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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Elk County, Kansas. Official Website In 1875, Elk County was established and named for the Elk River. Adjacent Counties Chautauqua County Montgomery County Cowley County Butler County Greenwood County Wilson County Cities, Townships & Communities Busby Cave Springs Elk Falls Fiat Greenfield Grenol...
El Paso Cemetery sits on a slight hill in the center of Derby but was once surrounded by farmland and was about a mile southeast of the growing settlement. In 1878, the cemetery opened, 9 years after the Garrett family staked a claim near the bank of Spring Creek about a mile south. Over the years, the cemetery expanded, and today the original cemetery comprises just the southeast corner of the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Edwards County, Kansas. Official Website The county was founded in 1874 and named for W. C. Edwards, of Hutchinson, a pioneer settler, who played an active role in its organization. Adjacent Counties Pawnee County Stafford County Pratt County Kiowa County Ford County Hodgeman County Cities, Townships & Communities
This project is for those buried in East Hill Cemetery, Erie, Neosho County, Kansas. It's also known as New East Hill Cemetery . Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Saline County, Kansas. Saline County was founded in 1860 and named for the Saline River. Adjacent Counties Ottawa County Dickinson County Marion County McPherson County Ellsworth County Lincoln County Cities Assaria Brookville Gypsum New Cambria Salina (County Seat) Smolan Solomon (part) Othe...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Kansas. Scott county was created by an act of legislature in 1873 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Adjacent Counties Gove County Lane County Finney County Kearny County Wichita County Logan County Cities, Townships & Communities Beaver Chevron Grigston Hutchins Isabel Key...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sheridan County, Kansas. The county was created in 1873 and named for Phillip H. Sheridan, a general of the American Civil War era. Adjacent Counties Decatur County Norton County Graham County Gove County Thomas County Cities, Townships & Communities Adell Angelus Bloomfield Bowcreek East Saline Hoxi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died Stafford County, Kansas. Official Website Established in 1879, the county is named in honor of Lewis Stafford, captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who was killed at the Battle of Young's Point in Madison Parish, Louisiana on June 7, 1863. Adjacent Counties Barton County Roce County Reno County Pratt County Edwar...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Stanton County, Kansas. Official Website Stanton County was organized on June 17, 1887 and named for Edwin M. Stanton, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties . Hamilton County Prowers County, Colo. Baca County, Colo. Morton County Stevens County Grant County Cities & Townships Big Bow Johnso...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Stevens County, Kansas. Official Website The county was established in 1886 and was named for the Reconstruction era Pennsylvania politician Thaddeus Stevens. On July 25, 1888, the Hay Meadow Massacre was a violent county seat fight between groups from Hugoton and Woodsdale, where 4 men were murdered. Adjacent Counties Grant...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Trego County, Kansas. Official Website Trego County was established in 1879 and was named In memory of Edgar P. Trego, captain of Co. H, 8th Kansas Infantry. Adjacent Counties Graham County Rooks County Ellis County Ness County Gove County Cities & Townships Collyer Franklin Glencoe Ogallah Riverside ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Official Website The county was created by the territorial legislature of Kansas Territory on March 25, 1859 and was named for a chief of the Potawatomi Indians. Originally, the county was named Richardson, after William Alexander Richardson, a congressman from Illinois, who introduced the first Kansas and ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, Kansas. Official Website In 1857, Washington County was established. The Oregon-California Trail, the Overland Stage Line, and the Pony Express all ran through Washington County. Adjacent Counties Jefferson County, Neb. Gage County, Neb. Thayer County, Neb. Republic County Cloud County Clay County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Woodson County, Kansas. Official Website In 1855, Woodson County was established. The county was named for Daniel Woodson (1824-1894), who served as secretary of Kansas Territory, 1854-1857, including four stints as acting governor. Adjacent Counties Coffey County Anderson County Allen County Wilson County Greenwood C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rawlins County, Kansas. Official Website Rawlins County was established in 1873. It was named after Union Civil War General John Aaron Rawlins. Smokey Bear, or Smokey the Bear, was an iconic bear that was created by the U.S. Forest Service in 1944 as part of an advertising campaign to prevent wildfires. The original version of Smok...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lane County, Kansas.= Official Website =The county was formed in 1873 and was named after James H. Lane who was a leader of the Jayhawker abolitionist movement and served as one of the first U.S. Senators from Kansas. Adjacent Counties * Gove County * Ness County * Scott County * Finney County Cities, Townships & Communities *Alamota*...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Miami County, Kansas.= Official Website = History The county was originally established in 1855 as Lykins County, after Dr. David Lykins. Lykins was a Baptist missionary to the Native American Indian tribes in the area, and had built a school for them in what is now rural Miami County. He also served as a member of the territorial co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mitchell County, Kansas.= Official Website =n 1867, Mitchell County was established and was named for Captain William D. Mitchell, a Kansas Civil War soldier in the Second Kansas Cavalry who was promoted to officer rank in the Second Kentucky Cavalry and was killed in 1865. Adjacent Counties * Jewell County * Cloud County * Ottawa Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morris County, Kansas.= Official Website =The county was established on ancient grounds of the Kaw American Indian tribe. Settlers and the Kaw lived in increasingly uneasy relationship as settlers encroached on native lands.Council Grove, established by European Americans in 1825, was an important supply station on the Santa Fe Trail....
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Neosho County, Kansas.= Official Website =Neosho County was originally called Dorn and changed in 1861 to Neosho, after the river which traverses the county from northwest to southeast. The name was given to the river by the Osages. Adjacent Counties * Allen County * Bourbon County * Crawford County * Labette County * Montgomery Coun...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ness County, Kansas.Ness County was established in 1867 and was named for Corporal Noah V. Ness of the 7th Kansas Cavalry. Adjacent Counties * Ellis County * Trego County * Rush County * Hodgeman County * Pawnee County * Finney County * Lane County * Gove County Cities, Townships & Communities
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Osage County, Kansas. Official Website The county was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it, which is itself named for the Osage Native American Tribe. Adjacent Counties Douglas County Franklin County Coffey County Lyon County Wabaunsee County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Osborne County, Kansas. The county was established in 1867 and was named in honor of Captain Vincent B. Osborne, a Civil War soldier who lost a leg in a battle on January 17, 1865, at Joy's Ford on the Arkansas River. Adjacent Counties Jewell County Smith County Mitchell County Lincoln County Russell County Ellis Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ottawa County, Kansas. Official Website Ottawa County was established in 1860 and organized in 1866. It was named for the Ottawa Indian Tribe. Adjacent Counties Cloud County Clay County Dickinson County Saline County Mitchell County Lincoln County Cities, Towns, Townships & Communities Ada | Bennington | Blain...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pawnee, Kansas. Official Website Established in 1867, the county is named for the Pawnee Indian Tribe. Adjacent Counties Barton County Stafford County Rush County Edwards County Hodgeman County Ness County Cities, Townships & Communities Ash Valley | Browns Grove | Burdett | Conkling | Frizell | Garfield | Gra...