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County Courthouse

Keith County Courthouse
511 North Spruce Street, P O Box 149
 Ogallala NE 69153
 Ph. 308.284.4726 

County Clerk has birth, death, and land records;
County Judge has marriage records;
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate, and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1873--Keith County was created 27 February 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Ogallala ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• Ogallala
• Brule
• Paxton
• Keystone
• Lemoyne
• Rosco

Neighboring Counties

• Arthur
• Deuel
• Garden
• Lincoln
• McPherson
• Perkins
• Sedgwick County, Colorado

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Keith 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

Societies and Libraries

• Keith County Historical Society
  Mansion on the Hill
  1004 North Spruce Street
  P.O. Box 5
  Ogallala, NE 69153
  Telephone: (308)-284-4215
  Website: http://www.ogallalamansiononthehill.com/new_page_2.htm
  
• Couldn't locate a genealogical society in Keith County

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

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Keith County, Nebraska page 432, {WorldCat|50140092|disp=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 II" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap2.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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