Nye County, Nevada Genealogy

Guide to Nye County Nevada genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Nevada  Nye County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 16 February 1864 from Esmeralda
 * County seat: Tonopah
 * Neighboring Counties: Churchill | Clark | Esmeralda | Eureka | Inyo County, California | Lander | Lincoln | Mineral | White Pine

Historical Timeline


 * Up until 1821 - New Spain controlled land that later would become Arizona and Nevada. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an archives in Seville, Spain, or to archives in Mexico City.
 * From 1821 until 1846 - Mexico had jurisdiction over the land that later would become Arizona and Nevada. Some records of this period may have been sent to archives in Mexico City.
 * From 1846 to 1863 - New Mexico Territory included land that later would become Arizona and southern Nevada.
 * In 1852 - New Mexico Territory set up counties that stretched east and west from the Texas border to the California border, including land that became Arizona and southern Nevada. Present-day Nye County, Nevada was once part of Taos, and Rio Arriba counties of New Mexico. There is a small chance that a few records from 1846 to 1963 may have been sent to courthouses in their respective New Mexico counties.
 * 29 December 1863 – Arizona's three judicial districts were established by the Arizona Territory Organic Act from the western half of New Mexico Territory. All previous counties were dissolved, and eventually four new counties were created in the new Arizona Territory.
 * By November 1864 – Mohave County was created by the Arizona legislature as an original county from parts of the 2nd and 3rd Judicial Districts. A part of the 3rd Judicial District Arizona eventually became part of Nye_County,_Nevada. Some records from 1863 to 1871 may have been sent to the Mohave County, Arizona offices.
 * 22 December 1865 – Pah-Ute County was created by Arizona from part of Mohave County. Some records from 1865 to 1871 may have been sent to the Pah-Ute County offices. When part of Pah-Ute County was given to Nevada those records were probably transferred to either Mohave County, Arizona, or to Lincoln or Nye counties in Nevada.
 * 18 January 1867 – Pah-Ute County, and Mohave County, Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River and west of 114° west longitude were given to Nevada by the U.S. Congress. This area became the southern part of Lincoln, and Nye counties, and eventually Clark County, in Nevada. In 1871, after many petitions Arizona ceased to claim this land.

Courthouse
Nye County Courthouse 101 Radar Rd; PO Box 1031; Tonopah, NV 89049-1031 775–482–8127 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1860. County Recorder has land records

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

Libraries

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

Museums
Central Nevada Museum

Societies

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

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

Death
Records of deaths and burials in Nye, Esmeralda and Mineral Counties with index. Sources include newspapers and funeral homes.

Websites

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