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Baxter Springs, Kansas Public Records

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As a small town, Baxter Springs relies on Cherokee County and the State of Kansas for its public records. The cards below are the Kansas state offices, and the Cherokee County offices are on our Cherokee County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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Baxter Springs offices

Baxter Springs lists its offices here, the clerk, the board and the departments that keep its records.

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Kansas Fictitious Business Names Filings

The Kansas Secretary of State's business services search corporations, LLCs and other registered entities and check whether a name is available. Kansas keeps no statewide filing for sole proprietor trade names.

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About public records in Baxter Springs

What we hold on Baxter Springs, and who keeps its records.

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Baxter Springs at a glance

County
Cherokee County
County seat
Columbus
Population
3,888
Cherokee County population
19,362
Local records
Cherokee County offices
ZIP codes
66713

About Baxter Springs public records

Baxter Springs, a place of 3,888 people, keeps its own council and town business records. Columbus, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Cherokee County office is listed on our Cherokee County page.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Baxter Springs

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Baxter Springs

Old mine sites
3
Past producers, now closed
3
Worked underground, in the mine records
3
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
1
Shafts and tunnels
1
What they are
mine shaft
Maps surveyed
1960
Sources
USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 3 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 3 past producers, now closed; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 1 of them shafts or tunnels.

A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.

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Baxter Springs: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.
Kansas mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Baxter Springs (3 shown, 1 unnamed on the map)

Baxter Springs lies on the edge of the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by KDHE Abandoned Mine Land Program and linked below.

Kansas abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.

Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.

Labor Department file

Wage and hour cases in Baxter Springs, Kansas

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 4 investigations with a Baxter Springs address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $9,374 in back wages agreed for 10 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.

Investigations closed
4
Back wages agreed
$9,374
Workers due back wages
10
Civil money penalties
$6,603
Employers on the record
4
EmployerCasesBack wagesWorkers
City of Baxter Springs, Kansas1$4,5113
Cherokee County Ambulance Assoc. District #31$2,5156
KMT Waterjet Systems Inc1$2,3481
CMG Operations, LLC1$00

Every employer whose address on the record is in Baxter Springs, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Kansas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.

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How do I register to vote in Baxter Springs, Kansas?

Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State, and the county election officer keeps the roll for Baxter Springs. You can register online, by mail or in person. Registration books close 21 days before an election.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Baxter Springs, Kansas?

Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kansas come from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. The fee is $20 for each certified copy (the first $20 is a five year record search fee that includes one copy if the record is found).

How do I look up property records in Baxter Springs, Kansas?

Deeds for property in Baxter Springs are recorded by the county Register of Deeds, the county appraiser sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer sends the tax bill. Our Cherokee County page lists those offices.

How do I find business license records in Baxter Springs, Kansas?

Businesses that operate in Baxter Springs register with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services, which runs the state business entity search. Businesses should check with the county and city where they operate for local permits and licenses; many trades need state agency licenses.

How do I run a Kansas criminal background check?

Kansas criminal history checks are run by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Central Repository. The fee is $20.00 for a name based online search; $30 for a certified name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based Kansas check. Name based search online at www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory (no longer by mail or walk in), or a certified or fingerprint based request to the KBI.

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