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Douglas County, Kansas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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121historic places

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1855formed

118,785pop. 2020

50cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 121 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Lawrence, Baldwin City, Baldwin.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Douglas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

58 of 121 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

121 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Achning, Ralph and Cloyd, House	Lawrence	Building	1987
Akers House	Lawrence	Building	2025
Anderson, Knud, Farmstead	Vinland	District	2023
Bailey Hall	Lawrence	Building	2001
Baldwin City School and Auditorium-Gymnasium	Baldwin City	Building	2015
Barnes Apple Barn	Baldwin City	Building	2006
Barnes-Hoskinson Farmstead	Vinland	District	2023
Beal, George Malcom, House	Lawrence	Building	2015
Bell, George and Annie, House	Lawrence	Building	1983
Benedict House	Lawrence	Building	1992
Beni Israel Cemetery	Eudora	Site	2013
Black Jack Battlefield NHL	Baldwin	Site	2004
Black Jack Battlefield Boundary Increase	Baldwin	Site	2005
Blood, Col. James, House	Lawrence	Building	1972
Breezedale Historic District	Lawrence	District	2008
Case Library	Baldwin City	Building	1986
Chewning House	Lawrence	Building	2019
Chicken Creek Bridge	Lone Star	Structure	1990
Clearfield School-District 58	Baldwin City	Building	2014
Clinton School District 25	Lawrence	Building	1998
Coal Creek Library	Baldwin City	Building	2003
Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Store	Eudora	Building	2021
Constitution Hall NHL	Lecompton	Building	1971
Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House	Lawrence	Building	2007
Douglas County Courthouse	Lawrence	Building	1975
Duncan, Charles, House	Lawrence	Building	1986
Dyche Hall, University of Kansas	Lawrence	Building	1974
East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2007
East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Lawrence	District	2022
Eldridge House Hotel	Lawrence	Building	1986
Elmwood Stock Farm Barn	Baldwin City	Building	2022
English Lutheran Church	Lawrence	Building	1995
Fernand-Strong, House	Lawrence	Building	2008
First Methodist Church of Eudora	Eudora	Building	2024
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Lawrence	Building	2019
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Baldwin	Building	2025
First Presbyterian Church	Lawrence	Building	2024
Fox House	Lawrence	Building	2026
French, Charles & Elizabeth Haskell, House	Lawrence	Building	2012
Friends’ Place	Lawrence	Building	2025
Goodrich, Eugene F., House	Lawrence	Building	2001
Green Hall, University of Kansas	Lawrence	Building	1974
Greenlee, Michael D., House	Lawrence	Building	2004
Griffin, Andrew Jackson (A.J.) and Mary Carrol, House	Lawrence	Building	2022
Hancock (12th Street) Historic District	Lawrence	District	2004
Haskell Institute NHL	Lawrence	District	1966
Henry, William, House	Lecompton	Building	2019
Holy Family Catholic Church	Eudora	Building	2020
House, Edward, House	Lawrence	Building	2007
Johnson Block Historic District	Lawrence	District	2019
Kansas Homestead of Thomas McQuill(i)an	Baldwin City	District	2021
Kibbee Farmstead	Lawrence	Building	2013
Klock's Grocery & Independent Laundry	Lawrence	Building	2019
Lane University	Lecompton	Building	1971
Lawrence's Downtown Historic District	Lawrence	District	2004
Lewis-Crowder Cemetery	Lecompton	Site	2026
Lone Star Lake Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp	Lawrence	Site	2023
Lone Star Lake Dam	Lawrence	Structure	2023
Ludington House	Lawrence	Building	1971
Mackie, George K., House	Lawrence	Building	2009
Malin, James and Pearl House	Lawrence	Building	2024
Marion Springs School	Baldwin City	Building	2018
Martin, Handel T., House	Lawrence	Building	2014
McCurdy, Witter S., House	Lawrence	Building	2001
Miller, Robert H., House	Lawrence	Building	1984
Morse, Dr. Frederic D., House	Lawrence	Building	1991
Mugan-Olmsted House	Lawrence	Building	2017
Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church	Lawrence	Building	2024
North Rhode Island Street Historic Residential District	Lawrence	District	2004
O'Sullivan, John and Anna Farmstead	Overbrook	District	2018
Oak Hill Cemetery	Lawrence	Site	2017
Old Castle Hall, Baker University	Baldwin City	Building	1971
Old Lawrence City Hall	Lawrence	Building	1971
Old Lawrence City Library	Lawrence	Building	1975
Old West Lawrence Historic District	Lawrence	District	1972
Oread Historic District	Lawrence	District	2007
Oregon-California Trail Segments (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2016
Oregon-California Trail Segments (Boundary Increase)	Lawrence	Site	2022
Parmenter Memorial Hall	Baldwin City	Building	1977
Pilla, Charles, House	Eudora	Building	1974
Pinkney I Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2004
Pinkney II Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2004
Plymouth Congregational Church	Lawrence	Building	2009
Priestly House	Lawrence	Building	1988
Quayle, William A., House	Baldwin	Building	1995
Reuter Organ Company Buildings	Lawrence	Building	2020
Riggs, Samuel A., House	Lawrence	Building	1977
Roberts, John N., House	Lawrence	Building	1974
Roberts-Luther-Mitchell House	Lawrence	Building	2022
Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church	Lawrence	Building	2005
Santa Fe Depot	Baldwin City	Building	1983
Santa Fe Depot	Lawrence	Building	2018
Santa Fe Trail-Douglas County Trail Segments	Baldwin	Site	2002
Snow House	Lawrence	Building	1996
South Rhode Island and New Hampshire Street Historic Residential District	Lawrence	District	2004
Sowers-Crawford Farms Historic District	Overbrook	District	2023
Spooner Hall, University of Kansas	Lawrence	Building	1974
Star Cash Grocery Store and Residence	Baldwin City	Building	2019
Stephens, Judge Nelson T., House	Lawrence	Building	1982
Stoebener Barn	Baldwin City	Building	1989
Stony Point Evangelical Lutheran Church	Baldwin City	Building	2006
Strong Hall	Lawrence	Building	1998
Taylor, Lucy Hobbs, Building	Lawrence	Building	1982
Trail Park and Trail Park DAR Marker	Baldwin City	Site	2013
Trinity Lutheran Historic District	Lawrence	District	2024
US Post Office-Lawrence	Lawrence	Building	2002
United Presbyterian Center	Lawrence	Building	2009
University of Kansas East Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2014
University of Kansas Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Lawrence	District	2013
Upper Wakarusa River Crossing	Lawrence	Site	2014
Usher, John Palmer, House	Lawrence	Building	1975
Vermilya-Boener House	Lawrence	Building	1992
Vinland Fair Association Fairgrounds	Baldwin City	District	2023
Vinland Fair Association Fairgrounds Exhibit Building	Baldwin	Building	2004
Vinland Grange Hall	Vinland	Building	2000
Vinland Presbyterian Church	Baldwin	Building	2003
Waters, Henry, House	Lawrence	Building	2023
Willow Springs Santa Fe Trail Segment and DAR Marker	Baldwin City	District	2019
Winter School No. 70	Lecompton	Building	2020
Zimmerman Steel Company	Lawrence	Building	2021
Zimmerman, S. T., House	Lawrence	Building	1974

