Wyandotte County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Wyandotte County

Guide to Wyandotte 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
Wyandotte County Courthouse 710 N 7th Street Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913.573.2800 City Clerk has birth and death records. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1859--Wyandotte County was created 29 January 1859 from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties. County seat: Kansas City

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

Populated Places
Incorporated cities Name and population (2012 U.S. Census estimate): Unincorporated places
 * 147,268 - Kansas City (county seat)
 * 7,419 - Bonner Springs, of which about 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) lies within Leavenworth County
 * 4,377 - Edwardsville
 * 928 - Lake Quivira, of which a quarter of the city lies within Wyandotte County, the majority being in Johnson County
 * Argentine, formerly a city, annexed by the city of Kansas City in 1910
 * Armourdale, formerly a city, consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1886
 * Armstrong, a town absorbed by Wyandotte
 * Piper, annexed by the city of Kansas City in 1991
 * Rosedale, formerly a city, consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1922
 * Turner
 * Wyandotte, formerly a city, consolidated with the city of Kansas City in 1886
 * Welborn

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay County, Missouri
 * Jackson County, Missouri
 * Johnson
 * Leavenworth
 * Platte County, Missouri

Cemeteries
Cemetery Index - Wyandotte County Historical Museum - Trowbridge Research Library

BillionGraves:


 * Bonner Springs Cemetery, Bonner Springs
 * Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Edwardsville Cemetery, Edwardsville
 * Franklin Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Grinter Chapel Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Lenexa Cemetery, Lenexa West 87th Place and Pflumm Rd.
 * Maywood Church Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Old Quindaro Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Quindaro Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Riverview Cemetery, Bonner Springs
 * St. John Catholic Cemetery, Lenexa
 * White Church Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Woodlawn Cemetery, Kansas City

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Kansas City

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Military
During the Civil War men from this county enlisted in the 1st Regiment Kansas Infantry Volunteers, 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Troops, 2nd Regiment Kansas Infantry, 5th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, 6th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, 10th Regiment Kansas Infantry, 12th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, 15th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Company E, and the16th Regiment Kansas Cavalry.

Probate
Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation
Tax List for Wyandotte County - Wyandotte County Historical Museum - Trowbridge Research Library

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
Wyandotte County Historical Society PO Box 12040 Kansas City 66112-0040

Wyandotte County Historical Society and Museum 631 N 126th St Bonner Springs, KS 66012 Telephone Number: 913-573-5002 Website Website Website

Family History Centers



 * Kansas City Kansas Family History Center

Websites

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