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Rawlins County, the westernmost of the late organized counties of Kansas, is in the northern tier of counties, the twelfth one from the Missouri River, the second one from Colorado. It was named after Gen. John A. Rawlins, who went into the cabinet of Gen. Grant as Secretary of War March 11, 1869, and died September 6, 1879, while holding the office. Its area is 1,080 square miles; it embraces Towns 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Ranges 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.

Organized in 1881. County seat Atwood. Named in memory of Gen. John A. Rawlins, who was a staff officer of General Grant, and went into his cabinet, when elected President, as Secretary of War.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
Rawlins County Medical Directory 1920	2K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Rawlins County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	2 kb	Dec 1997	Nancy Lohbrunner
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Maley, Mary E. January 6, 2005	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Roesch, Katie - Baker, Frank H. February 22, 1915	1K	Sep 2007	Jim Laird

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