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Miami County Sheriff's Office Established 1855 Sheriff Frank W. Kelly
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Miami County was first organized as Lykins County in 1855 while Kansas was still a territory, and was renamed "Miami County" in 1861 after Kansas became a state. Miami County is located 40 miles south of Kansas City on the Kansas-Missouri state line. The population of Miami County is approximately 30,000 and is rapidly increasing due to the proximity of the Kansas City metropolis. Thirty-nine men have served as County Sheriff.
HISTORY ROOM
For nearly 150 years someone has carried a badge and sworn himself to protect the people and interest of Miami County as sheriff. A permanent history room for the Miami County Sheriff's Office is now open to the public. The room is located at 118 S. Pearl Street. The history room walls display portraits of most of the 39 men who have been elected or appointed as sheriff since August 1855.
		The history room's display case features such items as the sheriff's office first intoxication detector, called a "drunkometer", radio equipment and a revolver. Anyone interested in lending items for display in the history room, or who have photographs of former sheriffs that can be copied, is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 294-4444.
Historians are still looking for former sheriff's photos This is a complete roster of people who served as sheriff of Miami County and the years they were first appointed or elected. The names in bold indicate the names of those whose photos have yet to be located by sheriff's office historians. If you can help call 294-4444.
B.P. Cambell, 1855 Elias Hughes, 1857 A.J. Henson, 1857 Henry H. Williams, 1857 W. P. Dutton, 1861 William G. Rainey, 1865 David Anderson, 1869 William Weaver, 1873 John Howard, 1875 Amos W. Long, 1879 Charles T. Shoemaker, 1883 George D. Barkalow, 1887 Robert E. Mathews, 1889 Demetrius E. Butts, 1891	Alexander Hamlin, 1895 Alfred H. Jelly, 1899 Thomas M. Redd, 1904 C.A. Tolman, 1906 Francis M. Chandler, 1910 Morton E. Stevenson, 1914 George A. Lamm, 1918 Jack S. Barnes, 1922 Jasper C. Young, 1926 Joseph C. Achey, 1930 Harve R. Lininger, 1934 Edward Schlotman, 1938 Joseph C. Achey, 1942 James E. Ingle, 1944	Kenneth Cook, 1948 Chester Attebery, 1952 Alva C. Farrar, 1952 Boyd C. Hollinger, 1956 Martin E. Prothe, 1960 Alva C. Farrar, 1964 Jerry Miller, 1966 Leslie Barrett, 1970 Charles M. Light, 1972 Daniel R. Morgan, 1984 Ken L. Davis, 1994 Frank W. Kelly, 1994

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