Riley county, Kansas, 1885 State Census

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RILEY COUNTY, KANSAS STATE CENSUS --- 1885 Riley County, Kansas is located on the western edge of northeastern Kansas, about 100 miles west of Kansas City. Riley County was organized in 1855 in Kansas Territory and had grown to some 12,192 people by 1885. The Kansas census is taken at 10 year intervals midway between the Federal census counts. The abbreviated information in this index was taken from microfilm copies of original Kansas census records housed in the Kansas State Historical Society & Library in Topeka. Complete census information is found in the microfilmed records on file with the Kansas State Historical Society & Library. In 1885, the townships were: Ashland, Bala, Center, Fancy Creek, Grant, Jackson, Madison, Manhattan, May Day, Ogden, Swede Creek, Wild Cat and Zeandale. Sherman and Seven Mile townships had not yet been formed. Only the town of MANHATTAN was recorded Under the town or township column, "MANHATTAN" refers to the city of Manhattan, "MANHATTAN TWP" refers to the township areas.

Sources Brown, Mary Jane, comp.Riley County, Kansas State Census, 1885. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: EARL G. DARBY, Compiler. 1976. 1885 Kansas State Census, Riley County. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka Kansas, 1885.

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