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8581 records, counting

| Allen | Anderson | Atchison | Barber | Barton | Bourbon | Brown | Butler | Chase | Chautauqua | Cherokee | Cheyenne | Clark | Clay |

| Cloud| Coffey | Comanche | Cowley | Crawford | Decatur | Dickinson | Doniphan | Douglas | Edwards | Elk | Ellis | Ellsworth | Finney |

| Ford | Franklin | Geary | Gove | Graham | Grant | Gray | Greeley | Greenwood | Hamilton | Harper | Harvey | Haskell | Hodgeman |

| Jackson | Jefferson | Jewell | Johnson | Kearney | Kingman | Kiowa | Labette | Lane | Leavenworth | Lincoln | Linn | Logan | Lyon |

| Marion | Marshall | McPherson | Meade | Miami | Mitchell | Montgomery | Morris | Morton | Nemaha | Neosho | Ness | Norton |

| Osage | Osborne | Ottawa | Pawnee | Phillips | Pottawatomie | Pratt | Rawlins | Reno | Republic | Rice | Riley | Rooks | Rush | Russell |

| Saline | Scott | Sedgwick | Seward | Shawnee | Sheridan | Sherman | Smith | Stafford | Stanton | Stevens | Sumner | Thomas |

| Trego | Wabaunsee | Wallace | Washington | Wichita | Wilson | Woodson | Wyandotte |
Dissolved Counties:
Arapaho 30 Aug 1855 - absorbed into Finney 1883.
El Paso 11 Feb 1859 and later disorganized.
Fremont 11 Feb 1859, later disorganized.
Broderick 11 Feb 1859, later disorganized.
Buffalo 1873, disorganized 1881, land annexed to Lane County.
Garfield 5 Mar 1887, annexed to Finney 1893.
Hageman 26 Feb 1867, later disorganized.
Howard 30 Aug 1855, reorganized into Elk and Chautauqua.
Irving 27 Feb 1860, annexed to Butler 1864.
Kansas 6 Mar 1873, annexed to Seward 1883.
Oro 11 Feb 1859, later disorganized.
Montana 11 Feb 1859, later disorganized.
Peketon 27 Feb 1860, later disorganized.
Otoe 27 Feb 1860, annexed to Butler 1864.
Rush 26 Feb 1867, later disorganized 1883.
Sequoyah 30 Aug 1855, renamed Finney 21 Feb 1883.
Shelby 1865, annexed by Washington.
Woodson 30 Aug 1855, had major boundary changes in 1868.

