Ford County

Online books concerning Ford County “A History of Kansas” by Anna E. Arnold, Copyright 1914

Cemeteries in Ford County Note: if you have a transcription on the web or would like to transcribe a cemetery, please contact us. Bellefont Holy Cross Cemetery Bloom Bloom Cemetery Bucklin Bucklin Cemetery – Original Section and Memorial Garden Section –  A – D, E – G, H – K, L – P, … Read more

If you have transcribed some Ford County Census records and wish to place them on line or have some already on line, please contact us so it can be added to this page. 1870 US Census Fort Dodge – 41A, 41B, 42A, 42B, 43A, 43B, 44A, 44B, 45A, 45B, 46A, … Read more

Ford County, Kansas 1887 Business Directory B. J. Hardesty, Vice-Pres. Bank of Dodge City. Representative in Legislature. Stockman Range Neutral Strip. Estab. 1880. P. O., Dodge City. Geo. M. Hoover, Sunset Roller Mills. Estab. 1872. P. O., Dodge City. J. Collar, Coal Dealer (wholesale and retail), and Stockman Smoky Hill … Read more

Spearville is distant from Dodge City sixteen miles. It was founded by a colony from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878, though George Hall and M. Wear came here in June, 1877. Its hotels are the Summit and the United States Center Home. This is quite a business point, and it is … Read more

Ford County is the southwestern most organized county of Kansas, embracing Townships 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of Ranges 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, being thirty miles from north to south and thirty-six miles from east to west, possessing an area of 1,080 square miles. The country … Read more

Governor Thomas A. Osborn, in his proclamation providing for the organization of Ford County, on April 5, 1873, appointed Charles Rath, J. G. McDonald and Daniel Wolf special County Commissioners, and Herman J. Fringer special County Clerk. This body met at Dodge City and made choice of Charles Rath as … Read more

Colonel Henry Dodge of the United States Army left Fort Leavenworth, May 29, 1835, on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains. He followed the west bank of the Missouri, nearly to the mouth of the Platte, and followed it to its source. He then went south to the head waters … Read more

The following 22 biographies were extracted from the History of the State of Kansas, 1883 and pertain specifically to Ford County. Anthony, A. J. Beamer, P. W. Cox, George B. Draper, M.R. Emerson, George S. Fringer, Herman J. Frost, D. M. Gaede, Baker & Co. Galland, Dr. S. Jarrett, Dr. … Read more

Population By Federal Census. (Organized in 1873.) 1880 Census Dodge Township, including Dodge City 1,854 Spearville Township 718 Wheatland Township 550 Total 3,122 Dodge City (996) Dodge Township, Organized in 1874, from part of Hodgman County; In 1877 part detached to form Spearville. Spearville Township, Organized in 1877, from part … Read more