Welcome to
Morris County
Where Your Journey Begins

  Welcome to Kansas Trails' Morris County. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by placing data online for the Free use of all researchers.  We are proud to expand Kansas with Morris County, providing our "experience" gained from years of researching our ancestors and website hosting.  We want to hear about you and the history of your ancestors from this beautiful State. We also need contributions of your data, history and stories to make this a great place to research.  Everything is helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos and County History, to name a few.
  As data becomes available, we will put it online.  Information for the County of Morris will be posted as fast as we can find, type and/or receive it.  We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions.
  You are welcome to browse the information here to gather the data needed in your research. Please remember that this data represents hours of painstaking research by the State Coordinator, County Host, Volunteers, and Contributors, who donate to this site. Show your respect for these efforts by not using it on other websites or publications without written permission of the host and/or Contributors nor claim as your own.
If you wish to submit data of any type to this site, it will be graciously accepted and added to this site.
Remember: Submitted data will always be YOURS.
CONTROL of any submitted data is yours.
At any time you can choose to remove it or keep it online - from any site - wherever on the web.

your Temporary Morris County host, Sara Hemp


This County is available for adoption!
We're looking for people to put genealogical and historical data online for the free use of all researchers, visit our Volunteer Information page and then email Kim


Townships
No. 1
formerly Council Grove, Garfield & Valley
No. 2
formerly Neosho & Warren
No. 3
formerly Ohio
No. 4
formerly Parker
No. 5
formerly Rolling Prairie
No. 6
formerly Clark's Creek
No. 7
formerly Diamond Valley
No. 8
formerly Diamond Valley
No. 9
formerly Elm Creek
Highland
Overland
Cities
Council Grove
Dunlap
Dwight
Latimer
Parkerville
Skiddy
White City
Wilsey


  Originally organized as Wise County in 1855, the name was changed to Morris County in 1859. Its namesake, Thomas Morris, was an anti-slavery senator from Ohio.
  Council Grove is the largest population center and the county seat; it has a rich history that precedes the organization of the county. The Santa Fe Trail ran through the town, and it was an important trading post for many years. What was to become Morris County included the Kaw Indian reservation. A mission, founded by the Methodist Episcopal church, was built on the reservation in 1850.

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Birth Records
Cemeteries
Census
County Seat
Death Records
Directories
Family Histories
Genealogy
History
Immigration
Land Records
Maps
Marriages
Military
Native Americans
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Obituaries
Pictures
Schools
Taxes

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