Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Jewell County

Jewell County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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
Jewell County Courthouse 307 N Commercial Mankato, KS 66956-2025 Phone: 785.378.3121 Clerk District Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records 1886-1894, cemetery records from 1860’s, land records from 1871, military records from 1889, yearly census assessment rolls 1871-1908 and school recordes from 1884.

Parent County
1867--Jewell County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Mankato

Neighboring Counties

 * Cloud
 * Mitchell
 * Nuckolls County, Nebraska
 * Osborne
 * Republic
 * Smith
 * Webster County, Nebraska

Military

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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