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Chautauqua County, therefore, lies in the most southerly tier of counties in the State, the north line of the Indian Territory forming its southern boundary, while on the east lies the county of Montgomery, Elk on the north and Cowley County on the west. The county is twenty-one miles from north to south, and thirty-one miles from east to west; having an area of 651 square miles, or 416,640 acres._1.

Organized in 1875. County seat Sedan. Created out of a portion of what was first Godfrey county, named after "Bill" Godfrey. a noted trader among the Osages; then Howard county in honor of Major-General O. O. Howard, for his efforts in behalf of the Union. Chautauqua county N.Y., was the former home of Hon. Edward Jaquins, a member of the Kansas Legistature in 1875 from Howard county, who introduced the bill which divided Howard into Chautauqua and Elk; hence, from his native place this county derives its name. The name originally given (in 1855) to Howard was Godfrey, and the name changed to Seward in 1861. In 1867 the Legislature, ignoring former names, created the county of Howard._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)

Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Chautauqua County Medical Directory 1920	2K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
History - Other Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Chautauqua County Kansas Farm Directory 1956	33K	Jul 2007	Joy Fisher
Chautauqua County Kansas Farm Directory 1962	24K	Jun 2007	Joy Fisher
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Brown, David Greenville	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Brown, Julia Eliza (Wells)	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
Brown, Alvy G.	1 kb	Mar 1999	Jerry Nelson
NICHOLAS, Lulavown, 2002	2 kb	Nov 2002	Joann Brazee

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