{"id":6034,"date":"2016-05-28T20:02:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/?page_id=6034"},"modified":"2016-05-28T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T20:02:41","slug":"yankton-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/southdakota\/yankton-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankton County, South Dakota Genealogy Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--Yankton County, South Dakota Begin-->\n\n<!--CONTENT Area Begin-->\n\n<h1>Yankton County, South Dakota Records<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yankton County, South Dakota<\/strong> <em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Yankton+County,+SD\/\" title=\"Yankton County Map\">Map It<\/a>)<\/em> was created on <strong>April 10, 1862<\/strong> from Unorganized territory. The county was named  for the Yankton Sioux\u00a0Native Americans. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Yankton County<\/strong> is bordered by <a href=\"\/southdakota\/turner-county\/\" title=\"Turner County, South Dakota\">Turner County<\/a> (northeast), <a href=\"\/southdakota\/clay-county\/\" title=\"Clay County, South Dakota\">Clay County<\/a> (east), <a href=\"\/nebraska\/cedar-county\/\" title=\"Cedar County, Nebraska\">Cedar County, Nebraska<\/a>, <a href=\"\/nebraska\/knox-county\/\" title=\"Knox County, Nebraska\">Knox County, Nebraska<\/a> (southwest), <a href=\"\/southdakota\/bon-homme-county\/\" title=\"Bon Homme County, South Dakota\">Bon Homme County<\/a> (west), <a href=\"\/southdakota\/hutchinson-county\/\" title=\"Hutchinson County, South Dakota\">Hutchinson County<\/a> (northwest).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Yankton County<\/strong> Cities and Towns include Gayville, Lesterville, Mission Hill, Utica, Valleyview, Volin, Yankton.<\/p>\n\n<p>MapGeeks.org has is a collection of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/mapgeeks.org\/southdakota\/\">old South Dakota maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Courthouse Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Yankton County, South Dakota Courthouse Records<\/h2>\n\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.co.yankton.sd.us\/\" title=\"Yankton County Courthouse\">Yankton County Courthouse<\/a> is located in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.cityofyankton.org\/\" title=\"Yankton, South Dakota\">Yankton, South Dakota<\/a>.  Learn More About State of South Dakota <a href=\"\/court-records\/southdakota\/\" title=\"State of South Dakota Court Records\">Court<\/a>, <a href=\"\/court-records\/southdakota\/#tax\" title=\"State of South Dakota Tax Records\">Tax<\/a>, <a href=\"\/court-records\/southdakota\/#land\" title=\"State of South Dakota Land Records\">Land<\/a> and <a href=\"\/court-records\/southdakota\/#probate\" title=\"State of South Dakota Probate Records\">Probate<\/a> Records.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Clerk's Office <strong>DOES NOT DO RESEARCH<\/strong>.\u00a0Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research. <\/p>\n\n<p>The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in\u00a0Yankton\u00a0county. 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.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The state archives has probate records (1877\u20141909); wills (1870\u20141909); notary records (1877\u20141909); and judgment books (1898\u20141907). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/doh.sd.gov\/vitalrecords\/county\/Yankton.aspx\" title=\"Yankton County Register of Deeds\">Yankton County Register of Deeds<\/a> has Marriage Records from <strong>1889\u00a0<\/strong> and Land Records from <strong>1862?<\/strong>. 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\u2019s liens, state and federal tax liens.<\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/ujs.sd.gov\/County_Information\/Yankton.aspx\" title=\"Yankton County Clerk of  Court\">Yankton County Clerk of  Court<\/a> has Probate Records from <strong>1862?<\/strong> and Court Records from <strong>1862?<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--Courthouse Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Census Records Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Yankton County, South Dakota Census Records<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><strong>Learn More:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/southdakota\/\" title=\"State of South Dakota Census Records\">State of South Dakota Census Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>U.S. Federal Population Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/1870-census\/\" title=\"1870 U.S. Federal Census\">1870<\/a> <em>(as Dakota Territory)<\/em>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1880-census\/\" title=\"1880 U.S. Federal Census\">1880<\/a> <em>(free index)<\/em>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1890-census\/\" title=\"1890 U.S. Federal Census\">1890<\/a> <em>(fragmented)<\/em>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1900-census\/\" title=\"1900 U.S. Federal Census\">1900<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1910-census\/\" title=\"1910 U.S. Federal Census\">1910<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1920-census\/\" title=\"1920 U.S. Federal Census\">1920<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1930-census\/\" title=\"1940 U.S. Federal Census\">1930<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1940-census\/\" title=\"1940 U.S. Federal Census\">1940<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/2973\" title=\"U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians, 1880\">1880<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/1059\" title=\"U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940\">1885-1940<\/a>, <\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>State Population Schedules:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/6247\" title=\"South Dakota, Territorial Census, 1885\">1885 Territorial Census<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/6120\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1895\">1895<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/60159\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1905\">1905<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/60160\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1915\">1915<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/60161\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1925\">1925<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/60162\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1935\">1935<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Census&murl=https:\/\/ancestry.com\/search\/collections\/60163\" title=\"South Dakota, State Census, 1945\">1945<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/mortality-schedule\/\" title=\"1850 - 1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules\">1870 and 1880<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/agricultural-schedule\/\" title=\"1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Agriculture Census\">1870 and 1880<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/manufacturer-schedule\/\" title=\"1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Industry Census\">1870 and 1880<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Union Veterans Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/veterans-schedule\/\" title=\"1890 Union Veterans Census\">1890<\/a><\/li>\n\n      <\/ul>\n\n<!