Dickenson County, Virginia
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| + | <br>Freedmen's [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1596147 Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-18721] | ||
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*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/virginia/dickenson.html Tombstone Transcription Project Dickenson County] - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb | *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/virginia/dickenson.html Tombstone Transcription Project Dickenson County] - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb | ||
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'''''Civil War''''' | '''''Civil War''''' | ||
| − | + | Virginia, Civil War [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932382 Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865] | |
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| + | <br>Virginia, Civil War [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932427 Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865] | ||
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| + | Gobble, Lillian and Rhonda Robertson. ''Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise & Dickenson '''''<i>County [Virginia]</i>. [Big Stone Gap, Virginia: L. Gobble & R. Robertson, 200-?]. Available at {{FHL|1217570|title-id|disp=FHL}}.''' | ||
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| − | = | + | '''Virginia [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1877093 Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929]<br>'''Newspapers |
==== Private Papers ==== | ==== Private Papers ==== | ||
| − | <br>Virginia, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510 Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007] | + | <br>Virginia, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510 Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007] |
| − | ''Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935''. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at {{FHL|831379|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | + | ''Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935''. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at {{FHL|831379|title-id|disp=FHL}}. |
==== Probate ==== | ==== Probate ==== | ||
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==== Vital Records ==== | ==== Vital Records ==== | ||
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*Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. ''E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965''. MSS., available at {{FHL|318813|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.] | *Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. ''E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965''. MSS., available at {{FHL|318813|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.] | ||
Revision as of 21:50, 8 March 2012
| Dickenson County, Virginia | |
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 Location in the state of Virginia | |
 Location of Virginia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1880 |
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| County Seat | Clintwood |
| Courthouse | |
Virginia Dickenson County
Southwest Virginia county.
Contents |
County Courthouse
Dickenson County Virginia Courthouse
Box 190
Main Street
Clintwood, VA 24228-0190
County Health Department has
540-926-1616 birth death & burial Records
Cleark Circuit Court has marriage divorce
court and land records from 1880
Probate and Military Records
History
Parent County
1880--Dickenson County was created 3 March 1880 from Buchanan, Russell and Wise Counties.
County seat: Clintwood [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African America
Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-18721
Cemeteries
- Tombstone Transcription Project Dickenson County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb
Census
For tips on accessing Dickenson County, Virginia census records online, see: Virginia Census.
For tips on accessing Dickenson County, Virginia census records online, see: Virginia Census.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 5,077 | ||
| 1900 | 7,747 | 52.6% | |
| 1910 | 9,199 | 18.7% | |
| 1920 | 13,542 | 47.2% | |
| 1930 | 16,163 | 19.4% | |
| 1940 | 21,266 | 31.6% | |
| 1950 | 23,393 | 10.0% | |
| 1960 | 20,211 | −13.6% | |
| 1970 | 16,077 | −20.5% | |
| 1980 | 19,806 | 23.2% | |
| 1990 | 17,620 | −11.0% | |
| 2000 | 16,395 | −7.0% | |
| 2010 | 15,903 | −3.0% | |
1890 Union Veterans
- Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]
1900
- Vanover, Gregory Lynn, Joan Short Vanover, and Barbara Kendrick Vanover. Dickenson County, Virginia, 1900 Federal Census. Pound, Virginia: G.L. Vanover, 1984. Available at FHL.
Church
Baptist
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church, the First Hundred Years, 1837-1937: A History of the Oldest Religious Organization in Dickenson County, Virginia. 1937; reprint, [Clintwood, Virginia?]: Mullins Printing, 1985. Available at FHL.
Court
Genealogy
Land
Local Histories
- Giles, Albert William. The Geology and Coal Resources of Dickenson County, Virginia. University of Virginia, 1921. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
- Schwab, W.G. The Forests of Dickenson County, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va., 1917. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. Meet Virginia's Baby: A Brief Pictorial History of Dickenson County, Virginia, from Its Formation in 1880 to 1955, with Stress on Pioneer Background. Clintwood, Va.: E.J. Sutherland, 1955. 1975 reprint available at FHL.
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper and Hetty Swindall Sutherland. Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia. Clintwood, Va.: H.S. Sutherland, G.L. Vanover, and J.S. Vanover, 1984. Available at FHL.
Maps
Military
Civil War
Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
Gobble, Lillian and Rhonda Robertson. Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise & Dickenson County [Virginia]. [Big Stone Gap, Virginia: L. Gobble & R. Robertson, 200-?]. Available at FHL.
Naturalization
Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929
Newspapers
Private Papers
Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007
Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at FHL.
Probate
Research Guides
- "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Dickenson County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1964):124-126. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
Taxation
Vital Records
Indexes to Dickenson County, Virginia births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
Indexes to Dickenson County, Virginia births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965. MSS., available at FHL. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.]
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Websites
- Dickenson Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
- Family History Library Catalog
- RootsWeb Mailing List: SW_VA-L (Topic: Southwest Virginia)
- Cyndi's List
- Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites
Dickenson County Family History Hall of Fame
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References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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