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Dodge County, Nebraska genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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Coordinates: 39.99°0′N 91.19°0′W / 39.99°N 91.19°W / 39.99; -91.19

Dodge County, Nebraska
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Location in the state of Nebraska
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Facts
Founded	November 23, 1854
County Seat	Fremont
Courthouse
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Address	Dodge County Courthouse 435 N. Park Ave. Fremont, Nebraska 68025-4967 Phone: 402.727.2767

County Courthouse

Dodge County Courthouse
435 N Park Ave;
Fremont, NE 68025
Phone: 402.727.2767

County Clerk has marriage records.
County Judge has probate records.
Clerk District Court has divorce records.
Register of Deeds has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1854--Dodge County was created 23 November 1854 as an original county. County seat: Fremont ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Burt
• Butler
• Colfax
• Cuming
• Douglas
• Saunders
• Washington

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Dodge County, Nebraska census records online, see: Nebraska Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Dodge County, Nebraska for European and African American settlers included:

• Platte River
• Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon^[3]
• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[4]
• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5]

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Dodge County Marriage Index

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dodge County, Nebraska page 430, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map I" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap1.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011).
4. ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
5. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).

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