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Perkins County, South Dakota was created in 1908 from Harding and Butte Counties.  It was organized in 1909. 

The county was named for Henry E. Perkins, a native of Vermont, who was a lawyer and State Senator from Sturgis from 1903-1911. Perkins was instrumental in securing the passage of the act that created the county.

The county seat is Bison.

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Assist. State Coordinator: Linda Ziemann **This website has a large number of earlier county history files (some with photos) that need updating & maintenance!

Last updated Feb. 28, 2023


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Addresses and Links

Bibliography and Lookups

Biography

Cemetery

Census & Tax

City/Towns

Church

Civil - Birth, Death, Marriage

Deeds / Land

History

Mail List -Perkins County

Obituaries - Perkins County

Cousin Connect 
Rootsweb Message Board 
Genforum Board 
Unknown SD Query Board (If you're not sure of the county) 
Military
WHERE TO WRITE

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 126
Bison, SD 57620-0126
Phone: (605)244-5624

Perkins County offices address:
P.O. Box 27
Bison, SD. 57620-0230

Register of Deeds has birth, death, burial records from 1909.

Treasurer has marriage records from 1909.

Clerk Court has probate, civ. ct., naturalization records from 1907.

For earlier records look in 
Harding and Butte Counties.


HELPFUL USGENWEB LINKS

SD Digital Map Library

SD Family Group Sheet Project

SD  Marriage Project

USGenWeb Archives - Perkins County


 
NEIGHORING COUNTIES
Adams County, ND (north) Butte County, SD (southwest) Corson County, SD (east)
Harding County, SD (west) Meade County, SD (south) Ziebach County, SD (south)

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SDGenWeb - 2023
“A Proud Part of the USGenWeb”

State Coordinator, Joy Fisher
Assistant State Coordinator, Linda Ziemann 

All files on this site are copyrighted by their creator. They may be linked to but may not be reproduced electronically or otherwise without specific permission from the county host and/or the contributor. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which they are presented, the notes and comments, etc., are. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use ONLY.

Banner photo thanks to Library of Congress American Memory Project
Sod House near Meadow, Perkins County, SD ca. 1910.