Stanton County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Stanton County

Guide to Stanton 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
Stanton County Courthouse 201 N Main PO Box 190 Johnson, KS 67855 Phone: 316.492.2150 Absorbed by Hamilton County 1883. Reorganized Feb 1887 City Clerk has birth records. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has burial and land records County Clerk has census records.

Parent County
1873--Stanton County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Johnson

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Baca County, Colorado
 * Grant
 * Hamilton
 * Kearny
 * Morton
 * Prowers County, Colorado
 * Stevens

Military

 * Stanton County was organized after the Civil War.

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 $

Societies and Libraries
Stanton County Historical Society 104 East Highland, Box 806 Johnson KS 67855

Web Sites

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