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1880 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Kansas:

Allen Grant Pawnee
Anderson Greeley Phillips
Arapahoe Greenwood Pottawatomie
Atchison Hamilton Pratt
Barber Harper Rawlins
Barton Harvey Reno
Bourbon Hodgeman Republic
Brown Jackson Rice
Buffalo Jefferson Riley
Butler Jewell Rooks
Chase Johnson Rush
Chautauqua Kansas Russell
Cherokee Kearny Saline
Cheyenne Kingman Scott
Clark Labette Sedgwick
Clay Lane Sequoyah
Cloud Leavenworth Seward
Coffey Lincoln Shawnee
Comanche Linn Sheridan
Cowley Lyon Sherman
Crawford Marion Smith
Davis Marshall Stafford
Decatur Mcpherson Stanton
Dickinson Meade Stevens
Doniphan Miami Sumner
Douglas Mitchell Thomas
Edwards Montgomery Trego
Elk Morris Wabaunsee
Ellis Nemaha Wallace
Ellsworth Neosho Washington
Foote Ness Wichita
Ford Norton Wilson
Franklin Osage Woodson
Gove Osborne Wyandotte
Graham Ottawa

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.