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Online Resources

• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 for Kansas ($)
• Kansas Memory, Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directories
• Southwestern business directory : including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska.
• Kansas Online Historical Directories - listed by county

History

Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Kansas.

Resources for Kansas Directories

Libraries and Archives

The Kansas Historical Society research collections contain both published city directories and telephone books for the state of Kansas. Many of the directories have been microfilmed and can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Kansas Historical Society search form

Directories Online

Ancestry.com ($) has Kansas directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

Kansas Memory has some Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directories available for the years 1878-1912.

The FamilySearch Library

The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Kansas including:

Kansas City

1860-1935	Beginning on FS Library film 1376961; fiche 6044015
1959, 1964, 1972, 1975, 1979, etc	FS Library book 978.139/K1 E4p

Wichita

1878, 1883, 1885	FS Library book 978.186/W1 E4w
1918, 1942, 1910, etc.	FS Library book 978.186/W1 E4p
1942	also on FS Library film 1689397

Suburban Wichita

1958, 1963, etc.

FS Library book 978.186/W1 E4p

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

KANSAS, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES

KANSAS, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

• US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.