Kansas, Cherokee County

Galena, Kansas Public Records

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Where Galena's records are kept. Galena has its own police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.

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The cards below include Galena's own offices, along with the Cherokee County and State of Kansas offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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State records

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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Police & jail

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

Offering community resources including offender information, most wanted, services, and more for Cherokee County, Kansas.

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About public records in Galena

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Galena at a glance

County
Cherokee County
County seat
Columbus
Population
2,761
Cherokee County population
19,362
Local records
City of Galena
ZIP codes
66739

About Galena public records

Galena, a place of 2,761 people, is in Cherokee County, whose county seat is Columbus. Court and property records sit with Cherokee County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas. Galena's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cherokee County page lists each county office.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Galena

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Galena

Old mine sites
4
Past producers, now closed
4
Worked underground, in the mine records
4
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
35
Shafts and tunnels
2
What they are
prospect pit, mine shaft
Maps surveyed
1962
Sources
USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 4 past producers, now closed; the old survey maps add 35 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 2 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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Galena: 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 Galena (4 shown, 35 unnamed on the map)

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 Galena, Kansas

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 3 investigations with a Galena address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $427 in back wages agreed for 5 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
3
Back wages agreed
$427
Workers due back wages
5
Civil money penalties
$0
Employers on the record
3
EmployerCasesBack wagesWorkers
Celltron, Inc.1$1781
HYZ, Inc.1$1692
Dirtwork Specialists, LLC1$812

Every employer whose address on the record is in Galena, by back wages agreed; 0 employers have 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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Galena public-records FAQs

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How do I register to vote in Galena, Kansas?

Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Galena.

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

Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kansas come from the state vital records office, Kansas Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.

How do I find business license records in Galena, Kansas?

Businesses that operate in Galena register with the Kansas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Galena requires one, comes from the town or Cherokee County.

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Nearby Cherokee County cities

Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.

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