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Wathena, Kansas Public Records

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Where Wathena's records are kept. Court and property records for Wathena sit with Doniphan County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas.

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As a small town, Wathena relies on Doniphan County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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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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As Kansas courts transition to a new centralized case management system, their public records will become available through an online portal.

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What we hold on Wathena, and who keeps its records.

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Wathena at a glance

County
Doniphan County
County seat
Troy
Population
1,246
Doniphan County population
7,510
Local records
Doniphan County offices
ZIP codes
66090

About Wathena public records

Wathena is an incorporated place in Doniphan County, a place of 1,246 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. Troy, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Doniphan County page lists each county office.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Wathena

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Wathena

Producing when recorded
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USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 site producing when the record was made.

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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Wathena: 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 Wathena

Wathena sits over 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 Wathena, Kansas

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 5 investigations with a Wathena address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $229,625 in back wages agreed for 150 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
5
Back wages agreed
$229,625
Workers due back wages
150
Civil money penalties
$0
Employers on the record
5
EmployerCasesBack wagesWorkers
M Con, LLC1$221,341100
Skilled Health Care, LLC1$7,11949
Doniphan County Services And Workskill, Inc1$1,1651
Hart Management, Incorporated1$00
Simpsons AF Super, Inc1$00

Every employer whose address on the record is in Wathena, 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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Wathena public-records FAQs

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How do I register to vote in Wathena, Kansas?

Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State, and the county election officer keeps the roll for Wathena. 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 Wathena, 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 Wathena, Kansas?

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

How do I request a Wathena police report?

Incident and crash reports for Wathena come from the Wathena Police Department, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.

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

Businesses that operate in Wathena 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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