Source Information

Riley County Genealogical Society, comp. Riley County, Kansas Census, 1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

About Riley County, Kansas Census, 1875

Riley County, Kansas 1875 state census About one hundred miles west of Kansas City, Kansas, Riley County is located on the western edge of Northeast Kansas. This county's population increased mightily between 1865 and 1875. The information taken from the original census sheets, housed in the Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka, Kansas, is a collection of census records for county residents in 1875. Entries in this collection of nearly 9,000 individuals include Dwelling No., Family No., Name, Age, Sex, Race, Occupation, Real Estate Value, Personal Property Value, Birth Place and Former State or Country of Residence.

Further microfilm census information is available by contacting the Riley County Genealogical Society Library, 2005 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502, or email [email protected] Original data: Kansas State Historical Society (http://www.kshs.org/library/cens4ks.htm), 1875 Kansas State Census.