--Census Records Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Vital Records Begin-->\n\n<h2>Yankton County, South Dakota Vital Records<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><strong>Learn More:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/vital-records\/southdakota\/\" title=\"State of South Dakota Vital Records\">State of South Dakota Vital Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Birth, Death and Marriage Records:<\/strong> since July 1905, also from County Register of Deeds<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Divorce Records:<\/strong> since July 1905, also from County Clerk of Courts<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Locations:<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/doh.sd.gov\/records\/\" title=\"South Dakota Department of Health\">South Dakota Department of Health<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Vital Records Online:<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/southdakota-vitalrecords\/\" title=\"USAVital.com\">USAVital<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/ssdi\/\" title=\"Social Security Death Index\">Social Security Death Index<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Vital Records by Mail:\u00a0<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/doh.sd.gov\/documents\/Records\/StateApplication.pdf\" title=\"Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificate Applications\">Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificate<\/a>\u00a0Applications.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>In Person:<\/strong>\u00a0 Vital Records, Dept of Health, 600 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-2536; (605) 773-4961<\/li>\n\n      <\/ul>\n\n<!--Vital Records Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/p3101kjspjr6EE9ECDA688C7BA87\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/oq68g04tzxIQQLQOPMIKKOJNMKJ\" alt=\"Discover you family history through historical newspapers at Newspapers.com\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<!--Resources Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Yankton County, South Dakota   Resources<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n\t<li><strong>Yankton Genealogical Society<\/strong>, Yankton Community Library, 515 Walnut St., Yankton, SD 57078<\/li>\n\n    <li><strong>Yankton County Historical Society<\/strong> 610 Summit, Yankton, SD 57078; (605) 665-3898<\/li>\n\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=MessageBoards&murl=https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/boards\/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.yankton\/mb.ashx\" title=\"Yankton County, South Dakota Message Boards\">Yankton County, South Dakota Message Boards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\t<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/genealogy.com\/forum\/regional\/states\/topics\/sd\/yankton\/\" title=\"Yankton County, South Dakota Genealogy Forum\">Yankton County, South Dakota Genealogy Boards<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--Resources Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n\n<!--Links Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Yankton County, South Dakota External Links<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/southdakota-newspaper\/\" title=\"South Dakota Historical Newspapers\">South Dakota Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/southdakotanewspapers\/\" title=\"Historical Newspapers from South Dakota (1861\u20132002)\">Historical Newspapers from South Dakota (1861\u20132002)<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&tag=raogk-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=c055cc73635c0d39cc8048ee9d427558&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=Yankton%20county%20South Dakota\" title=\"Yankton County, South Dakota Books - Amazon\">Yankton County, South Dakota Books - Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.findagrave.com\/\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2423\" title=\"Yankton Co., South Dakota - FindaGrave\">Yankton Co., South Dakota - FindaGrave<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/us\/sd\/counties\/yankton\/\" title=\"Yankton County Links - Cyndi's List\">Yankton County, South Dakota Links - Cyndi's List<\/a><\/li>\n\n <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/sdgenweb.com\/yankton\/\" title=\"Yankton Co.- SDGenweb\">Yankton Co. SDGenweb<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=SD-County&murl=https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/search\/places\/usa\/South-Dakota\/Yankton\/\" title=\"Yankton County, South Dakota Data Collections\">Yankton County, South Dakota Ancestry Database Collections<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-7727563-10934994?sid=Fold3Text&url=https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/search-results\/state\/southdakota?&xid=1114&keywords=Yankton+County\" title=\"Yankton County, South Dakota Military Records\">Yankton County, South Dakota Military Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--Links Area End-->\n\n<div style=\"padding: 5px\" align=\"center\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2923883526\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CONTENT Area End-->\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/affiliates.genealogybank.com\/b.aspx?id=9070&mm=13\" alt=\"genealogybank\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 width=1 height=1 src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=c5t0VAKPnsA\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/m7122p59y31NVVQVTURNPPTVOVSU\" alt=\"fold3\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/ag106g04tzxIQQLQOPMIKLNPMLJR\" alt=\"newspaper\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=raogk-20&l=ur2&o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Amazon Books\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>\n\n<script>var clicky_site_ids = clicky_site_ids || []; clicky_site_ids.push(101215284);<\/script>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/static.getclicky.com\/js\"><\/script>\r\n<noscript><p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clicky\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"\/\/in.getclicky.com\/101215284ns.gif\" \/><\/p><\/noscript>\n\n<!--Yankton County, South Dakota End-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3362,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6034\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}