Dintikon, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Dintikon, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Dintikon is the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is located from the eastern edge of the Rietenberg to the edge of the Bünztal (Bünz valley). The small village is situated near Lenzburg and Wohlen.

Dintikon (as of 2009) has an area of 3.73 km² (1.44 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 38.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.1% - forested
 * 18.8% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 924, Dintikon was first mentioned by the name of Tintinchowa.

The population history of Dintikon is: 1850 - 673 inhabitants 1900 - 524 inhabitants 1950 - 783 inhabitants 2000 - 1,307 inhabitants 2020 - 2,317 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 37.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 48.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Dintikon has been part of Kirchgem since the Reformation. Ammerswil-Dintikon catholic residents stayed with Villmergen.

Church Records
Dintikon belongs to the parish of Ammerswil. See Ammerswil for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Dintikon:
 * 1837 (images 357-368)
 * 1850: Form A (images 44-60)
 * 1850: Form B (image 61)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Dintikon prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)