Codington County, South Dakota Genealogy

United States South Dakota  Codington County

Guide to Codington County, South Dakota ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Codington County Courthouse

Register of Deeds

14 1st Ave SW Watertown, SD 57201 Phone: 605.882.6278 Register of Deeds has birth, death, burial, and divorce from 1905, marriage records from 1900, probate records from 1893 and court records from 1883

Website: Codington County Register of Deeds

All of the order forms are listed at the bottom of the webpage.

Fill out the order form and mail it in with the required identification and payment.

Parent County
1877--Codington County was created 15 February 1877 from Clark, Grant, and Hamlin Counties, and unorganized territory. County seat: Watertown

Populated Places
Watertown

South Shore

Germantown

Waverly

Florence

Henry

Grover

Kampeska

Kranzburg

Wallace

Indian Reservation
A portion of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is in Codington County. The remainder of the reservation is in Marshall, Roberts, and Day Counties in South Dakota and in Richland and Sargent Counties in North Dakota.

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark
 * Day
 * Deuel
 * Grant
 * Hamlin

Census
1905, 1915, 1925 State Censuses --Unique information could include: Ethnic Background, Maiden Name, Church Affiliation Military Service

1905 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

1915 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

1925 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

1935 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

1945 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church, Watertown


 * Records of Grace Lutheran Church, Watertown, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Vital Records
Vital records were kept by the state beginning in 1905, and delayed registration of earlier births began c.1940's. Vital records from 1905 onward (plus delayed registration births) can be requested from the state using forms available at Vital Records or can be requested from the county courthouse. Earlier vital records (excluding births registered via delayed registration) need to be requested from the county.

Societies and Libraries
Codington County Historical Society: CCHS

From their website: "For research requests and other business pertaining to the collections, contact Jaclyn Ludowese, the executive director at ludowese@cchsmuseum.org"

Family History Centers

 * Watertown South Dakota 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.