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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
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1908 Senior Class, Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas	4 kb	Oct 2003	Don Brownlee
Post Office Discontinued At Henryville, Riley County, Kansas 1870	1K	Dec 2021	Debra Crosby
Riley County Medical Directory 1920	4K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
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
Butler, Ellen A. Lillia Mullen November 2, 1952	4K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Connors, Joanna Hannah Flynn Mullen March 2, 1923	7K	May 2020	Debra Crosby
Griffith, Evan Laurence January 12, 1961	4K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Griffith, Evan T. E. March 26, 1927	8K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Griffith, Joan "Josie" Johanna September 23, 1978	3K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Griffith, Margaret "Maggie" Mullen May 19, 1933	6K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Griffith, Thomas Joseph November 13, 1972	3K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Menzie, Joseph W. February 18, 1942	3K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Menzie, Kathleen Mullen February 28, 1962	3K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Norton, Ralph August 9, 1964	7K	Apr 2019	Debra Crosby
Sowers, Clare Russell March 4, 1975	1K	Apr 2009	Linda Meyers
Whitehead, Georgia July 10, 1875	1K	Apr 2022	Donald Buncie
Vital Records - Marriages
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Belcha, Josephine - Westover, John November 22, 1857	1K	Jan 2022	Donald Buncie

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