Hughes County SD Genealogy

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Overview of Hughes County Records

• Hughes County was created in 1873 from Buffalo County.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records from 1905 to the present can be obtained from the South Dakota Department of Health.
• The Hughes County Clerk Courts has divorce and court records starting in 1880 and probate records starting in 1890.
• The Hughes County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1905, marriage records, death records starting in 1905, burial records, and land records starting in 1873.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.