Dawson County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Dawson County

Dawson County, Nebraska genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Dawson County Courthouse PO Box 370 Lexington, NE 68850 Phone: 308.324.2127 County Clerk has marriage records from 1873. County Court has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce and naturalization records. Register of Deeds has land records. Veterans Service Off has military records.

Parent County
1860--Dawson County was created 11 January 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: Lexington

Neighboring Counties

 * Buffalo
 * Custer
 * Frontier
 * Gosper
 * Lincoln
 * Phelps

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.