Johnson County, Kansas
City of Olathe, County Seat

Johnson County Web Sites

WWW-VL: History First site on the World Wide Web Virtual Library
• CyberTrail (SFT): virtual travel along the Santa Fe Trail
• DeSoto, Kansas (KS CountyCam)
• Johnson County Museums
  • The 1950's All-Electric House
  • Lanesfield School
• Gardner History Museum, Gardner
• Lenexa Historical Society, Lenexa
• Legler Barn Museum, Lenexa
• E-mail discussion lists for
  1. greater Kansas City history and genealogy
  2. Johnson Co Republican Assembly News
  3. Kansas political candidates
• Historical novels by Florence B. Smith, Overland Park
• Johnson County Government
• Johnson County District Courts
• Johnson County Election Office
• Johnson County Public Library
• City of Leawood and Chamber of Commerce
• Lenexa On-Line
• Mahaffie Farmstead & Stagecoach Stop, Olathe - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Merriam
• Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
• Olathe Area Chamber of Commerce
• Olathe: Mill Creek Grande, "Creation of A Neighborhood" (Bob Phillips)
• City of Shawnee
• Sports in Olathe, including the NAIA

Local Cemeteries

• The Digital Cemetery, Linda Lewis

Local History

• Johnson County history, from William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" (1883)
• Interactive Santa Fe Trail
• Kansas Historic Trails (see Oregon Trail)
• Johnson County Genealogical Society and Library, Inc.
• Johnson County History
• Johnson County Museums
• Kansas One Room School House Project
• Olathe
  • Evolution of Olathe pre-historic on -
  • Pictures of Mahaffie Farmstead and Stagecoach Stop
• Mission, Kansas
• Shawnee, Kansas
  • Shawnee Town Museum
  • Chamber of Commerce

Local Family Histories

• Johnson County, KSGenWeb Project
• Kansas Surnames
• Family History (all with Kansas ties)
• JoCo Family Net
• Mary Francis (WARFIELD) BEESON came to Kansas with her parents from Illinois on the riverboat, Admiral. They homesteaded near the Shawnee-Mission Indian School, and then moved to Old Shawneetown and her father was killed there by Quantrill's raiders.
• HILL, John [Johnson, Greenwood]

Johnson County Libraries

• Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission
• Olathe Public Library, Olathe

Johnson County Schools

• USD 512 Shawnee Mission Public Schools
• USD 229 Blue Valley, Overland Park
• USD 232 De Soto, De Soto
• USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton-Antioch, Gardner
• USD 230 Spring Hill, Spring Hill
• USD 233 Olathe, Olathe

Johnson County Colleges

• Brown Mackey College--Olathe, Kansas
• Johnson County Community College--Overland Park, Kansas
• MidAmerica Nazarene College--Olathe, Kansas

Johnson County News

Maps

• Kansas Interactive Map, Kansas Community Networks
• Old Kansas Area Maps, KanColl
• Current and historic maps

Photos plus Kansas Slideshows

• Vintage Kansas Pictures
• KS eCards & Pictures
• Johnson Co photos