County organization censuses

Creator: Governor's Office. Main Office

Date: [ca. 1866-ca. 1886]

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 193451

Space Required/Quantity: 1.17 cubic feet

Title (Main title): County organization censuses

Part of: Records of the Kansas Governor's Office.

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Census rolls conducted 1873-1886, containing number of householders, ages, and number of acres under cultivation. Some also contain gender, number of voters, number of schoolchildren, and location. The Logan County records consist of votes for the temporary county seat, not the usual census information. The oversize folder contains censuses and petitions submitted to the governor (1866-1873) for Barton through Sumner Counties to be formally organized as Kansas counties. This allows the governor to appoint temporary county officers and the citizens to prepare for the first official election. Duplicates (and originals) for some counties were also filed with the Secretary of State's Office and are part of that record group (#622) in the State archives (County organization files, ser. UID 193603).

Contents: Box 1. Decatur, Ford, Gove, Graham, Hodgman, Logan Counties -- box 2. Morton, Ness, Pratt, Rawlins, Sheridan, Stafford, Trego Counties -- oversize folder. Censuses and petitions, 1866-1873.