Dakota County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Dakota County

Dakota 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
Dakota County Courthouse ;1601 Broadway Street Dakota City, NE 68731 Phone: 402.987.2126 County Clerk has marriage records from 1856 and military records from 1921. County Court has probate records from 1858. Register of Deeds has land records from 1856. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from from 1862 and naturalization records.

Parent County
1855--Dakota County was created 7 March 1855 fromBurt County. County seat: Dakota City

Neighboring Counties

 * Dixon
 * Thurston
 * Union County, South Dakota
 * Woodbury County, Iowa

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.