
| Kansas County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1855 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 |
| 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1883 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1889 | 1893 | |
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| 1860 | 1870 | 1880-1930 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas Map Abbreviations | |||||
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| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Al - Allen An - Anderson At - Atchison Bbr - Barber Bo - Bourbon Bro - Brown Btn - Barton But - Butler Chs - Chase Cke - Cherokee Clk - Clark Clo - Cloud Cly - Clay Cof - Coffey Com - Comanche |
Cow - Cowley Cqa - Chautauqua Cr - Crawford Cyn - Cheyenne De - Decatur Di - Dickinson Don - Doniphan Dou - Douglas Ed - Edwards Eli - Ellis Elk - Elk Eth - Ellsworth Fi - Finney For - Ford Fr - Franklin Ge - Geary Ghm - Graham Gly - Greeley Gnt - Grant Gov - Gove Gry - Gray Gwd - Greenwood Ha - Haskell |
Ham - Hamilton Hod - Hodgeman Hpr - Harper Hvy - Harvey Ja - Jackson Je - Jefferson Jew - Jewell Jo - Johnson Ke - Kearny Kin - Kingman Kio - Kiowa Lab - Labette Lan - Lane Lcn - Lincoln Le - Leavenworth Lnn - Linn Lo - Logan Ly - Lyon McP - McPherson Me - Meade Mia - Miami Mit - Mitchell Mrn - Marion |
Mrs - Morris Msl - Marshall Mtn - Morton Mty - Montgomery Nem - Nemaha Neo - Neosho Nes - Ness No - Norton Osa - Osage Osb - Osborne Owa - Ottawa Pa - Pawnee Ph - Phillips Po - Pottawatomie Pr - Pratt Ra - Rawlins Rce - Rice Ren - Reno Rep - Republic Ril - Riley Ro - Rooks Rsh - Rush |
Rsl - Russell Sal - Saline Sc - Scott Sdn - Sheridan Sed - Sedgwick Sew - Seward Sha - Shawnee Sm - Smith Smn - Sherman Snn - Stanton Std - Stafford Su - Sumner Svn - Stevens Th - Thomas Tr - Trego Wab - Wabaunsee Wal - Wallace Was - Washington Wic - Wichita Wil - Wilson Wo - Woodson Wy - Wyandotte |
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Indispensable for finding locations of rural cemeteries, churches, land holdings, township and range lines, section numbers, water courses, and other structures are the General Highway Maps (by county name), available from the Kansas Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Planning, 915 Harrison, Rm. 754, Docking State Office Bldg., Topeka, KS 66612-1568.
Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All Kansas maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Kansas Maps
Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
The Kansas Highway Department has prepared a series of county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
To View the Kansas Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution. If you order an image they are printed at the highest resolution. (Images are between 500k and 1.5 meg so loading may be slow if using a dial-up connection). PLEASE READ!! These maps are downloadable and are in PDF format. The main use of these are the locations of all known cemeteries in a county and of course the various roads and church locations. These Kansas Maps are Free to Download
Maps are an excellent source for beginning your research, because they provide much useful information at a glance. Many historic maps show individual buildings and are especially useful because they also record owners' names and features in the surrounding community. More detailed maps reveal property acreage and estate names. By examining a series of maps, you will be able to date changes in your property over time.
Robert W. Baughman’s Kansas in Maps, first published in 1969 by the Kansas State Historical Society, contains ninety maps. It was reprinted in 1988 by the Patrice Press in St. Louis.
A good series of maps showing the expansion and development of Kansas counties was published in Kansas State Historical Society’s volume 8 of Transactions. These maps were later reprinted by Kansas Genealogical Society, in Dodge City, in the TreeSearcher (April 1966–January 1967).
The map collection at Kansas State Historical Society includes 21,000 maps and architectural drawings. The maps were produced by government agencies, railroads, map publishers, and individuals. Researchers may request information regarding specific geographic locations and time periods, including the Kansas Dead Town List for those towns no longer in existence.
Below is a list of online resources for Kansas Maps. Email us with websites containing Kansas Maps by clicking the link below:
On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Kansas court record online!