Seward County, Kansas--Trails to the Past Census

Seward Census Records

While the first official settlement in Seward County did not begin until 1884, a Census Enumerator named H.H. Kidder was apparently passing through Seward County on June 26th, 1880, and came across five cattle herders. He does not list a township for them, probably because there wasn't a town nearby yet. All of them were single, and only Henry Quincy and John Harvey had been in the county for more than a month. Here is the very first census taken for Seward County.

Name	Color	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place	Father Born	Mother Born
Cunningham, H.A.	W	M	21	Cattle Herder	New York	New York	New York
Graves, Frank	W	M	29	Cattle Herder	France	France	France
Green, Lewis	W	M	24	Cattle Herder	Canada	Canada	Canada
Quincy, Henry B.	W	M	18	Cattle Herder	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
Harvey, John	W	M	23	Cattle Herder	Kentucky	North Carolina	Kentucky

The next available census for Seward County is the 1900 Census. Look for this in the coming months.

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April 22, 2011