Welcome to Cheyenne
County Kansas Genealogy Research
Sod house
Cheyenne County KS
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Cheyenne County Kansas
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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Cheyenne County Data
Brief
History from Kansas State Historical
Society:
Cheyenne County is
the most north western county in the state
of Kansas. Containing the cities of Saint
Francis and Bird
City, this county was founded by
John F. Murray; George C. Rusk ; J. F.
Webb; Max Rich; C. N. Sears; B. F.
Brennaman;
and L. R. Keaton. These men were
land promoters who encouraged Volga-German
settlers to settle in the area in 1885.
The
county was organized March 20, 1873.