Comanche County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Comanche County

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

County Courthouse
Comanche County Courthouse 201 S New York; PO Box 397; Coldwater, KS 67029-0397 Phone: 620.582.2182 County Clerk has birth and death records 1891-1911. Magistrate Judge has marriage records 1891-1912, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1867--Comanche County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Coldwater

Neighboring Counties



 * Barber
 * Clark
 * Harper County, Oklahoma
 * Kiowa
 * Woods County, Oklahoma

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

Newspapers
The Western Star The Western Starr Newspaper is published in Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas and has a link leading to the on-line Hailey Cemetery Internment records.

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.
 * Comanche County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Comanche County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)