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    Labette County

County Seat: Oswego
Founded: 1867
Population: 25682   (1990)
Area: 653 Square Miles
Standard Abbreviation: LB

History

The early history of Labette County was marred by a mysterious and murderous family named Bender who were never brought to justice.

Cities, Towns, & Villages of Labette County

  Year  Elev      Pop Name              ZIP
  ====  ====  ======= ================ =====
  1875   910     1049 Altamont         67330
         790          Angola           
         890      107 Bartlett         67332
         975          Brownstone       
  1868   824     1357 Chetopa          67336
         923          Dennis           67341
         979      438 Edna             67342
         941          Fern             
         838          Garvin           
         917          Grove            66846
         965       74 Labette          
         843      247 Laneville        
         855          Montana          
         830      405 Mound Valley     67354
         900          Orchard Park     
  1866   900     1870 Oswego           67356
  1870   907    11924 Parsons          67357
         840          Penfield         
         836          Stover           
         850          Strauss          
         855          Valeda           
         870          Winway           

Labette County School Systems

• USD 503 Parsons (316) 421-5950 Parsons
• USD 504 Oswego (316) 795-2126 Oswego
• USD 505 Chetopa (316) 236-7244 Chetopa
• USD 506 Labette County (316) 784-5326 Altamont

Colleges

• Labette Community College, Parsons (316) 421-6700

Hospitals

• Katy Clinic (316) 421-2700 /400 Katy Ave.
  Parsons, KS 67357
• Oswego Health Center (316) 795-2921
  800 Barker Dr. / Oswego, KS 67356

Libraries

• Altamont Public Library (316) 784-5530
  P. O. Box 218 / Altamont, KS 67330
• Chetopa City Library
  312 Maple / P. O. Box 206 / Chetopa, KS 67336
• Edna Public Library (316) 922-3470
  Box 218 / Edna, KS 67342
• Mound Valley Public Library (316) 328-3441
  P. O. Box 179 / Mound Valley, KS 67354
• Oswego Public Library (316) 795-4921
  704 Fourth Street / Oswego, KS 67356
• Parsons Public Library
  311 S 17th / Parsons, KS 67357

Museums

• Chetopa Historical Museum (316) 236-7195
  Route 1; P.O. Box 135 Chetopa, Kansas 67336
• Oswego Historical Museum & Log Cabin (316) 795-4500
  410 Commercial / Oswego, KS
• Parsons Historical Society (316) 421-3382
  401 S. Corning / Parsons, KS
  Furniture, tools, clothing, & pictures
• Iron Horse Musueum (316) 421-1959
  18th & Corning / Parsons, KS
  History of Railroads

Newspapers

• Altamont Journal (316) 784-5632
  512 S. Huston Ave. / Altamont, KS 67330
• Chetopa Advance
• Oswego Independent-Observer (316) 795-4712
  403 S. Commercial / Oswego, KS 67356
• Parsons Sun (316) 421-2000
  220 S 18th / PO Box 836 / Parsons, KS 67357-0836

Special Places in Labette County

• You can watch canes being turned into syrup during October at Golden Mill Sorghum near Bartlett. Call (316) 226-3368.

Economic Development

• University of Kansas' County Profile Reports
  A wealth of statistical data from The Institute for Public Policy and Business Research

 

References

• James, John T. The Benders of Kansas (Wichita: Kan-Okla Publishing. 1913 - reprinted 1995)
• WPA The WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas ( Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 1984 )

Labette County Government Offices

The Labette County government offices are located at 501 Merchant St., Oswego, KS  67356

Labette County Clerk  - (620)795-2138

Labette County Register of Deeds
521  Merchant St.
Oswego, KS  67356
Phone - (620)795-4931

 

Labette County Offices

• Extension Service
• Labette County (316) 795-2138
  P. O. Box 387 / Oswego, KS 67356

Labette County Historical/Genealogical Societies

Labette County Genealogical Society
lbcogs@webtv.net
Box 544
Parsons, Kansas 67357-0544

Parsons Historical Society
401 S. Corning
Parsons, KS  67357
Phone - (620)421-3382

 

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Labette County Convention & Visitors Bureau
(316) 421-6500
1715 Corning / P. O. Box 737 / Parsons, KS 67357

Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Labette County.  Excellent reference to the early history in Labette County.

Labette County Map (circ 1880) This is a sectional map in B&W of Labette County, scanned from the Cutler's History of the State of Kansas.

Labette County Map (circ 1878) This is a sectional map in color of Labette County, scanned from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture's First Biennial Report.

Labette County Historical Newspapers  Microfilmed newspapers stored at the Kansas State Historical Society.  
To view the KSHS policy on Inter-Library Loans and the address to send requests to Click Here

Information on the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Labette County

Labette County Digital Library  Obituaries, Census Records and Indexes, Biographies, Local Histories, Cemetery Records, Military information, Vital Records.

Kansas State Map circa.1910 : (This image may take awhile to open on slower systems)

The Kansas Collection : Letting The Voices Of The Past Be Heard...

Kansas Plains and Emigrant Tribes, Native Americans

The Prairie Traveler : A Handbook for OVERLAND EXPEDITIONS

The Kansas Pioneer Project  : An excellent project to support!!

Kansas State Historical Society : Home Page

Kansas Heritage Server

GHOSTCHASER :

Kansas Historical and Genealogical Societies :

KS Historical Markers :

KS Press Association : Current KS Newspapers

Funeral Homes Listings : For the state of Kansas

KS in the Civil War

Kansas Civil War POW's at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas

Kansas in the Civil War

KS Union Regimental Histories

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

 

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• FindAGrave
• Internet Archive
• 1912 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence, by Frank W. Blackmar
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Kansas Secretary of State
• Maps of US - provides an interactive map of boundary changes
• HistoricMapWorks - many maps, including township plats, are available to view at no cost
• Sanborn Maps
• National Register of Historic Places
• KSGenWeb Digital Library
• GenealogyTrails

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