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Palo Alto County, Iowa

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Profiles

  • Charles B. Hersom (1871 - 1945)
    Funeral services will be held Friday, March 3, at the Methodist Church in Mallard for Charles Hersom, who died at Emmetsburg Hospital on Sunday, Feb. 25. Burial will be in the Ellington Cemetery at Mal...
  • Pvt. Theodore Charles Hersom (1922 - 1944)
    Mallard Leader, Dec. 14, 1944: Pays Supreme Sacrifice Pvt. Theodore Hersom, 22, was killed in action in France on November 26th according to word received by his father, Charles Hersom. The message s...
  • Henry S Depenbusch, Jr (1901 - 1974)
  • John Robert Kollasch (1935 - 2004)
    U.S. Army Veteran.

Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Palo Alto County, Iowa.

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The county was established in 1851 and was named after the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican–American War.

Adjacent Counties

Townships & Communities

Ayrshire | Booth | Curlew | Cylinder | Ellington | Emmetsburg (County Seat) | Fairfield | Fern Valley | Freedom | Graettinger | Great Oak | Highland | Independence | Lost Island | Mallard | Nevada | Rodman | Rush Lake | Ruthven | Silver Lake | Vernon | Walnut | West Bend (part)

Cemeteries

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History of Palo Alto County

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