Dakota County, Nebraska, United States

Details for Dakota County

Name

Dakota County

Place Type

County

Located in

Nebraska, United States

County Seat

Dakota City

Coordinates

Latitude		42.3999956		42° 23' 60" N
Longitude		-96.5669786		96° 34' 01.1" W

Population

16,742

Elevation

342 m

Surrounding Counties

Plymouth (Iowa) NE
Woodbury (Iowa) E
Monona (Iowa) SE
Thurston S
Dixon NW
Union (South Dakota) N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

835843

Histopolis Place ID

102214608

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Dakota County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Dakota County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Dakota County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NE/Dakota/ (2 Jun 2010)

Dakota County, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_County,_Nebraska (28 Jul 2010)

Dakota County, Nebraska NE, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Dakota County, Nebraska NE, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22379 (18 Nov 2008)

USGenWeb Archives: Dakota County NE [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/dakota/daktable.htm (15 Jan 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Dakota County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Dakota County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NE/Dakota/cem/ (12 Mar 2008)

Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project]
Research your Nebraska ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Nebraska gravestone photos. Locate Nebraska gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Nebraska roots.
http://nebraskagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=22 (6 Feb 2011)

Dakota County Cemeteries [Dakota County NEGenWeb]
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nedakota/Dakota_County_Cemeteries.htm (28 Jul 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Dakota County, Neb. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DK.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Dakota County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=22379&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (13 Mar 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1825 (12 Sep 2009)

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Surveys in Dakota County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 12 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Dakota County. You can navigate to any of the 12 survey townships that overlap Dakota County using the navigation tool below.

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Precincts of Dakota County

6 Precincts

Covington	Dakota	Emerson	Hubbard
Omadi	Saint Johns

Cities of Dakota County

2 Cities, 4 Villages, 11 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Blyburg (historical u.p.)	Covington (historical u.p.)	Dakota (city)	Emerson (village)
Freeway Homes	Goodwin	Homer (village)	Hubbard (village)
Jackson (village)	Lake Village Trailer Court	Millis Beach	Nacora
North Shore	Shady Elm Trailer Court	South Sioux (city)	Stanton (historical u.p.)
Willis

Cemeteries of Dakota County

21 Cemeteries, 14 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Boals	Cedar Heights	Dakota City Public	Danish
Elk Creek (*)	Elk Valley (*)	Emerson	Epidemic (*)
Fiddler Creek (*)	Friends Church	Green Valley	Grove
Hale (*)	Hilltop	Hoyt	Hubbard (*)
Jopp	Oak (*)	Old German (*)	Old Log Church (*)
Omaha Valley	Roost	Saint Cornelius	Saint Johns
Saint Marys	Saint Michaels	Sand Ridge	Sand Ridge (*)
St. Cornelius (*)	St. Johns (*)	St. Marys (*)	St. Michaels (*)
Taylor	Taylor Family Plot	Wood

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