Codington County, South Dakota Genealogy

United States   South Dakota    Codington County

Codington County, South Dakota 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
Codington County Courthouse 14 1st Ave SW Watertown, SD 57201 Phone: 605.882.4850 -5095 Clerk Courts has birth, death, burial, and divorce from 1905, marriage records from 1900, probate records from 1893 and court records from 1883

Website: http://www.sdjudicial.com/cc/ThirdCircuit/Codington.aspx

Call or write the courthouse to request a long-distance research look-up.

Parent County
1877--Codington County was created 15 February 1877 from Clark, Grant, and Hamlin Counties, and unorganized territory. County seat: Watertown

Populated Places
Watertown

South Shore

Germantown

Waverly

Florence

Henry

Grover

Kampeska

Kranzburg

Wallace

Indian Reservation
A portion of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is in Codington County. The remainder of the reservation is in Marshall, Roberts, and Day Counties in South Dakota and in Richland and Sargent Counties in North Dakota.

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark
 * Day
 * Deuel
 * Grant
 * Hamlin

Census
1905, 1915, 1925 State Censuses --Unique information could include: Ethnic Background, Maiden Name, Church Affiliation &amp; Military Service

  1905 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1915 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1925 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1935 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1945 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church, Watertown


 * Records of Grace Lutheran Church, Watertown, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Vital Records
Vital records were kept by the state beginning in 1905, and delayed registration of earlier births began c.1940's. Vital records from 1905 onwards (plus delayed registration births) can be requested from the state using forms available at http://doh.sd.gov/vitalrecords/order.aspx or can be requested from the county courthouse. Earlier vital records (excluding births registerd via delayed registration) need to be requested from the county.

Societies and Libraries
Codington County Historical Society: http://www.cchsmuseum.org/

From their website: "For research requests and other business pertaining to the collections, contact Jaclyn Ludowese, the executive director at ludowese@cchsmuseum.org"

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Watertown South Dakota Family History Center

Web Sites

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