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GREENWOOD County was named in honor of Greenwood, United States Land Commissioner, under pierce and Buchanan. It was first laid off by the bogus Legislature of 1855-56, but was for a number of years thereafter unorganized territory. As at first laid out, the county was a very nearly square tract of uniform size with its neighbors, but when in 1867 Madison County was abolished, and its north part given to Breckinridge (now Lyon) County, the lower portion, to a point three miles above Madison, was added to Greenwood. In giving the boundaries at this time, the southern boundary was b accident moved too far to the south, thus cutting off a strip of Howard (now Elk) County, three miles wide. This error was rectified in 1868. As finally laid off its boundaries are as follows: On the north by Lyon and Chase; east by Wilson, Woodson and Coffey, south by Elk, and west by Butler County.₁

Organized in 1862. County seat Eureka. This county received its name as a compliment to Alfred B. Greenwood, who, about the time of the organization of the territory, was commissioner of Indian Affairs.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Bible Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Taylor Copyright Date 1841	1K	Jul 2005	Carol Cable
Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Basham, David Walker 1854 -	2K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Census Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Index of the 1870 Greenwood County Kansas Census	2 kb	Jan 1997	Gary W Burris
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Greenwood County Medical Directory 1920	4K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	3 kb	Dec 1997	Debbie Wafford
Muster Roll of Greenwood County Militia	1 kb	Dec 1996	Betty Ralph
Miscellaneous
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Letter to Edward Beedles	4 kb	Dec 1996	Betty Ralph
Autobiography by Sarah Edna Eutsler Kennedy	9 kb	Dec 1996	Steve Kennedy
Index for the articles "Uncle Johnnie, Honey Creek Correspondent 1895-1903"	1 kb	Jan 1997	Betty Ralph
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bullock, Charles Eldon 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Denchfield, George W.	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Fedrick, John S. April 1, 1884	2K	Jun 2007	Phyllis Carson
Gillispie, George W. February 7, 1887	2 KB	Mar 2008	Richard Johnson
Gorman, George Gillick December 3, 1927	3K	Aug 2007	L Morgan
Graves, Duane Keith August 7, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Lasater, Frank	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Lasater, James B.	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Lasater, Jess	1 kb		Jerry Nelson
Lasater, Sarah Savilla (Parsons)	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Vitals - Marriages
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Smith, Catharine - Seivert, Aaron October 12, 1870	1K	Jul 2020	Debra Crosby

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