Nye County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Nye County

County Courthouse
Nye County Courthouse 101 Radar Rd; PO Box 1031; Tonopah, NV 89049-1031 Phone: 775.482.8127 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1860; County Recorder has land records

Parent County
1864--Nye County was created 16 February 1864 from Esmeralda County. County seat: Tonopah

Neighboring Counties

 * Churchill
 * Clark
 * Esmeralda
 * Eureka
 * Inyo County, California
 * Lander
 * Lincoln
 * Mineral
 * White Pine

Vital Records
Records of deaths that happened in Nye County as well as in other places and buried in Nye County. The records also include deaths in Esmeralda and Mineral Counties. Records are from various sources, i.e. newspapers and funeral homes. Searchable by alphabetical index.

199 marriages from 2 Oct 1864 to 9 Apr 1903 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries
Central Nevada Historical Society, 1900 Logan Field Road P. O. Box 326 Tonopah, NV 89049

http://www.tonopahnevada.com/CentralNevadaMuseum.html

Gabbs Community Library 602 Third St Gabbs, NV 89409 Telephone 775-285-2686

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Beatty Nevada Family History Center
 * Gabbs Nevada Family History Center
 * Pahrump Nevada Family History Center
 * Smokey Valley Nevada Family History Center
 * Tonopah Nevada Family History Center 

Web Sites

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