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POTTAWATOMIE County, formerly embraced within the limits of Riley, was organized by the Territorial Legislature of 1857. Its northern and southern boundaries were the same as at present, while its western boundary was the guide meridian, about five miles east of Manhattan, and its eastern boundary about five miles east of its present one. It is now bounded on the north by Marshall and Nemaha counties, on the east by Jackson and Shawnee, on the south by the Kansas River, on the west by the Big Blue; having natural boundaries on the south and west.1Organized in 1856. County seat, Westmoreland. Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of the Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the County.2
- 1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.- 2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
| Biographies | ||||
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| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Strong, James G. 1870 - | 10K | May 2007 | Joy Fisher
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| Cemeteries | ||||
| Census Records | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| 1870 Census Louisville Township | 28 kb | 1996 | Unknown | |
| History - Directories | ||||
| Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | Pottawatomie County Medical Directory 1920 | 3K | Feb 2009 | Joy Fisher
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| Military Records | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll | 15 kb | Oct 1997 | Rosana Whitenight | |
| Newspaper Articles | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter |
Private Joseph E. Hoy awarded a Distinguished Service Cross posthumously |
2 kb | Mar 2000 | Georgianna Gray |
| Obituaries | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Gore, Jane (Fanning) | 1 kb | Mar 1999 | Jerry Nelson | |
| Hender, Sister Osethur April 1890 | 2K | Sep 2007 | Cic. Stetter | |
| Trout, George August 7, 1911 | 2K | Apr 2010 | Ken Wright | |
| Vital Records | ||||
| Marriage Records | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Marriages of Early Settlers of Pottawatomie County | 13 kb | Jan 1997 | Rosana Whitenight | |
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