Yankton County, South Dakota Genealogy and History Records

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Yankton County
Founded: 10 April 1862
Named for the Yankton Sioux
County Seat: Yankton

1913 map

Cities
Irene (partial) * Yankton

Towns
Gayville * Lesterville * Mission Hill * Utica * Volin

Unorganized Territories
Southeast Yankton * West Yankton

County Records
Biographies A-K - L-Z	Birth Records
Cemeteries	Census Records
Churches	County Records
Death Records	Family News
History Topics	Marriage Records
Military Records	Miscellaneous Records
News Gleanings	Obituaries and Death Notices
People	Schools
Wills and Probate

WEBSITE UPDATES

MAY 2024
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - John Weller Boyle, Samuel Albert Boyles, Virgil D. Boyles, Dan F. Bradley, Downer Tenney Bramble, Thornton Whitacre Brisbine, Wilmot Wood Brookings, Jacob Brouch, Lars A. Bruce, Walter Atwood Burleigh, Hugh J. Campbell, Hardy Carlson, Walter H. Carr, Lucien W. Case, Austin Cole, Lee Nimrod Dailey, James W. Daulton, Jacob Deuel, Franklin J. DeWitt, Charles Hall Dillion, Enos Stutsman
MARRIAGES: transcribed by Robin Line - News - Day-Davenport, Jones-Corson
OBITS: transcribed by Robin Line - George A. Batehelder, Samuel Boyes, Wilmot Wood Brookings, Walter Atwood Burleigh, Hugh J. Campbell, Walter H. Carr, Franklin J. Dewitt, H. C. Hutchins
PEOPLE: Raymond Gilman

JULY 2023
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - John M. Larson
NEWS-CRIME: Lewis Kennady, Charles Porter, Thomas Fletcher
NEWS-FIRES: 1899 – Two Disastrous Fires
NEWS-VISIT/RELOCATE: C. L. Ackley, Henry Bradly
OBITS: W. F. Baade, Joseph S. Presho, G. A. Wetter
PEOPLE: Halvor Johnson, Frank Etter, John Coulson, Mrs. C. J. Herrick, Charlie Bates, Augustus High
WILLS/PROBATE: J. D. Vanderhule

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Surrounding Counties
Turner County - northeast
Clay County - east
Bon Homme County - west
Hutchinson County - northwest
Cedar County, Nebraska - southeast
Knox County, Nebraska - southwest