Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Dixon County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Tax records
- Tax Lists · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series ONE1867-1976
- Motor Vehicle Tax Lists · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series TWO1935-1945
- Delinquent Tax Lists · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series THREE1870-1930
- Tax Sale And Redemption Records · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series FOUR1875-1882
- Special Assessment Records · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series FIVE1922-1962
Deeds and land
County government
- Miscellaneous Volumes · County Treasurer · RG244 · Subgroup TWO · Series SEVEN1934-1940
- County Board Proceedings · County Board Proceedings · RG244 · Subgroup THREE · Series ONE1859-1968
- Cooperative Extension · County Board Of Commissioners · RG244 · Subgroup THREE · Series TWO1934-1942
- Correspondence & Supplemental Documents · County Board Of Commissioners · RG244 · Subgroup THREE · Series THREE1869-1900
- Medical Registers · County Clerk · RG244 · Subgroup FIVE · Series THREE1881-1994
- Brand And Estray Records · County Clerk · RG244 · Subgroup FIVE · Series FOUR1928-1935
- Miscellaneous · County Clerk · RG244 · Subgroup FIVE · Series SIX1911-1981
Marriages, births and deaths
Wills and estates
Court records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected dated series headings from History Nebraska county government finding aids. These guides were revised at different dates and may describe missing film, closed records or records held elsewhere. Consult the linked PDF page and full guide, then confirm current access with History Nebraska. Undated and ambiguous headings were omitted.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Dixon County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the register of deeds, the county clerk, the county court, the clerk of the district court and history Nebraska.
- The register of deeds
Deeds and other land records.
- The county clerk
Marriage licenses and records (some counties' early marriage records are at History Nebraska).
- The county court
Probate (wills and estates).
- The clerk of the district court
Divorces, naturalizations and civil and criminal cases.
- History Nebraska
In Lincoln: the State Archives, with county records, the state censuses and newspapers.
- History Nebraska (State Archives)free
The state historical society and State Archives in Lincoln, with county records, newspapers and photographs.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Nebraska, Dixon" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Blackbird County (extinct), Izard County (now Stanton), McNeale County (extinct)
Check the parent county for earlier records: Stanton County
Later formed partly from Dixon County: Cedar County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1856, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Nebraska began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1904. Many settlers claimed land under the Homestead Act; their federal case files are at the National Archives and can name family and neighbors.