Kansas, State Census, 1895

What is in This Collection?

This is an image collection of the Kansas state census taken in 1895, with an index incorporated through independent contributors. The census schedules enumerate all members of the household as of 1 March 1895. Kansas became a state in 1861 and later passed a law requiring a state census every ten years to number the population of the various counties in order to determine apportionment of the state legislature. The first state census was taken in 1865 and continued until 1925, as the law was repealed in 1933. The state censuses provide substantially different information than the federal censuses. The enumeration is divided into two schedules.

• Schedule 1 enumerates each household and its occupants. Each enumeration requires three pages for tabulating all information, and the enumerations are listed in 32 rows per page. Each entry has 20 columnar details.
• Schedule 2 enumerates each farm and its agricultural product. Thirty-two enumerations are listed on each page, and each enumeration requires twelve pages for tabulating 100 columnar details.

Generally a reader will see a correlation from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 easily, since each schedule is added to in the same household visit. Generally, also, only the Schedule 1 pages are indexed.

The counties of Comanche, Finney, Saline, and Seward were not enumerated. Due to a delay in funding, this census was taken "carelessly" and "hurriedly" according to a report by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Some counties were not enumerated completely (Cherokee, Gove, Lyon, Marion). See Kansas State Historical Society: Kansas 1895 State Census.

Since the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed, this state census, together with the state census of 1885, can substitute for locating ancestors between 1880 and 1900.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection by visiting the list of counties for Kansas State Census, 1895.

You can search for entries in this collection by entering search criteria.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records (Note that each census page spans three pages or two digital images):

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Collection Content

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  1895 State Census

Known Issues

Marshall County, Vermillion Township

Presented in 151 images. It is unclear whether the following issues are from the original photography to microfilm or from digitizing the images.

• Image 82 displays portions of two adjacent page spreads from Schedule 1. The left half of the image shows columns 8 through 16 of enumerated households 54 through 58 (B. Nauman, Aaron Cass, John Golden, John Brown, and John F Auld). The right half of the image shows columns 7 through 14 of the enumerated household 59 through 63 (possibly Thomas Carney, Edward McGary, Albert Busby, B. Sheehan, Thomas Warner, and John Marksman). Image

• Image 120 is photographed incompletely. The image shows only Schedule 2 columns 49 through 51, and columns 35 through 48 have been lost. Image

Mitchell County, Beloit Township

The name of the township is missing as a linked name in the browse page Image. However, it is likely that the township was simply missed while digitizing the images. At least one known resident is found in a search on the name, and the township is available for browsing at Link.