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  1. Allen - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-K | completed | 160 records
  2. Anderson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-Z | completed | 578 records
  3. Atchison - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  4. Barber - 26 Feb 1867 from Harper, part taken for Kansas 1875
  5. Barton - 26 Feb 1867 from Ellsworth
  6. Bourbon - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, part taken for Crawford 1867
    | A-Z | completed | 922 records
  7. Brown - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-Z |completed | 818 records
  8. Butler - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, part taken for Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867, annexed Irving & Otoe 1864.
  9. Chase - 11 Feb 1859 from Butler, part taken for Marion 1859
    | A-Z | updated 7 Jul 2007 | 79 records, counting
  10. Chautauqua - 3 Mar 1875 from Howard
  11. Cherokee - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory as McGee, renamed 18 Feb 1860.
    A-Z | completed | 630 records>/B>
  12. Cheyenne - 6 Mar 1873 from Kirwin Land District
  13. Clark - 7 Mar 1885 from Ford
  14. Clay - 20 Feb 1857 Kansas Territory
  15. Cloud - 27 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory as Shirley, renamed 26 Feb 1867, part taken for Republic 1860
  16. Coffey - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-Z | completed | 629 records
  17. Comanche - 26 Feb 1867 from Kiowa. Part taken back to Kiowa 1886
  18. Cowley - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory as Hunter, renamed 26 Feb 1867, part taken for Sumner 1867
  19. Crawford- 13 Feb 1867 from Bourbon
    | A-Z | completed | 792 records
  20. Decatur - 6 Mar 1873 from Norton
  21. Dickinson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  22. Doniphan - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-Z |completed | 478 records
  23. Douglas - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-K | L-Z | completed | 1129 records
  24. Edwards - 7 Mar 1874 Kansas Territory
  25. Elk - 3 Mar 1875 from Howard
  26. Ellis - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory
  27. Ellsworth - 26 Feb 1867 from Saline, parts taken for Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867
  28. Finney - 21 Feb 1883 from Arapahoe, Seqyoyah as Sequoyah, renamed 21 Feb 1883, parts taken for Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, Haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873
  29. Ford - 6 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory, parts taken for Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887
  30. Franklin - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
    | A-J | K-Z | completed | 883 records
  31. Geary - 30 Aug 1885 Kansas Territory as Davis, renamed 28 Feb 1889.
    | A-Z | completed | 376 records
  32. Gove - 2 Mar 1868 Kansas Territory
  33. Graham - 26 Feb 1867 from Rooks
  34. Grant - 6 Mar 1873 from Finney, Kearney
  35. Gray - 21 Feb 1883 from Finney, Ford as Foote, renamed 5 Mar 1887
  36. Greeley - 6 Mar 1873 from Hamilton
  37. Greenwood - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  38. Hamilton - 6 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory, part taken for Greeley 1873
  39. Harper - 26 Feb 1867 from Kingman, part taken for Barber 1867
  40. Harvey - 29 Feb 1872 from McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion
  41. Haskell - 5 Mar 1887 from Finney
  42. Hodgeman - 6 Mar 1873 from Indian lands, part taken for Ness 1867
  43. Jackson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory as Calhoun, renamed 11 Feb 1859.
    | A-Z | completed | 858 records
  44. Jefferson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  45. Jewell - 26 Feb 1867 from Mitchell
  46. Johnson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  47. Kearny - 6 Mar 1873 from Finney, part taken for Grant 1873
  48. Kingman - 10 Feb 1886 Kansas Territory, part taken for harper 1867
  49. Kiowa - 10 Feb 1886 from Comanche, Edwards, parts taken for Comanche 1867, Edwards 1874
  50. Labette - 7 Feb 1867 from Neosho, part taken for Montgomery 1867
    | A-Z | updated 7 Jul 2007 | 249 records, counting
  51. Lane - 6 Mar 1873 from Finney. Annexed Buffalo 1881.
  52. Leavenworth - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  53. Lincoln - 26 Feb 1867 from Ellsworth
  54. Linn - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  55. Logan - 4 Mar 1881 from Wallace, as St. John, renamed 24 Feb 1887.
  56. Lyon - 17 Feb 1857 from Madison as Breckenridge County, renamed 5 Feb 1862
  57. Marion - 30 Aug 1859 from Chase, parts taken for Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860
  58. Marshall - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  59. McPherson - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory, parts taken for harvey 1872, Reno 1867
  60. Meade - 7 Mar 1885 Kansas Territory
  61. Miami - 30 Aug 1855 renamed from Lynkins 3 June 1861.
  62. Mitchell - 26 Feb 1867 from Kirwin Land District, parts taken for Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867
  63. Montgomery - 26 Feb 1867 from Labette
  64. Morris - 30 Aug 1855 from Madison as Wise, renamed 11 Feb 1859, part taken for Richardson 1855
  65. Morton - 17 Nov 1886 Kansas Territory
  66. Nemaha - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  67. Neosho - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory as Dorn, renamed 3 Jun 1861, part taken for Labette 1867
  68. Ness - 26 Feb 1867 from Hodgeman
  69. Norton - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory, renamed as Billings 3 Mar 1873, renamed Norton 19 Feb 1874, part taken for Decatur 1873
  70. Osage - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory as Weller, renamed 11 Feb 1859.
  71. Osborne - 26 Feb 1867 from Mitchell
  72. Ottawa - 27 Feb 1860 from Saline
  73. Pawnee - 26 Feb 1867 from Rush, Stafford
  74. Phillips - 26 Feb 1867 from Kirwin Land District
  75. Pottawatomie - 20 Feb 1857 from Riley, Calhoun
  76. Pratt - 26 Feb 1867 from Stafford
  77. Rawlins - 6 Mar 1873 from Kirwin Land District
  78. Reno - 26 Feb 1867 from Sedgwick, McPherson, part taken for Rice 1867
  79. Republic - 27 Feb 1860 from Washington, Cloud
  80. Rice - 26 Feb 1867 from Reno
  81. Riley - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, parts taken for Davis 1871, Pottawattomie 1857, Wabaunsee 1855
  82. Rooks - 26 Feb 1867 from Kirwin Land District, part taken for Graham 1867
  83. Rush - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory
  84. Russell - 26 Feb 1867 from Ellsworth
  85. Saline - 15 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory, parts taken for Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860
  86. Scott - 6 Mar 1873 from Finney
  87. Sedgwick - 26 Feb 1867 from Butler, parts taken for Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
  88. Seward - 30 Aug 1855 from Indian Lands as Godfrey, renamed 3 June 1861. Annexed Kansas 1883.
  89. Shawnee - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  90. Sheridan - 6 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory
  91. Sherman - 6 Mar 1873 from Kirwin Land District
  92. Smith - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory
  93. Stafford - 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory, parts taken for Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867
  94. Stanton - 6 Mar 1873 Indian Lands
  95. Stevens - 6 Mar 1873 Indian Lands
  96. Sumner - 26 Feb 1867 from Cowley
  97. Thomas - 6 Mar 1873 from Kirwin Land District
  98. Trego - 26 Feb 1867 from Ellis
  99. Wabaunsee - 30 Aug 1855 as Richardson, renamed 11 Feb 1859.
  100. Wallace - 2 Mar 1868 Indian Lands, part taken for St. John 1881
  101. Washington - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, part taken for Republic 1860, annexed Shelby.
  102. Wichita - 6 Mar 1873 Indian Lands
  103. Wilson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  104. Woodson - 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory
  105. Wyandotte - 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory
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