scott County

Guide to Scott 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
Scott County Courthouse 303 Court Street Scott City, KS 67871-1122 Phone: 620.872.2420 City Clerk has birth and death records. Probate Judge has probate records.

District Court has marriage records. County Clerk has burial records. Clerk Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1873--Scott County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Scott City

Neighboring Counties



 * Finney
 * Gove
 * Kearny
 * Lane
 * Logan
 * Wichita

Military

 * Scott County was organized after the Civil War.

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 $

Web Sites

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