Polk County NE Genealogy

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Overview of Polk County Records

• Polk County was created in 1856 from York County and unorganized territory.
• Birth and death records from 1904 to the present, and marriage from 1909 to the present, can be obtained from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
• The Polk County Clerk has burial and cemetery records starting in 1975, land records starting in 1870, marriage records starting in 1871, and school census records from 1886 to 1993.
• The Polk County District Court has court records starting in 1870, divorce records, and naturalization records.
• The Polk County Court has probate records starting in 1870.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.