Source:Elk, Kansas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule

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1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule

Coverage

Place	Howard, Kansas, United States Elk, Kansas, United States
Year range	1870 - 1870
Subject	Census records

Publication information

Type	Government / Church records
Publisher	National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593
Place issued	Washington D.C.

Citation

Howard, Kansas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593).

"Howard County was established on 26 Feb 1867. A long-running dispute over the location of the county seat between Elk Falls, Howard City, Boston, Peru, and Langdon resulted in the use of the Kansas militia to keep the peace. In 1875, Howard County was divided lengthwise into Elk [north] and Chautauqua [south] counties, primarily to settle the county seat feud." -- Kansas Historical Society - Howard County

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Original (microfilm) images of the 1870 Census are sourced as COUNTY, STATE, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

General 1870 Census Information
Ancestry search: 1870 United States Federal Census (subscription required)
Archives.com (subscription required)
FamilySearch: United States Census, 1870 (free search, includes images)
Internet Archive: 9th Population Census of the United States - 1870 has free images of the 1870 census. Census images can be browsed by location; there is not a name-index or search function.
Some public libraries offer free home access (through their websites) to Heritage Quest, which has searchable images of the 1870 census. (NOTE: the index is only heads-of-household and people with a different surname in the household.)
Census films can be ordered through local Family History Centers

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