South Dakota Census Records
South Dakota Census Information
Dakota Territory Census Records include: 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1885. These records include all of North Dakota and South Dakota.
South Dakota Federal Census Records include: 1860, 1870 and 1880 Dakota Territory, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940.
1890 Federal South Dakota Census Records were destroyed by a 1921 warehouse fire with the exception of a very small fragment. The 1890 South Dakota Veterans and Widows census schedules did survive.
South Dakota State Census Records: 1885, 1895 (both partial), 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1945.
Statewide South Dakota Census Records Online
- 1850 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1860 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1870 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1880 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1885 Dakota Territory Census Database
- 1900 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1905 South Dakota State Census
- 1910 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1915 South Dakota State Census
- 1920 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1925 South Dakota State Census
- 1930 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1935 South Dakota State Census
- 1940 South Dakota Census Index and Images at Family Search
- 1945 South Dakota State Census
- South Dakota State Census
- South Dakota Mortality Schedules
Beadle County Census Records
- 1895 Beadle County South Dakota State Census Images
- 1895 Beadle County South Dakota State Census Transcription
- 1895 Beadle County South Dakota Mortality Schedules
Campbell County Census Records
Campbell County Federal Census Records
Campbell County State Census Records
Hand County Census Records
Hutchinson County Census Records
Shannon County Census Records
Spink County Census Records
Tripp County Census Records
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