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Site or database name: South Dakota Territorial Census, 1885
Description: This database is an index to South Dakota Territory in 1885 for the both microfilm in the series for this census year (Rolls 9527 and 9528). The database is particularly important due to the absence of a federal census in 1890. The Dakota Territory Special Federal 1885 census was taken under federal guidelines just four short years before statehood in 1889. Entries include name, race, age, and birthplace for each individual enumerated on the census. The following counties are represented in this database of the South Dakota Territorial Census, 1885: Beadle, Butte, Charles Mix, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, Hyde, Lake, Lincoln, Marshall, McPherson, Moody, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley and Turner counties.
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