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RILEY County was the westernmost county of Kansas, having the Kansas River for its southern boundary, among those organized by the Territorial Legislature of 1865. Its northern boundary was the county of Marshall; its western, the line between Ranges 5 and 6 east, its eastern, Calhoun County, lying east of the line dividing Ranges 10 and 11 east. Between it and the Missouri River, were the counties of Calhoun, Jefferson and Leavenworth. Going northward and westward from Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha and Marshall were traversed, as the Northern River and Nebraska line counties, making eight counties to the north and east of Riley.₁

Organized in 1855. County seat Manhattan. Received its name from the adjacent military post which was established in 1853, and called Fort Riley in honor of General Riley of the United States army.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
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Anderson, Herman J. 1862 -	5K	May 2007	Joy Fisher
Layton, George B. 1864 -	7K	May 2007	Joy Fisher
Moden, J. M. 1857 - 1915	4K	May 2007	Joy Fisher
MORRIS, Elias Emerson, b. 1859	3 kb	May 2002	Maggie Stewart
Skalla, Thomas H. 1841 -	5K	May 2007	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Riley County Medical Directory 1920	4K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
History: School Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1908 Senior Class, Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas	4 kb	Oct 2003	Don Brownlee
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	10 kb	Aug 1998	Rosana Whitenight
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Appeltrad, Arthur Rudolph 1918	1K	Nov 2007	Joy Fisher
Sowers, Clare Russell March 4, 1975	1K	Apr 2009	Linda Meyers

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