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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, Iowa. Official Website Fort Madison dates to the War of 1812. Lee County was the location of the Half-Breed Tract, established by treaty in 1824. Allocations of land were made to American Indian descendants of European fathers and Indian mothers at this tract. Originally the land was to be held in common. Some who had an...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Louisa County, Iowa. Louisa County was formed on December 7, 1836 as a part of Wisconsin Territory. Two theories have been offered for the origins of its name: one is that it was named after Louisa Massey, who was very well known in the area at the time because she avenged the murder of her brother when she shot the party responsible...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cedar County, Iowa. Official Website Cedar County was formed on December 21, 1837, from sections of Dubuque County. It was named for the Cedar River. In 1840, the City of Tipton, the current county seat, was established. Before the American Civil War, the area around West Branch was an active focal point of the Underground Railroa...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Muscatine County, Iowa. Wikipedia Muscatine County was formed in December 1836 as a part of Wisconsin Territory. One history suggests that the county was named for Muscatine Island in the Mississippi River. The island lies opposite Muscatine County and was believed to be named after the Mascouten tribe, Algonquian-speaking Native A...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Washington County, Iowa. Official Website Washington County was originally formed in 1838 as Slaughter County in honor of William B. Slaughter, the secretary of Wisconsin Territory. The county, still named Slaughter County, became part of Iowa Territory on July 4, 1838, when it was organized. To honor George Washington, the county...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Des Moines County, Iowa. Not to be confused with the city of Des Moines in Polk County . Official Website Des Moines County derives its name from the Des Moines River, which flows through the city of Des Moines and originally flowed through the county. When the county was divided early in Iowa's history, the river ended up furthe...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed in January 1839, and was named after President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties Henry County Washington County Van Buren County Keokuk County Wapello County Cities & Townships Batavia Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Center Coppock Des Moines T...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wapello County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on February 17, 1843, and named for Wapello, a Meskwaki chief. Adjacent Counties Mahaska County Keokuk County Jefferson County Monroe County Davis County Cities, Townships & Communities Adams | Agency | Ashland | Bladensburg | Blakesburg | Cass | Center | ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Mahaska County, Iowa. Mahaska County was formed in February 1843. The county has been self-governing since February 5, 1844. It was named after Chief Mahaska of the Iowa tribe. The county was the first in Iowa to have a sheriff and a justice of peace. Adjacent Counties Jasper County Marion County Poweshiek County Keokuk Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jasper County, Iowa. Official Website The county was organized in 1846 and is named after Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero. Adjacent Counties Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Polk County Poweshiek County Story County Cities Baxter Colfax Kellogg Lambs Grove Lynnville Mingo
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Iowa. It is not to be confused with the city of Marion in Linn County. Official Website The county was organized in 1845 and named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Jasper County Mahaska County Monroe County Polk County Lucas...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, Iowa. Official Website Warren County was formed in 1846. It was named for General Joseph Warren, a hero in the American Revolutionary War. The present Warren County Court House was opened in 1939. Adjacent Counties Polk County Marion County Lucas County Clarke County Madison County Cities, Townships &...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Union County, Iowa. Official Website Organized at a time of tensions before the Civil War, the county was named in 1853 for the union that people wanted to preserve. The rural county's peak of population was in 1930. Its economy is based on agriculture and related industries. Adjacent Counties Adair County Madison County Cl...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Iowa . Official Website Adams County was established by the state legislature in 1851 and named in honor of the second president of the United States, John Adams , or his son, the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams (sources differ). The county was finally organized and separated from Pottawattamie...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cass County, Iowa. Official Website Cass County is named in honor of Lewis Cass, a Michigan senator and an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1848. The county was established within its present boundaries in 1851 and originated in 1853. Religious persecution was responsible for bringing the first people of Europ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Audubon County, Iowa . Official Website Audubon County was formed on January 15, 1851 from sections of Pottawattamie County . It was named after John James Audubon . The picture to the right is of Albert the Bull. Albert was named for Albert Kruse, a past president of a local bank, who was responsible for launching an annual local ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Shelby County, Iowa. Official Website Shelby County was formed on January 15, 1851. It was named after General Isaac Shelby, a hero in the American Revolutionary War and the first Governor of Kentucky. Adjacent Counties Crawford County Audubon County Cass County Pottawattamie County Harrison County Cities, Townships ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed in 1851. It was named for ninth US President William Henry Harrison. Adjacent Counties Crawford County Shelby County Monona County Burt County, Nebraska Pottawattamie County Washington County, Nebraska Cities Dunlap Little Sioux
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sioux City, Iowa. Official Website Sioux City is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the fourth-largest city in population in Iowa. The city is home to several cultural points of interest including the Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City Art Center and Sergeant Floyd Mo...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ida County, Iowa. Official Website The county was authorized by the Iowa Legislature in January 1851 as a packet of projected counties in unorganized territory of western Iowa. It was named after Ida Smith, the first child of European immigrants to be born in this region. Adjacent Counties Cherokee County Woodbury County Cra...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Cherokee County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on January 15, 1851 from open territory. It was named after the Cherokee Indians. Adjacent Counties O'Brien County Buena Vista County Ida County Woodbury County Plymouth County Cities & Townships Afton Amherst Aurelia Cedar Cherokee (County Seat...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Plymouth County, Iowa. Plymouth County was formed on January 15, 1851 and was named for Plymouth, Massachusetts. During the Great Depression, farmers in the county organized the Farmers Holiday Group, to keep farm products off the market until the desired price was met. A radical group among them abducted Judge Bradley from his cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lyon County, Iowa. Lyon County is named in honor of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, who served in the Mexican–American War and the Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, on August 10, 1861, after which the county was named for him. The county's name was originally Buncombe County, but was changed by the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Osceola County, Iowa. Official Website Osceola County was formed in 1871. It was named after the eponymous Chief Osceola of the Seminole tribe. Adjacent Counties Nobles County, Minnesota Jackson County, Minnesota Dickinson County Lyon County O'Brien County Cities, Townships & Communities Allendorf Allison Ashto...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Official Website 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 Emmet County Kossuth County Clay County Pocahontas County Townships & Communities Ayrshire | Booth | Curlew | Cylinder | Ellingt...