Cheyenne county was founded in June 1867 from unorganized area of the Nebraska territory, and formed in 1871. The county seat is Sidney. Population of Cheyenne county as of 2010 was 9998.

COURTHOUSE

Cheyenne County
100010th Ave
P O Box 217
Sidney, NE 69126-0217
https://www.cheyennecountyne.net/
Clerk clerk@cheyennecounty.net
308-254-2141

CHURCHES

CEMETERIES

FUNERAL HOMES

Gehrig-Stitt Chapel

1140 10th Ave

Sidney, NE 69162

308-254-2055

Email director@gehrigstittchapel.com

http://www.gehrigstittchapel.com

LIBRARIES

Sidney Public Library
1112 12th Ave
P O Box 119
Sidney, NE 69162
308-254-3110
Fax 308-254-3710

Email spl@sidneypubliclibrary.org

http://sidneypubliclibrary.org/

MUSEUMS

Fort Sidney Museum
955 6th Ave
Sidney, NE 69162
308-254-2150

https://www.fortsidney.org/

Potter Historical Museum

Sherman Street

Potter, NE 69156

308-879-4332

http://www.potternebraska.com/history

Lodgepole Depot Museum

Bates Blvd & McCall St

Lodgepole, NE 69149

308-438-5339

http://lodgepolene.com/depot-museum

Prairie Schooner Museum

Dalton, NE 69131

308-377-9575

https://westnebraska.com/places/dalton-prairie-schooner-and-log-cabin-museum/

Sidney Boot Hill Cemetery/Camp Look Out
640 E Elm St
Sidney, NE 69162
308-254-5395

Email wilbkbf@msn.com

http://www.sidneyboothill.com/

SOCIETIES

Cheyenne County Genealogical Society

PO Box 802

Sidney, NE 69162

The society has all marriage records before 1987, cemetery transcriptions done in 1998, census films for the county, and a county history book with biographies. Their collections have been moved to the Sidney library in the B. Seda Heritage Room.

WEB SITES

FamilySearch Wiki Cheyenne County - https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Nebraska_Genealogy

Cyndi's List Cheyenne County - https://www.cyndislist.com/us/ne/counties/cheyenne/

Cheyenne County GenWeb - https://negenweb.net/NECheyenne/index.html

Cheyenne County Genealogy Trails - https://genealogytrails.com/neb/cheyenne/index.htm