Haakon County, South Dakota Genealogy

United States South Dakota Haakon County

Guide to Haakon County, South Dakota ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Courthouse
Haakon County Courthouse 140 S Howard Philip, SD 57567 Phone: 605.859.2627

Clerk Courts has birth, marriage, death, burial, divorce, probate, court and adoption records from 1915

Haakon County, South Dakota Record Dates

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 * width="84%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
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 * width="12%" align="center" |1915
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 * width="12%" align="center" |1893
 * width="12%" align="center" |1915
 * width="12%" align="center" |1920
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Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes
1914--Haakon County was created 3 November 1914 from Stanley County. County seat: Philip

Populated Places

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Census Records
1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, and 1945 censuses may include unique information: Ethnic Background, Maiden Name, Church Affiliation and Military Service
 * 1905 — at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1915 — at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1925 — at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1935 — at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1945 — at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records


 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Local Histories

 * Haakon horizons. 1982. By Elsie Hey Baye. Philip, South Dakota : State Publishing. Online at: ;.

Military Records

 * 1861-1941 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
'''Online Records
 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Libraries
Pioneer Club of Western South Dakota HCR 61, Box 3 Midland, SD 57552 Telephone Number: 605-843-2150

Websites

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