Custer County, South Dakota Records

Custer County, South Dakota (Map It) was created on January 11, 1857 from Indian lands. The county was named in honor of General George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876), key figure in the Indian Wars.

Custer County is bordered by Pennington County (north), Shannon County, Fall River County (south), Niobrara County, Wyoming (southwest), Weston County, Wyoming (west).

Custer County Cities and Towns include Buffalo Gap, Custer, Fairburn, Hermosa, Pringle.

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

Custer County, South Dakota Courthouse Records

The Custer County Courthouse is located in Custer, 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 Custer 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.

• Custer County Register of Deeds has Marriage Records from 1891 and Land Records from 1875?. 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.
• Custer County Clerk of Court has Probate Records from 1875? and Court Records from 1875?.

Custer County, South Dakota Census Records

• Learn More: State of South Dakota Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1870 (as Dakota Territory), 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians: 1880, 1885-1940,
• State Population Schedules: 1885 Territorial Census, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1945
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1870 and 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Custer 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

Custer County, South Dakota Resources

• Custer County, South Dakota Message Boards
• Custer County, South Dakota Genealogy Boards

Custer County, South Dakota External Links

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