Pennington County, South Dakota Records

Pennington County, South Dakota (Map It) was created on January 11, 1875 from Unorganized territory. The county was named in honor of John L. Pennington (1821 - 1900), Governor of Dakota Territory.

Pennington County is bordered by Meade County (north), Haakon County (northeast), Jackson County (southeast), Shannon County (south), Custer County (southwest), Weston County, Wyoming (west), Lawrence County (northwest).

Pennington County Cities and Towns include Ashland Heights, Colonial Pine Hills, Creighton, Green Valley, Hill City, Keystone, New Underwood, Owanka, Quinn, Rapid City, Rapid Valley, Wall, Wasta, Wicksville.

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

Pennington County, South Dakota Courthouse Records

The Pennington County Courthouse is located in Rapid City, 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 Pennington 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.

• Pennington County Register of Deeds has Marriage Records from June 23, 1887 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.
• Pennington County Clerk of Court has Probate Records from 1875? and Court Records from 1875?.

Pennington County, South Dakota Census Records

• Learn More: State of South Dakota Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 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: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Pennington 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

Pennington County, South Dakota Resources

• Rapid City Society For Genealogical Research, P.O. Box 1495, Rapid City, SD 57709-1495
• Pennington County, South Dakota Message Boards
• Pennington County, South Dakota Genealogy Boards

Pennington County, South Dakota External Links

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