Dawson County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Dawson County

Dawson 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
Dawson County Courthouse PO Box 370 Lexington, NE 68850 Phone: 308.324.2127 County Clerk has marriage records from 1873. County Court has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce and naturalization records. Register of Deeds has land records. Veterans Service Off has military records.

Parent County
1860--Dawson County was created 11 January 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: Lexington

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

Cities
Cozad

Gothenburg

Lexington

Villages
Eddyville

Farnam

Overton

Sumner

Neighboring Counties

 * Buffalo
 * Custer
 * Frontier
 * Gosper
 * Lincoln
 * Phelps

Cemeteries
Christ Cemetery - Gothenburg

Cottonwood Cemetery - Cozad

Cozad Cemetery - Cozad

Evergreen Cemetery - Lexington (north east)

Fairview Cemetery - Cozad

Gothenbury Cemetery - Gothenburg

Grace Cemetery - Lexington (west)

Hewitt Cemetery - Lexington (west)

Hillside Cemetery - Buffalo

Jewell Cemetery - Sumner

Mount Hope Cemetery - Lexington (east)

Overton Cemetery - Overton

Park Valley Cemetery - Eddyville

Pleasant View Cemetery - Gothenburg (south east)

Rose Hill Cemetery - Buffalo

Saint Ann's Cemetery - Lexington (east)

Saint John's Cemetery - Buffalo

Saint Patrick's Cemetery - Eddyville

Salem Cemetery - Gothenburg

Sumner Cemetery - Sumner

Walnut Grove Cemetery - Cozad (north west)

Willow Island Cemetery - Willow Island

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Gothenburg, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

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.