Time Passages, Genealogy of the Dakotas   North Dakota Genealogy • South Dakota Genealogy

YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE Welcome Home!   RESEARCH SERVICES Census Research Land Patent Records • ND Land Patent Research • SD Land Patent Research • ND Land Entry Case Files • SD Land Entry Case Files • ND Deed of Sale • SD Deed of Sale ND Land Maps ND Naturalization ND Cemetery Records ND Military Records   FEDERAL CENSUSES Federal Censuses 1850 1860 1870 1880 1885 1890 1900 1920 Reliability Rating Soundex Machine   OTHER INFORMATION Mission Statement Privacy Policy       1885 Federal Census of the Dakota Territory      The 1885 special census was authorized by Congress on March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. 480), and was begun on June 1, 1885. The Dakota Territory was one of only five states and territories that elected to take the1885 Special Census with half the cost of the census reimbursed by the federal government. The schedules, returned to the Secretary of the Interior, show the same information as the 1880 schedules. The 1885 special census contains this information:   address   name of each person in the family   color   sex   age at last birthday, prior to June 1, 1885   month born, if born within the census year   relationship to head of family   whether single, married, widowed, or divorced   whether married during the census year   profession, occupation, or trade   months unemployed during the census year   whether sick or temporarily disabled, and the reason   whether blind, deaf-mute, idiotic, insane, maimed, crippled, bedridden, or disabled   whether attended school within the census year   whether unable to read or write   state, territory, or country of birth   state, territory, or country of birth of father and mother What counties are included in the 1885 Special Census of The Dakota Territory?   North Dakota  Reliabilty Rating       The 1885 Special Census of the Dakota Territory is almost complete for that part of the territory that would eventually become North Dakota. Census records exist for 47 of the 56 North Dakota counties.   Allred   Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Buford, Burleigh   Cass, Cavalier   Dickey, Dunn   Eddy, Emmons   Foster   Griggs   Kidder   LaMoure, Logan   McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountraille   Nelson   Oliver   Pembina   Ramsey, Ransom, Renville, Richland, Rolette   Stanton, Stark, Steele, Stutsman   Towner, Traill   Villard   Wallace, Walsh, Ward, Wells, Williams, Wynn   South Dakota  Reliabilty Rating  The 1885 Special Census of the Dakota Territory is substantially incomplete for that part of the territory that would eventually become South Dakota. Researchers trying to find their South Dakota ancestors will experience the least likelihood of actually locating them in this census. Census records exist for only 20 of the 76 South Dakota counties.   Beadle, Butte   Charles Mix   Edmunds   Fall River, Faulk   Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, Hyde   Lake, Lincoln   Marshall, McPherson, Moody   Roberts   Sanborn, Spink, Stanley   Turner               Time Passages Genealogy 4977 Klitzke Drive Horace, ND 58047-9726 (701) 588-4541   fargodigital