Yoakum County, Texas Records

Yoakum County, Texas (Map It) was created on August 21, 1876 from the Young Territory. This county was named for Henderson King Yoakum (1810–1856), soldier, attorney, and Texas historian .

Yoakum County is bordered by Cochran County (north), Terry County (east), Gaines County (south), Lea County, New Mexico (west).

Yoakum County Cities and Towns include Plains, Denver City..

A Map of Yoakum County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

Yoakum County, Texas Courthouse Records

The Yoakum County Courthouse is located in Plains, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Yoakum county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

Some early records  prior to organization on 1907 may be located in Young County, Throckmorton County, Howard County, Martin County and Terry County. Courthouse destroyed by fire in December 1926.  All county records were stored in a vault and were saved.

• Yoakum County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1907, Marriage Records from 1907, Land Records from 1907, Probate Records from 1907 and Court Records from 1907. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
• Yoakum County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax

Yoakum County, Texas Census Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Yoakum County, Texas Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
• Birth and Death Records: from 1903 to present.
• Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
• Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
• Locations: Texas Department of State Health Services
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111

Yoakum County, Texas Resources

• Yoakum County Historical Commission
• Yoakum Co. Records Available on Microfilm
• Yoakum County, Texas Message Boards

Yoakum County, Texas External Links

• Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
• Yoakum County, Texas Books - Amazon
• Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
• Yoakum Co., Texas - FindaGrave
• Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
• Yoakum Co., Texas Almanac
• Texas county histories : a bibliography
• Yoakum County History
• Yoakum County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
• Yoakum Co. TXGenweb
• Yoakum County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
• Texas, Naturalization Records, 1906-1989
• Texas General Land Office Map Collection
• Yoakum County, Texas Military Records