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Douglas was formed in 1855 (1855-08-25) from unknown / original county.

DOUGLAS created by Kansas Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Douglas County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,637	21,700	25,096	23,998	25,171	34,086	43,720	67,640	99,962	118,785

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
brvb	Park unit	37.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

50 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 50 of 50 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams - School District 497 Cemetery	38.99367	-95.2509
Appanoose Cemetery	38.73929	-95.46425
Baldwin City Pioneer Cemetery	38.76112	-95.18442
Bethel - Harbour Cemetery	38.76751	-95.34414
Black Jack Cemetery	38.76606	-95.11647
Breeze Cemetery	38.84564	-95.24863
Brumbaugh Cemetery	38.83193	-95.23335
Cemetery Beni Israel	38.92819	-95.11258
Clearfield Cemetery	38.82649	-95.09281
Clinton Cemetery	38.91361	-95.41081
Colyer Cemetery	38.81889	-95.36275
Colyer Cemetery	38.81889	-95.36275
Deay Cemetery	38.85485	-95.07514
Dodder Cemetery	38.78292	-95.44567
East View - Big Springs Cemetery	39.02202	-95.48614
Eudora City Cemetery	38.94556	-95.08941
Flory - Pleasant Hill Cemetery	38.85362	-95.2797
Franklin Catholic Cemetery	38.94365	-95.19202
Haskell Indian Nations University Haskell Cemetery	38.9352	-95.2283
Henry T Davis Cemetery	38.97224	-95.28309
Hesper Friends Cemetery	38.89823	-95.06268
Holy Family Cemetery	38.94387	-95.09336
Lewis - Crowder - Lakeview Cemetery	39.02229	-95.31714
Maple Grove - Lecompton Cemetery	39.04056	-95.42331
Maple Grove Cemetery	39.00195	-95.23192
Memorial Park Cemetery	38.95528	-95.21553
Mound View Cemetery	38.94265	-95.45636
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery	38.95923	-95.21526
Mount Calvary Cemetery	38.76859	-95.2052
Oak Hill Cemetery	38.95889	-95.21219
Oakwood Cemetery	38.76945	-95.18275
Old Black Jack Cemetery	38.75362	-95.11219
Pioneer Cemetery	38.95278	-95.26136
Pioneer Cemetery	38.9529	-95.26169
Prairie City Cemetery	38.7691	-95.20522
Prairie City Cemetery	38.76675	-95.21055
Richland Cemetery	38.87695	-95.26331
Rock Creek Cemetery	38.84918	-95.45668
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.79587	-95.33462
Saint Peters Cemetery	39.01404	-95.49476
Stony Point Cemetery	38.82471	-95.21088
Stull Cemetery	38.97164	-95.45393
Sutton Cemetery	38.78178	-95.27898
Twin Mounds Cemetery	38.86935	-95.48172
Ulrich Cemetery	38.84103	-95.25072
Union Cemetery	38.74075	-95.37095
Vinland Cemetery	38.84821	-95.17675
Washington Creek Cemetery	38.82689	-95.40019
Williams Cemetery	38.8192	-95.33583
Worden Cemetery	38.78194	-95.32654

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Lawrence	653	7.7 km	KS001
Cabin Creek	2,409,122	64.3 km	OK006

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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