Turner County South Dakota Genealogy SDGENWEB

SDGenWeb Project

Welcome to Turner County, South Dakota! The goal of this site is to collect and house as much free family history information for Turner county researchers as possible. If you would like to see your Turner family information on this site or have additional material that you are willing to share, please e-mail to: BradyA@tx.rr.com I'm Brady Adamson, volunteer county coordinator. I was born in Viborg and have many roots here.

Turner County is located in southeastern South Dakota bordering Minnehaha & McCook Counties to the north, Clay & Yankton Counties to the south, Lincoln County to the east, and Hutchinson County to the west. It was formed in 1871 and named after John W. Turner (1800-1883). He was a member of the Michigan state house of representatives in 1851, A Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan's 2nd District in 1862, and a member of the Dakota territorial council from 1865-67 & 1870-71.

History	An 1884 Description
Archives	Turner Records
Queries	Ask Others
Look-Ups	Book Owners
Places	Towns & Townships
People	Pioneers & Residents
Maps	1872, 1895, & 1920
Resources	Links to Other Sites

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Last Updated on 06/26/09
By Brady Adamson
Email: BradyA@tx.rr.com

Turner County Vital Records Office
Turner County Clerk
Main Street
Parker, SD 57053
(605) 297-3115