Records of Pawnee County

Birth Records

• City Clerk: 1897 - June 30, 1911
• Vital Statistics, Topeka: July 1, 1911 – Present

Burial Records

• City Clerk:    1886 – Present

Civil Court Records

• Pawnee County District Court:     1872 – Present

Death Records

• City Clerk: 1897 – June 30, 1911
• Vital Statistics, Topeka:    July 1, 1911 – Present
• Beckwith Mortuary, Larned:      Starts 1913
  Vernon Morrell Mortuary, Larned: Starts 1911

Divorce Records

• Pawnee County District Court: 1973 – Present
• Vital Statistics, Topeka: July 1, 1951 – Present

Land Records

• Pawnee County Register of Deeds: 1874 – Present

Marriage Records

• Pawnee County District Court: 1873 – Present
• Vital Statistics, Topeka: May 1, 1913 – Present

Military Records

• Pawnee County Register of Deeds: 1989 – Present
  (On record only if they were brought up to Register of Deeds Office to record)

Naturalization Records

• Pawnee County District Court: 1872 – Present

Probate Records

• Pawnee County District Court:     1872 – Present

School Records

• Register of Deeds:  1879 – 1966 (Old Township Schools)
• Superintendent of Schools: 1909 – Present
  • Kindergarten – 8th Grade
  • Zook High School
• Larned High School:  1890 – Present
• City of Larned:
  • Garfield High School
  • Pawnee Rock High School

Newspapers at Jordaan Memorial Library

• Pawnee County Herald: 1878
• Larned Press: 1878
• Larned Optic: 1878
• Larned Chronoscope: 1878 – 1952
• Larned Eagle Optic: 1885 – 1901
• Burdett Bugle: 1886 – 1888
• Larned News: 1933
• Larned Tiller & Toiler: 1892 – Present

Santa Fe Trail Center

Designated Depository for Pawnee County Record