Iowa County Information

Use the following links for important county links:

• County Resources Includes:

  - county name
  - county seat with mailing address
  - date county was formed
  - parent county(ies)
  - date parent county was formed
  - the start date of available records for:
            - birth certificates
            - marriage certificates
            - death certificates
            - land records
            - probate records
            - court records

• Abolished Iowa Counties
• Brief History of Iowa
• Brief History of Iowa Vital Records
• Cemetery Records
• Census Records
• Church Records
• Court Records
• Land Records
• Military Records
• Probate Records
• Tax Records
• Iowa Maps
• Periodicals, Newspapers & Manuscript Collections
• Archives, Libraries & Societies
• Special Focus Research

Source: "Ancestry's RedBook: American State, County & Town Sources," edited by Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., C.G., Iowa Section, by Carol L. Maki, Ancestry Publishing, PO Box 476, Salt Lake City UT 84110, 1989, pages 185-198

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