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Greenwood 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

Greenwood County, Kansas
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Facts
Founded August 30, 1855
County Seat Eureka
Courthouse
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Address Greenwood County Courthouse
311 N. Main Street
Eureka, Kansas 67045-1321
Phone: 316.583.7421


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County Courthouse

Greenwood County Courthouse
311 N Main; PO Box 268
Eureka, KS 67045-1321 Phone: 316.583.7421

County Clerk has birth records 1885-1947,
marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1965.
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Register of Deeds has land and military records. [1]

History

Parent County

1855--Greenwood County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Eureka [2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

    During the Civil War men from Greenwood County enlisted in the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, and the 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.  Men from Wilson, Woodson and Greenwood counties organized a mounted militia regiment in 1861.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Greenwood County, Kansas page 251, 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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