Douglas County, Nevada

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United States Nevada Douglas County

	Nevada Online Records

{{Infobox U.S. County | county = Douglas County | county_map | state_map = Nevada.png | latd = | longd = | founded year = 1861 | founded date = November 25 | seat = Minden | building image = | building address = Douglas County Courthouse
602 Douglas Douglas County Courthouse
1594 Esmeralda Ave Rm 105;
Minden, NV 89423-0218
Phone: 775.782.9014

County Courthouse

Douglas County Courthouse
1594 Esmeralda Ave Rm 105;
Minden, NV 89423-0218
Phone: 775.782.9014

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1861--Douglas County was created 25 November 1861 as an original county.  County seat: Minden ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Alpine County, California
• El Dorado County, California
• Lyon
• Mono County, California
• Placer County, California

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Douglas County, Nevada for emigrant settlers included:

• California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[3]

• Carson (River) Trail 1848 (aka Mormon Emigrant Trail) crossed the Forty Mile Desert past the west side of the Carson Sink to pick up the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. Carson Pass was followed by the relatively easy West Pass (Kirkwood, California) and then on to Pollock Pines, Placerville, and Sutter's Fort, California
• Johnson's Cutoff 1850-1851 (aka Placerville Route, Lake Tahoe Route and Day's Route) from Carson City, Nevada past the south end of Lake Tahoe going south and then west to Placerville, California and Sacramento
• Daggett Pass 1850 (aka Georgetown Pack Trail) Carson Valley, Nevada to Johnson's Cutoff near South Lake Tahoe, California
• Walker River-Sonora Road 1852-1854 from the Carson Trail south to the Walker River along the base of the Sierra Nevada until it ascends to Sonora Pass and then down to Strawberry and Sonora, California

• Central Overland Trail 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada through central Nevada on a route south of the Humboldt River]^[4]

Military

Newspapers

• NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Reno newspapers going back to 1870. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

451 marriages from 11 Feb 1862 to 12 Jun 1919 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries

Douglas County Historical Society
Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center
1477 U. S. Highway 395 N, Suite B
Gardnerville, Nevada 89410
Phone: (775) 782-2555
http://www.historicnevada.org/index.html

Carson Valley Historical Society
Main St
P. O. Box 165
Genoa, Nevada 89411
Telephone: 775-782-4235

Douglas County Public Library
1470 Albite Rd
Gardnerville, NV 89410
Telephone 775-266-2508

Douglas County Public Library
1625 Library Ln
Minden, NV 89423
Telephone 775-782-9841

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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

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