Cheyenne County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Cheyenne County

Guide to Cheyenne County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records

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

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.

Web Sites

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