Leavenworth County, KSGenWeb Project

Welcome!

1 I'm Linda Lewis, the county coordinator for the Leavenworth County, KSGenWeb Project. Many thanks to Pauli Driver Smith, the previous coordinator. Our goal at KSGenWeb is to provide free genealogy, history, and personal history resources. I welcome contributions! If you are willing to transcribe records or have family records you would like to submit, please contact me.

In the Beginning

2 Leavenworth County was formed on August 25, 1855 from free territory and is among the first 33 counties in Kansas formed by the first territorial government. It is named, as is its county seat, after Henry Leavenworth, an officer in the War of 1812.

Adjacent counties are: Platte, Missouri (north), Wyandotte (east), Johnson (southeast), Douglas (southwest), Jefferson (west), and Atchison (northwest).

What's New!

3 Check out What's New

If you have something that you would like to contribute to this site, please contact me. The more we have to share, the bigger the chance that someone's brick wall is demolished!

Digital Library

This is a growing digital library full of links to online historical books and files about Leavenworth County and local community history.To visit our Digital Library, go here.

Fort Leavenworth Records

A growing collection of records, history, and genealogy surrounding the oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C.
To see what is available, go here.

Prison & Criminal Records

I am searching for old prison records, especially those of inmates. If you have any sources or access to records, and are willing to share, please let me know. To see what is available on this site, go here.