Vital records
Kentucky Vital Records Index
Record index of Kentucky marriages, deaths and divorces.
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Where Island's records are kept. County and state offices keep Island's public records. Island has no police department of its own; law enforcement comes from the McLean County Sheriff's Office.
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The cards below include Island's own offices, along with State of Kentucky offices; the McLean County offices are on our McLean County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Vital records
Record index of Kentucky marriages, deaths and divorces.
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Order copies of historic state and county records held by the Kentucky State Archives, and check the county records inventory before placing an order.
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Island has no police department of its own; the McLean County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement, takes reports and also collects county property taxes.
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Kentucky Court of Justice official site, with the circuit and district court clerks and the court record requests each clerk takes for its own county.
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McLean County Clerk legal records reach back to 1854, with deeds, mortgages and liens online from January 2004 and free viewing at the Calhoun office.
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Local record guide
Local profile
Island, a place of 429 people, is in McLean County. Court and property records sit with McLean County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kentucky. Island's own offices are in the cards above, and our McLean County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Island sits over the Eastern Region and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by Kentucky Mine Mapping Information System and that office is where to ask for them.
Kentucky 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.
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Voter registration in Kentucky is run by the Kentucky State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Island.
Deeds for property in Island are recorded by the McLean County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our McLean County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kentucky come from the state vital records office, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.