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Office: Logan County Emergency Management – works with the public, businesses, and local government on disaster planning; contact via Oakley city offices, (785) 671-1031.
Sheriff: Logan County Sheriff’s Office – 710 W. 2nd Street, Oakley, KS 67748 | (785) 671-3288 | Fax (785) 671-8942; Sheriff Dustin Little. The Oakley Police Department’s Communications Center serves as the 911 dispatch for the City of Oakley, Logan County, AND Gove County – a 1,800-square-mile coverage area, the only 911 center in Kansas covering two complete counties.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-70 and US-83 serve Oakley, the county seat, in northwestern Kansas.
Notes: Logan County was formally organized by proclamation of Governor John A. Martin on September 17, 1887. The county seat moved from Russell Springs to Oakley in 1963; Russell Springs’s original 1887-88 Romanesque Revival courthouse, designed by Alfred Meyer, now houses the Butterfield Trail Museum.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Logan County Courthouse – 710 West 2nd Street, Oakley, KS (built 1964-65, Modern style, designed by Kiene & Bradley Architects).
Notes: Oakley is home to the genuinely remarkable Fick Fossil and History Museum, opened in 1975 to showcase the personal fossil collection of local homesteaders Ernest and Vi Fick, gathered largely within a 50-mile radius of Oakley starting in the 1960s-70s. The museum’s more than 11,000 shark teeth and Cretaceous-era marine fossils include the world’s oldest documented mosasaur skull and a complete 15-foot Xiphactinus audax prepared by renowned fossil-hunter George Sternberg – evidence of the ancient Western Interior Seaway that once covered Kansas roughly 70-90 million years ago. Vi Fick also created a genuinely unique folk-art form using fossils, shark teeth, shells, and oil paint, work distinctive enough to be featured in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” The museum, shared with the Oakley Community Library, also preserves a real sod house, replica pioneer buildings, and artifacts from Fort Monument.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Logan County Veterans Affairs – confirm current contact via cityofoakleyks.gov.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Oakley Community Library – 700 W. 3rd Street, Oakley, KS (shares a building with the Fick Fossil and History Museum).
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Fick Fossil and History Museum is the county’s premier and most distinctive attraction, alongside the Butterfield Trail Museum in the former Russell Springs courthouse.
Notes: The genuine, Ripley’s-featured folk art of Vi Fick and the world-class Cretaceous fossil collection are among the most distinctive small-museum facts covered in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Logan County Appraiser’s Office – confirm current contact via cityofoakleyks.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
⚠️ No confirmed dedicated Logan County animal shelter was found in current sourcing. Sara’s Saves K9 Rescue, a licensed rescue organization, operates in Oakley per Kansas Dept. of Agriculture records. Residents should contact the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, (785) 671-3288, for current animal control arrangements.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Logan County Road and Bridge / Noxious Weed Department – located in Winona, KS; confirm current contact via cityofoakleyks.gov.
NOTES: Logan County is the second county in the ninth Kansas Round 3 batch, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuine, Ripley’s-featured folk art of Vi Fick and the world-class Cretaceous fossil collection are among the most distinctive small-museum facts covered in this project. ⚠️ Animal services could not be confirmed and are flagged for follow-up rather than smoothed over. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Logan County County
Logan County is northwest Kansas’s Smoky Hill River and frontier fossil country – the Cretaceous chalk formations that yield ancient marine fossils and the western heritage of the buffalo hunting era define a remote High Plains community where Oakley serves the county’s wheat farming families on I-70.
Oakley (the county seat, population ~2,000) is Logan County’s governmental hub on I-70, a northwest Kansas community whose Fick Fossil Museum, Monument Rocks proximity, and wheat economy anchor its identity as an I-70 High Plains crossroads.
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Logan County Appraiser at 710 W. 2nd Street, Oakley, KS 67748, phone 785-672-4210. KS assessed at 11.5% of appraised value.
Courts & Legal
Logan County District Court at 710 W. 2nd Street, Oakley, KS 67748, phone 785-672-4210, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK (Records, Elections)
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-4207
DISTRICT COURT CLERK (Court Records, Marriage Licenses)
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-4214
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-4207
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Logan County District Court (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Logan County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Logan County District Court, 15th Judicial District 710 West 2nd Street, Oakley, KS 67748 (785) 672-3654 Logan County is in northwestern Kansas, seated in Oakley along Interstate 70.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Kansas has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code, maintaining its own statutory framework under the Kansas Probate Code (K.S.A. Chapter 59). Kansas offers several tracks depending on estate size and complexity:
Small Estate Affidavit – for estates where the total value of probate property, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $75,000 (raised from $40,000 effective July 1, 2023), available under K.S.A. 59-1507b. This transfers personal property only. If the decedent left a will, it must still be filed with the probate court even though it isn’t being formally probated.
Simplified Administration – under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act (K.S.A. 59-3201 et seq.), the most common route for straightforward estates.
Formal Probate – supervised or unsupervised administration through the District Court for larger or more complex estates.
A will must be filed for probate within 6 months of death, or it may not be admitted, forcing the estate into intestate distribution.
Step 2: filing for formal probate
File a Petition for Probate of Will and Appointment of Executor (if there’s a will) or a Petition for Administration (if intestate) with the Logan County District Court.
The court admits the will (if any) and appoints the personal representative.
Notice to creditors is published per court order; creditors have a defined window to file claims.
The personal representative inventories assets, pays valid debts and expenses, and – under unsupervised administration – acts with reduced court check-ins.
Without a surviving spouse or children, Kansas intestate succession law (K.S.A. 59-501 et seq.) determines which blood relatives inherit.
After debts are paid, the personal representative distributes assets and files a final accounting; the court closes the estate upon approval.
What it costs
Court costs may be remitted for small estates under recent statutory changes.
Executor/administrator and attorney fees are generally reasonable-fee based rather than a fixed statutory percentage.
Typical timelines: Small Estate Affidavit can proceed relatively quickly; formal probate commonly takes several months to over a year.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-3375
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK (Records, Elections)
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-4207
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
710 W. 3rd St., Oakley, KS 67748
(785) 672-4207
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Office: Logan County Health Department – located in Oakley, serving all of Logan County; confirm current contact via cityofoakleyks.gov.
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County Facts
County Seat: Oakley
Population: 2,700
Area: 1,073 sq mi
Established: 1887
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