Nevada County Resources
This entry was originally written by Nell Sachse Woodard and Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The following chart indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in each county. The dates indicated are the first known records for each county. County records may still be with the county, at the Nevada State Library and Archives, and/or on microfilm at the FHL. Some data from Greene's work (See Background Sources for Nevada) was also used.
In Nevada, the county recorders hold land records, except in two cases where the county assessor's office handles them. County clerks have probate records, and the clerk of the courts maintains court records. Current contact information to the individual counties can be found on the website 'Nevada County and City Information'. A list of what record types can be found and which office handles them can be found on the Nevada State Library and Archives website.
Map | County | Address | Date Formed | Parent County/ies | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
Carson | 1854 (abolished 1861; became part of Washoe, Churchill, Storey, Lyon, Douglas, and Humboldt) | Utah Territory | ||||||||
As part of Utah Territory, it included Carson City, Genoa, and Virginia City, but it was abolished when Nevada Territory counties were formed. | ||||||||||
E2 | Carson City | City Hall, 885 E. Musser St. Carson City 89701-4775 | 1861 | Ormsby | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 | 1855 | 1864 | 1864 |
Ormsby County was consolidated with Carson City, 1969, to form an independent city. | ||||||||||
D3 | Churchill | 155 N. Taylor St. Fallon 89406 | 1861 | original | 1888 | 1864 | 1885 | 1864 | 1904 | 1904 |
J7 | Clark | 200 S. Third St. Las Vegas 89155 | 1909 | Lincoln | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 |
District Health Department, 625 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, has births and death from 1955 for Las Vegas. | ||||||||||
E2 | Douglas | 1594 Esmeralda St./P.O. Box 218 Minden 89423 | 1861 | original | 1885 | 1862 | 1887 | 1855 | 1887 | 1887 |
In 1859, the county was part of Millard County, Utah, then added to Carson County. | ||||||||||
B6 | Elko | 571 Idaho St. Elko 89801-3715 | 1869 | Lander | 1887 | 1869 | 1887 | 1869 | 1869 | 1869 |
G4 | Esmeralda | P.O. Box 517 Goldfield 89013-0517 | 1861 | original | 1887 | 1871 | 1887 | 1863 | 1881 | 1864 |
D5 | Eureka | P.O. Box 667 Eureka 89316-0677-3150 | 1873 | Lander/White Pine | 1887 | 1870 | 1887 | 1873 | 1873 | 1873 |
Added part of White Pine County in 1881. | ||||||||||
A3 | Humboldt | 50 W. Fifth St. Winnemucca 89445 | 1861 | original | 1887 | 1862 | 1887 | 1861 | 1863 | 1869 |
D4 | Lander | 315 S. Humboldt St. Battle Mountain 89820-1982 | 1862 | Humboldt/Churchill | 1887 | 1863 | 1887 | 1862 | 1862 | 1862 |
G6 | Lincoln | P.O. Box 90 Pioche 89043 | 1866 | Nye | 1887 | 1871 | 1887 | 1865 | 1855 | 1873 |
E2 | Lyon | 27 S. Main St. Yerington 89447-2571 | 1861 | original | 1887 | 1861 | 1887 | 1862 | 1867 | 1867 |
E3 | Mineral | P.O. Box 1450 Hawthorne 89415-1450 | 1911 | Esmeralda | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 |
F5 | Nye | P.O. Box 153 Tonopah 89049-0153 | 1864 | Esmeralda | 1887 | 1864 | 1887 | 1864 | 1864 | 1864 |
Ormsby | 1861 (became part of Carson City, 1969) | original | ||||||||
Pahute | 1864 (abolished 1871; became part of Lincoln and later Clark) | Arizona Territory | ||||||||
C3 | Pershing | P.O. Box 820 Lovelock 89419-0820 | 1919 | Humboldt | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
Roop | 1870 (annexed to Washoe, 1883) | |||||||||
St. Mary's | 1860 (abolished 1869; became Elko) | |||||||||
D2 | Storey | P.O. Box D Virginia City 89440-0139 | 1861 | original | 1887 | 1862 | 1887 | 1859 | 1886 | 1861 |
B2 | Washoe | P.O. Box 11130 Reno 89520-0027 | 1861 | original | 1887* | 1862 | 1887* | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 |
*At Washoe County Health Department, 1001 East Ninth Street, Reno 89520. | ||||||||||
D7 | White Pine | 801 Clark St. Ely 89301-1994 | 1869 | Lander | 1887 | 1884 | 1887 | 1885 | 1885* | 1869 |
*Courthouse fire, 1885. |