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Chase County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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.

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Coordinates: 39.99°0′N 91.19°0′W / 39.99°N 91.19°W / 39.99; -91.19

Chase County, Kansas
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Location in the state of Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 11, 1859
County Seat	Cottonwood Falls
Courthouse
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Address	Chase County Courthouse Courthouse Square Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 66845-0547 Phone: 316.273.6423

County Courthouse

Chase County Courthouse
Courthouse Square
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
Phone: 316.273.6423

County Clerk has birth records 1886-1911 and death records 1886-1910.
Register of Deeds has land records.
Probate Judge has probate records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1859--Chase County was created 11 February 1859 from Butler and Wise (Old) Counties. County seat: Cottonwood Falls ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Butler
• Greenwood
• Lyon
• Marion
• Morris

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

     Men from Chase County enlisted in the following regiments and companies in the Civil War:

•  Regiment 1
•  Regiment 2, Companies Fand D 
•  Regiment 5 Cavalry
•  Regiment 6, Missouri          
• Regiment 7, Company H
•  Regiment 9, Companies B, D, I, M
•  Regiment 10, Companies I and Q
•  Regiment 11, Companies  M and C, Cavalry
•  Regiment 15, Company H
•  Regiment 17, Company C.   Regiments are infantry unless otherwise noted.

Newspapers

Obituaries

Chase County Death and Obituary Index for the period 1863-2005. Index gives name and newspaper date of obituary and provides information ordering a copy.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Chase County, Kansas 248 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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