Butte County, South Dakota, Genealogy

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SDGenWeb - 2023
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State Coordinator, Joy Fisher
Assistant State Coordinator, Linda Ziemann

Thanks to the former Butte Co. Coordinator, "Skip" Weist for his love of history.
BUTTE County Coordinator ~ Currently available for adoption.
Please contact the Assist. South Dakota Coordinator Linda Ziemann if interested in taking over. Thank you!


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About the South Dakota GenWeb Project:

Butte County Databases and Stories:

Be sure and visit the Butte County Archives indexed at the USGenWeb homepage! Many of the files below have been uploaded to that site.


Butte County in Years Gone By: Obituaries, Wills & News Items
Article: "How Belle Fourche Became the County Seat, and Minnesela Became a Ghost Town"
Butte County Post Offices
Butte County Cemeteries
Butte County Newspapers
SD BLM Database for Butte Co., SD - SDGenWeb Archives
Graduates of Newell High School, 1921-2001
Complete List of Graduates of Vale High School, 1928-1967
Nisland High School Graduates, 1941-1960
1909 and 1916 Business Directories for Butte Co. Cities and Towns

Butte County Map, and Surrounding USGenWeb County Homepages:

Butte and surrounding counties

Click on any of the 6 counties that surround Butte County; that will take you to that county's USGenWeb homepage!


Butte County Courthouse, Societies, Museums, & Links:

Butte County Courthouse

The Butte County Courthouse (839 5th Avenue, Belle Fourche 57717) may have some of the following records: The Registrar of Deeds may have some birth and death records prior to 1905. All birth and death records after 1905 are recorded at the SD State Department of Health in Pierre. If any marriage records exist before 1905, they would be found in the County Treasurer's Office; after 1905, the Vital Records Division of the SD State Department of Health in Pierre has the county's marriage and divorce records.   Divorce records before 1905 may be available from the County Clerk of Courts. Probate records may be available from the County Clerk of Courts; probate records from the earliest days of the county, especially those of pre-statehood (1889), are available only at the State Archives in Pierre. County land records are kept by the Registrar of Deeds office.


 Tri-State Genealogical Society

905 5th Street
Belle Fourche, SD 57717




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