The Dortch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,817 people carried this name — #6,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,368 in 2000.

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In print

Dortch in American newspapers,
1899–1922.

Newspaper page from New York Journal And Advertiser carrying the name Dortch
New York Journal And Advertiser 1899-06-09
Newspaper page from Norwich Bulletin carrying the name Dortch
Norwich Bulletin 1922-06-30
Newspaper page from The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon carrying the name Dortch
The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon 1915-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,700 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dortch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Helen Dortch Longstreet
    Helen Dortch Longstreet 1863–1962 · reporter
  • William B. Dortch 1828–1882 · lawyer
  • Richard Dortch 1931–2011 · writer
  • Charles Dortch 1940–2014 · archaeologist
  • Thomas Dortch 1950–2023 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dortch,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States179 records

179 records of the Dortch name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 109
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles Dortch

    Born 1919 in Florida. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1958, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henrietta Dortch

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Zeeland from Antwerp, aged 27. From Barmen, Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William R. Dortch

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1989; buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 179 records for Dortch in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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