Dixon County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Dixon County

Dixon 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
Dixon County Courthouse 302 3rd Street Ponca, NE 68770 Phone: 402.755.2208 County Clerk has birth, death and burial records from 1919 and land records from 1871.

Parent County
1856--Dixon County was created 26 January 1856 from Blackbird and Izard Counties, and unorganized territory. County seat: Ponca

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cedar
 * Clay County, South Dakota
 * Dakota
 * Thurston
 * Union County, South Dakota
 * Wayne

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1806 – 1989 Nebraska Wills and Probate Records 1806-1989 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Web Sites

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