Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Minnehaha County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Brownell's Weekly (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1932-1933
- Daily Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1891-1892
- Dakota Field and Farm (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1896-1???
- Dell Rapids Exponent (Dell Rapids, D.T. [S.D.])1879-188?
- Dell Rapids Times (Dell Rapids, Dakota [S.D.])1885-1908
- Dell Rapids Times-Tribune (Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, S.D.)1908-1920
- Deutscher Herold (Sioux Falls, Süd-Dakota)1907-1918
- Evening Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1892-1897
- Farmer-Labor News (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1923-19??
- Fremad (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1894-1935
- Nachrichten=herold (Sioux Falls, Süd-Dakota)1901-1907
- Northwestern News (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1933-19??
- Ordway's Record (Sioux Falls, D.T. [S.D.])1881-1???
- Senn's Forum (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1933-19??
- Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1890-1891
- Sioux Falls Daily Press (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1893-1915
- Sioux Falls Forum (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1947-1950
- Sioux Falls Independent (Sioux Falls, D.T. [S.D.])1873-188?
- Sioux Falls Posten (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1907-1916
- Sioux Falls Times (Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1878-1882
- Sioux Sentinel (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1945-19??
- South Dakota Farmer (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1904-19??
- South Dakota Farmer and Sioux Falls Weekly Press (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1902-1904
- South Dakota State Forum (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1897-1947
- Süd Dakota Nachrichten (Mitchell, Süd=dakota)1890-1899
- Süd=dakota Nachrichten Und Herold (Sioux Falls, Süd=dakota)1900-1901
- The American Republic "Egan's Paper." (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1910-19??
- The American Republic (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1909-1909
- The Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1891-1891
- The Augustana Mirror (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1899-Current
- The Cataract (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1904-19??
- The Daily Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, Dakota [S.D.])1887-1890
- The Daily Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1897-1956
- The Dakota Pantagraph (Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory [S.D.])1877-188?
- The Dakota Pantagraph and Sioux Falls Independent (Sioux Falls, D.T. [S.D.])1881-188?
- The Dell Rapids Tribune (Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, S.D.)1892-1908
- The Dell Rapids Tribune (Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, S.D.)1920-Current
- The Democrat (Sioux Falls City, Dakota Terr. [S.D.])1859-1860
- The Garretson News (Garretson, S.D.)1903-1970
- The Humboldt Journal (Humboldt, S.D.)1903-1970
- The Journal (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1930-19??
- The Minnehaha Mail (Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Dakota [S.D.])1886-1???
- The Plain Talker (Hartford, S.D.)1892-1???
- The Polar Tech (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1943-1945
- The Polar Tech Icicle Bits (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1942-1943
- The Public (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1911-19??
- The Sioux Falls Dispatch (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1910-1911
- The Sioux Falls Gazette (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1892-1???
- The Sioux Falls Pantagraph (Sioux Falls, D.T. [S.D.])1872-1880
- The Sioux Falls Press (Sioux Falls, Dakota [S.D.])1887-18??
- The Sioux Falls Press (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1915-1928
- The Sioux Falls Weekly News (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1935-19??
- The Sioux Falls Weekly News and Fremad (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1935-1935
- The Sioux Falls Weekly Press (Sioux Falls, D.T. [S.D.])1882-1???
- The Soo Critic (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1903-1910
- The Western Messenger (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1923-1923
- Valley Springs Vidette (Valley Springs, S.D.)1891-19??
- Weekly Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)1906-19??
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
- Minnehaha 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, Minnehaha" 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 Minnehaha County: Hanson County, Lake County, Moody County
The Atlas data for Minnehaha County begins in 1873, later than the 1862 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 1862, 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.