Butte County, South Dakota Records

Butte County, South Dakota (Map It) was created on March 02, 1883 from Harding County. The county was named for the Buttes in the region.

Butte County is bordered by Harding County (north), Perkins County (northeast), Meade County (southeast), Lawrence County (southwest), Crook County, Wyoming (west), Carter County, Montana.

Butte County Cities and Towns include Belle Fourche, Fruitdale, Newell, Nisland.

MapGeeks.org has is a collection of old South Dakota maps.

Butte County, South Dakota Courthouse Records

The Butte County Courthouse is located in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Learn More About State of South Dakota Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Butte county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

• Butte County Register of Deeds has Marriage Records from 1890 and Land Records from 1883?. The County Register of Deeds is the primary record-keeping and archival repository for county land records and for the recording & maintaining of records pertaining to that real estate, plats, deeds, mortgages & many miscellaneous documents. This office is the keeper of birth, death & marriage records, military discharge records, fictitious name filings, and various types of liens, including mechanic’s liens, state and federal tax liens.
• Butte County Clerk of Court has Probate Records from 1883? and Court Records from 1883?.

Butte County, South Dakota Census Records

• Learn More: State of South Dakota Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians: 1885-1940,
• State Population Schedules: 1885 Territorial Census, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1945
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Butte County, South Dakota Vital Records

• Learn More: State of South Dakota Vital Records
• Birth, Death and Marriage Records: since July 1905, also from County Register of Deeds
• Divorce Records: since July 1905, also from County Clerk of Courts
• Locations: South Dakota Department of Health
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail:  Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Vital Records, Dept of Health, 600 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-2536; (605) 773-4961

Butte County, South Dakota Resources

• Tri-State Genealogical Society
• Butte County, South Dakota Message Boards
• Butte County, South Dakota Genealogy Boards

Butte County, South Dakota External Links

• South Dakota Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Newspapers from South Dakota (1861–2002)
• Butte County, South Dakota Books - Amazon
• Butte Co., South Dakota - FindaGrave
• Butte County, South Dakota Links - Cyndi's List
• Butte Co. SDGenweb
• Butte County, South Dakota Ancestry Database Collections
• Butte County, South Dakota Military Records