Organized in September 17, 1887. Russell Springs was the county seat until 1963 when Oakley took over that honor.  By an act of the legislature in 1887, the name of the then unorganized county of St. John was changed to Logan, in honor of the late General John A. Logan.

Logan County KSGenWeb Links:

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Lookups- updated 11 Sept 1999!
Cemeteries
County Information - Links to Oakley and Russell Springs. Good info!
Logan County Digital Library
Towns
Write for records pertaining to Logan County
Films available through a Family History Library
Enemy Alien Registration Affidavit for Philip Vogler
 

Where to write for research help:

Northwest Kansas Genealogical & Historical Society
C/O Oakley Public Library
700 W. 3rd St.
Oakley KS 67748-1256

(located in **Logan County**)
 

Counties bordering Logan:

It's important to remember that if the town your relatives lived in was closer to the county seat of a neighboring county, they may have gone there to take out a marriage license and to record legal documents such as a marriage, will, birth, death, probate, ect.

To the East - Gove County, County Seat is Gove
To the South/Southeast - Scott County, County Seat is Scott City
To the North/Northwest - Sherman County, County Seat is Goodland
To the North - Thomas County, County Seat is Colby
To the West - Wallace County, County Seat is Sharon Springs
To the South/Southwest - Wichita County, County Seat is Leoti
 

Other Links related to Logan County or Kansas

City of Oakley
Cutlers History of Kansas of KS
Fick Fossil and History Museum

Societies:

Kansas Genealogical Society
They have death, census, history and misc. records for Logan County
Kansas State Historical Society
Bibliographies | census materials | directories | military | newspapers
International Internet Genealogical Society University
Learn about land & property research.
Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society

Searches

Nail - NARA Archival Information Locator

Other Links:

Beginner's Guide to Family History Research
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Kansas
Deciphering Old Handwriting
Diane's Surname Page (my personal web page!)
Genealogists Index to the WWW
Genealogy Gateway to the Web
Genealogy Resources on the Internet- Mailing Lists
Gene Stark's Index of Names for all GenWeb Sites
National Links Page
Net Guide - Genealogist's Guide to the Internet
RootsWeb Mailing Lists

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Logan County Volunteer
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