Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lawrence County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Bald Mountain News (Black Hills, Terry, Lawrence County, S.D.)1895-1901
- Black Hills Blade (Lead, S.D.)1904-1904
- Black Hills Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1887-1888
- Black Hills Weekly Blade (Lead, S.D.)1904-19??
- Black Hills Weekly Herald (Deadwood, Dakota [S.D.])1886-1???
- Black Hills Weekly News (Deadwood, D.T. [S.D.])1880-188?
- Black Hills Weekly Times (Deadwood City, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1877-1897
- Daily Champion (Deadwood, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.])1877-18??
- Dakota Weekly Register (Spearfish, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1881-1885
- Deadwood Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1888-1888
- Deadwood Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1888-1897
- Deadwood Daily Telegram (Deadwood, S.D.)1918-1924
- Deadwood Evening Independent (Deadwood, S.D.)1898-1???
- Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, Black Hills, S.D.)1896-Current
- Deadwood Weekly Pioneer (Deadwood, Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1888-1897
- Equality (Deadwood, S.D.)1899-19??
- Inter Mountain Globe (Black Hills, Roubaix, Lawrence County, S.D.)1903-1903
- Lead City Daily Tribune (Lead City, Black Hills, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1881-188?
- Lead Daily Call (Lead, S.D.)1901-1974
- Queen City Mail (Spearfish, Lawrence County, Dakota [S.D.])1889-1984
- Senn's Forum (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1933-19??
- Spearfish Daily Bulletin (Spearfish, S.D.)1889-1890
- Spearfish Weekly Register (Spearfish, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1885-1???
- The Black Hills Champion (Deadwood, Black Hills, D.T. S.D.)1877-1???
- The Black Hills Daily News (Deadwood [S.D.])1879-1???
- The Black Hills Daily Pioneer (Deadwood City, Black Hills [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1877-1888
- The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood City, Dakota Territory)1877-1897
- The Black Hills Evening News (Deadwood, D.T. [S.D.])1879-1879
- The Black Hills News (Deadwood [S.D.])1879-1879
- The Black Hills Pioneer (Deadwood City, Black Hills [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1876-1877
- The Black Hills Weekly (Deadwood, S.D.)1927-1927
- The Black Hills Weekly (Deadwood, S.D.)1930-1932
- The Black Hills Weekly and Deadwood Telegram (Deadwood, S.D.)1927-1930
- The Black Hills Weekly and Whitewood Plaindealer (Deadwood, S.D.)1932-1967
- The Black Hills Weekly Pioneer (Deadwood City [S.D.])1877-1887
- The Black Hills Weekly Pioneer (Deadwood City, Black Hills [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.])1877-188?
- The Black Hills World (Lead, S.D.)1901-19??
- The Carbonate Reporter (West Virginia City, Black Hills, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1881-1???
- The Daily Bulletin (Spearfish, S.D.)1890-189?
- The Daily Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, S.D., Black Hills)1906-1929
- The Daily Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, S.D., Black Hills)1897-1906
- The Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, S.D., Black Hills)1906-1906
- The Deadwood Post (Deadwood, S.D.)1896-1???
- The Deadwood Telegram (Deadwood, S.D.)1917-1918
- The Deadwood Telegram (Deadwood, S.D.)1924-1927
- The Evening Call (Lead, S.D.)1894-1897
- The Evening Call (Lead, S.D.)1898-1901
- The Lantern (Deadwood, S.D.)1905-1910
- The Lead Morning Call (Lead, S.D.)1897-1898
- The News-Record (Terry, S.D.)1901-19??
- The Quiet Tip (St. Onge, S.D.)1910-1910
- The St. Onge Quiet Tip (St. Onge, S.D.)1910-19??
- The Terry Record (Terry, S.D.)1896-1901
- The Weekly Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, S.D.)1897-19??
- The Western Enterprise (Deadwood, Black Hills [S.D.])1878-1???
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
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
- Lawrence County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the register of deeds and the clerk of courts, and any online record search the county offers.
- The register of deeds
Deeds and other land records, marriage licenses, and births and deaths registered in the county.
- The clerk of courts
Probate (wills and estates), divorces and naturalizations.
- The South Dakota State Archives
In Pierre: county records, state censuses and newspapers.
- South Dakota State Archivesfree
The state archives in Pierre, with county records, state censuses, newspapers and photographs.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "South Dakota, Lawrence" 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: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Lawrence County: Butte County, Meade County
The Atlas data for Lawrence County begins in 1889, later than the 1875 date above, so this is the earliest boundary on file, not its original one.
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1875, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Until 1889 North and South Dakota were one territory, so early records may be filed under Dakota Territory. South Dakota took state censuses in 1895 (some counties survive), 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935 and 1945.