Bennett County, South Dakota Records

Bennett County, South Dakota (Map It) was created on March 09, 1909 from Lugenbeel County, Shannon County, Washabaugh County, and Washington County. The county was named in honor of Granville G. Bennett, justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory.

Bennett County is bordered by Jackson County (north), Todd County (east), Bowman County, Nebraska (south), Shannon County (west).

Bennett County Cities and Towns include Allen, Martin, Vetal, Harrington, Tuthill.

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

Bennett County, South Dakota Courthouse Records

The Bennett County Courthouse is located in Martin, 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 Bennett 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.

• Bennett County Register of Deeds has Marriage Records from 1912 and Land Records from 1907. 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.
• Bennett County Clerk of Court has Probate Records from 1912 and Court Records from 1912.

Bennett County, South Dakota Census Records

• Learn More: State of South Dakota Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians: 1885-1940,
• State Population Schedules: 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1945

Bennett 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

Bennett County, South Dakota Resources

• Bennett County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 487, Martin, South Dakota 57551
• Bennett County Historical Society, HWC #1, Box 5, Martin, South Dakota 57551
• Bennett County, South Dakota Message Boards
• Bennett County, South Dakota Genealogy Boards

Bennett County, South Dakota External Links

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