Records from Republic County
Creator: Republic County (Kan.)
Date: 1868 - 1990
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 216952
Abstract:
The majority of the records housed at the State Archives from Republic County come from the probate and district courts and consist of case files for estate administration and guardianship cases, and marriage licenses. The Archives also holds County Commissioners' journals of proceedings; County Clerk's registers for marriages, births, and deaths; and two small volumes of records from Scandia's City Clerk. Most of the records for this county are on microfilm.
Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm + 2 volumes.
Title (Main title): Records from Republic County
Administrative History
Administrative History:
Republic County is toward the center of Kansas, on the northern border with Nebraska. It was established in 1860 and named for the Republican River. The valley of that river was the seat of the Pawnee Republic, a major division of the Pawnee tribe.
Belleville is the Republic County seat. Townships include Albion, Beaver, Belleville, Big Bend, Courtland, Elk Creek, Fairview, Farmington, Freedom, Grant, Jefferson, Liberty, Lincoln, Norway, Richland, Rose Creek, Scandia, Union, Washington, and White Rock Township.
[Kansas State Historical Society. "Kansas Counties -- Republic County, Kansas." http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.php?county=RP (accessed 22 June 2009).]
Locators:
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Index Terms
Subjects
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Republic County (Kan.) -- Genealogy
Republic County (Kan.) -- History
Republic County (Kan.) -- Management
Republic County (Kan.) -- Statistics, Vital
Scandia (Kan.) -- Management
Marriage records -- Kansas -- Republic County
Probate courts -- Kansas -- Republic County -- Records and correspondence
Probate records -- Kansas -- Republic County
Creators and Contributors
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Republic County (Kan.)
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Republic County.
