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Rawlins County was created by the Legislature of 1873 and organized May 25, 1881. With Atwood as the temporary county seat. There was an exciting fight over county seat between Blakeman and Atwood, which was settled by the courts in July, 1881. Rawlins County was named for John A. Rawlins, an adjutant for Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War and who later became the Secretary of War in the Grant administration. The first homesteader was August C. Blume in 1875, and during the years of 1880 & 1881, the area was settled by a good number of people. In May 1881, Rawlins Township was organized as Rawlins County and Governor John P. St. John named Atwood the temporary county seat.

Immigrants to Rawlins County came from Ireland, England, the Scandinavian countries and the Middle European countries. However, each group of immigrants did not associate with the others. The area surrounding the Enne Post Office was settled by the Swedes; the English settled in Grant Township (south central part of county) in a little community they called Ilion; Herndon was settled by the Hungarians/Austrians; and Ludell was settled by the Germans. The Irish and Danish settled in south central Rawlins County, and the Czechs settled north and west of Atwood.

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Rawlins County Information
Cutler's History of Kansas -- Rawlins County
Rawlins County Genealogical Society
Atwood Public Library

· Cemetery Tombstone Transcription Project All of the cemeteries are on now. There will be some corrections and additions to be made. If you find some, please feel free to let me know so I can make them.

· Index to First Naturalization Records for Rawlins County

· Index to Final Naturalization Records for Rawlins County

Rawlins County Birth Announcements 1879 - 1890

Rawlins County Birth Announcements 1891 - 1899

Rawlins County Birth Announcements 1900 - 1910
(Birth announcements from Rawlins County newspapers)

· Rawlins County Marriage Records 1880 - 1920
Indexed by Bride and Groom