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Kiowa County, Oklahoma
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Kiowa County, Oklahoma Facts
When was Kiowa County, OK Created?
Kiowa County was established on August 5, 1901 from Kiowa, Comanche & Apache Indian Reservations.
What is the County Seat of Kiowa County, OK?
The County Seat is located in Hobart and the county government website is unknown
What counties are adjacent to Kiowa County, OK?
Bordering Counties are Washita County, Caddo County, Comanche County, Tillman County, Jackson County, Greer County.
Kiowa County, OK Vital Records
Where can find Kiowa County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Kiowa County vital records can be found at the Oklahoma Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, and death records since October 1908. County marriage and divorce records are located in the local Clerk of Courts officeThere is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Oklahoma for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
You can search online for Kiowa County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Oklahoma Birth Certificate or Death Certificate Applications to mail.
- Marriage records, Book 1, Kiowa Co. 0.T. (Okla.) : Sept. 9-4-1901-Feb. 2-22-1905
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Social Security Death Index
- Oklahoma, Select Marriages, 1870-1930
- Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1891-1959
- Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927
- Oklahoma, Marriages, 1870-1930
Kiowa County, OK Census Records
What Kiowa County, OK census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Kiowa County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Another census resource is the Oklahoma Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907. You will discover free online in addition to printable census forms that can help with your research. See Also Oklahoma Census Records Research Guide.
Kiowa County, OK Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Kiowa County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Kiowa County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Oklahoma courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Oklahoma residents. The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Kiowa County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Oklahoma Courthouse Records Research Guide.
- Kiowa County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 316 S Main St, Hobart, OK 73651
- Phone: (580) 726-5286
- Kiowa County Clerk’s Office
- Birth / Death Records: 1908
- Land Records: 1901
- Kiowa County Court Clerk’s Office
- Marriage Records: 1901
- Probate Records: 1901
- Court Records: 1901
- Oklahoma, Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907
- BLM Land Records
Kiowa County, OK Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Kiowa County, OK?
A list of Kiowa County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Oklahoma Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Kiowa County Genealogical Society, PO Box 191, Hobart, OK 73651
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Division of State Archives and Records, 200 N.E. 18th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 75105
- Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
- Oklahoma Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12986, Oklahoma City 73157-2986
Where can I connect with other Kiowa County, OK Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Oklahoma State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Kiowa County, OK?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Kiowa County.
Kiowa Co. OK Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Oklahoma Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Oklahoma historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Oklahoma (1871–1923) (genealogybank.com)
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Books (amazon.com)
- Search Oklahoma Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Kiowa County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Kiowa Co. OK Cemeteries & Church Records
- Oklahoma Cemetery Research Guide
- Kiowa Co., Oklahoma Graves (findagrave.com)
- Kiowa County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Kiowa Co., Oklahoma Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Kiowa Co., Oklahoma Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Oklahoma Church & Bible Research Guide
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Church Books (amazon.com)
Kiowa Co. OK Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Oklahoma Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Oklahoma, Applications for Enrollment to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (familysearch) These records list the individuals who were accepted as eligible for tribal membership in the “Five Civilized Tribes”: Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. The records include 101,000 names from 1898-1914 (primarily from 1899-1906)
Kiowa Co. OK General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Oklahoma
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Chronicles of Oklahoma (http://digital.library.okstate.edu)
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Kiowa Co. OK Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Oklahoma – Counties – Kiowa (cyndislist.com)
- Kiowa County Oklahoma (genealogytrails.com)
- Kiowa Co. OKGenweb (pasttracker.com)
- Kiowa County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Kiowa Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Kiowa Co. OK Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Kiowa Co. OK Military Records
- Oklahoma Military Records Research Guide
- Oklahoma Military Records (fold3.com) will provide access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Oklahoma individuals that served. Ideal for Kiowa County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.