Morris County, Kansas, United States

Details for Morris County

Name

Morris County

Place Type

County

Located in

Kansas, United States

County Seat

Council Grove

Coordinates

Latitude		38.7000068		38° 42' 00" N
Longitude		-96.6336172		96° 38' 01" W

Population

6,198

Elevation

437 m

Surrounding Counties

Wabaunsee NE
Lyon SE
Chase S
Marion SW
Dickinson NW
Geary N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

485028

Histopolis Place ID

880424069

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Morris County

7 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Morris County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_County,_Kansas (1 Aug 2010)

Morris County, Kansas KS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Morris County, Kansas KS, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4867 (24 Sep 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Morris County, Kan. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MS.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Morris County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Morris County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Morris/ (19 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Morris County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=4867&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (14 Oct 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=947 (12 Sep 2009)

KSGenWeb Archives: Morris County, Kansas Table of Contents [USGenWeb Archives]
Kansas USGenWeb Archives Morris County
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/morris/morris.htm (31 Jan 2010)

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Surveys in Morris County

1 Survey, 6 Ranges, 23 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Morris County. You can navigate to any of the 23 survey townships that overlap Morris County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships and Cities of Morris County

11 Townships, 2 Cities (Township is assumed unless noted)

Council Grove (city)	Herington (city)	Highland	Overland
Township 1	Township 2	Township 3	Township 4
Township 5	Township 6	Township 7	Township 8
Township 9

Cities of Morris County

8 Cities, 7 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)

Burdick (u.p.)	Council Grove	Delavan (u.p.)	Diamond Springs (u.p.)
Downing (historical u.p.)	Dunlap	Dwight	Helmick (u.p.)
Herington	Kelso (u.p.)	Latimer	Parkerville
Skiddy (u.p.)	White	Wilsey

Cemeteries of Morris County

22 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Beman	Burton	Calvary	Clarks Creek
Comisky	Delavan	Dunlap	Dunlap
Dwight	Eureka	Garfield	Greenwood
Highland	Kelso	Latimer	Mitchell Valley
Old Mission	Parker-Highland	Ramsey-Black	Saint Johns
St. Johns (*)	Swartz	White City

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