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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Greene County, Iowa. Official Website Greene County was formed on January 15, 1851. It was named after General Nathanael Greene, a hero in the Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Calhoun County Webster County Carroll County Guthrie County Boone County Dallas County Cities & Towns Churdan Dana Grand Junction...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adair County, Iowa . Official Website Adair County was formed in 1851 from sections of Pottawattamie County . It was named for John Adair , a general in the War of 1812 , and the eighth Governor of Kentucky . Jesse James and his notorious gang of outlaws staged the world's first robbery of a moving train the evening of July 21, 1...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Boone County, Iowa. Official Website The land that now forms Boone and several other Iowa counties was ceded by the Sac and Fox nation to the United States in a treaty signed on October 11, 1842. On January 13, 1846, the legislative body of the Indiana Territory authorized creation of twelve counties in the Iowa Territory, with gen...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Humboldt County, Iowa. Official Website The county was created in 1857 and was named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt . Adjacent Counties Kossuth County Hancock County Wright County Pocahontas County Palo Alto County Webster County
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Hardin County, Iowa. Hardin County was formed in 1851. It was named after Colonel John J. Hardin, who died in the Mexican–American War. In its history the county has had three courthouses. The first was a small wood-framed building, which burned down in the 1850s. The second courthouse was a two-story building and stood on the site of...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wright County, Iowa. Official Website The county organization became effective in January 1851, and is believed to be named either after Silas Wright, a governor of New York, or Joseph Albert Wright, a governor of Indiana. Adjacent Counties Hancock County Cerro Gordo County Franklin County Hardin County Kossuth County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hancock County, Iowa. Official Website The county was founded on January 15, 1851 and named in honor of John Hancock, a leader of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. Adjacent Counties Cerro Gordo County Kossuth County Winnebago County Wright County Humboldt County Worth County Franklin County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mitchell County, Iowa. Mitchell County was founded in 1851 and was named after John Mitchel, an Irish patriot. Adjacent Counties Mower County, Minnesota Howard County Floyd County Cerro Gordo County Worth County Cities Carpenter McIntire Mitchell Orchard Osage (County Seat) St. Ansgar Stacyville Othe...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Worth County, Iowa. Official Website The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an officer in both the Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. Adjacent Counties Freeborn County, Minnesota Mower County, Minnesota Mitchell County Cerro Gordo County Winnebago County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Benjamin Franklin. Adjacent Counties Cerro Gordo County Butler County Grundy County Hardin County Wright County Hancock County Cities Ackley Alexander Coulter Dows Geneva Hampton (County Seat) Hansell L...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Grundy County, Iowa. Official website Grundy County was formed on January 15, 1851, and became self-governing in 1856. It was named after Felix Grundy of Tennessee, a statesman, Senator, member of the House of Representatives and Attorney General under President James K. Polk. Adjacent Counties Butler County Black Hawk County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Benton County, Iowa. Benton County was formed on December 21, 1837 from sections of Dubuque County. It was named after US Senator Thomas Hart Benton . Adjacent Counties Black Hawk County Buchanan County Linn County Iowa County Tama County Cities, Towns & Communities Atkins | Belle Plaine | Benton | Big Grove | Blairst...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Butler County, Iowa. Official Website Butler County was formed on January 15, 1851, from open land. It was named after Kentucky native William Orlando Butler, a general and hero of the Mexican–American War, who ran as Vice President of the United States in 1848. Until 1854, the county was governed by other counties. Only at this ti...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Floyd County, Iowa. Official Website Floyd County was established in 1854 and was named for Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who died in 1804 near what is now Sioux City, Iowa, and who was the only member to die on the Expedition. Adjacent Counties Chickasaw County Howard County Bremer County Butle...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bremer County, Iowa. Official Website The county was named for Fredrika Bremer , a Swedish feminist writer. Adjacent Counties Chickasaw County Fayette County Floyd County Black Hawk County Buchanan County Butler County Cities, Towns & Communities
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chickasaw County, Iowa. Official Website Chickasaw County was founded in January 1851. It was named after the Chickasaw tribe, which lived in the Southern United States at the time. The first nonindigenous settlers arrived in 1848 and the first county seat was from 1854 in Bradford, in the southwestern corner of the county. In the ...
Rose Hill Cemetery resides in Camanche, Clinton County, Iowa. Burials began in the 1830s and continue through the present. Find a Grave Rose Hill Cemetery is one of the oldest maintained cemeteries in the state. One of the first to be buried there was the city's founder in 1838: Dr. Peck IA Gen Web
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Official Website Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and was appoi...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . This is the master project for Iowa and its history. State of Iowa Nickname(s): The Hawkeye State Motto(s): Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain. Demonym: Iowan Capital (and largest city): Des Moines Please do not add profiles to the project. Add them to the appropriate sub-project. Brief history Iowa is a U.S...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Not to be confused with Des Moines County . Des Moines is the capital of Iowa and the county seat of Polk County and was originally named Fort Des Moines, which was shortened in 1857. Official Website Des Moines traces its origins to May 1843, when Captain James Allen supervised the construction of...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Keokuk County, Iowa. Official Website Keokuk County was formed in 1837 and was named for the eponymous chief of the Sac Indians, who advocated peace with the white settlers. Adjacent Counties Iowa County Poweshiek County Washington County Jefferson County Wapello County Mahaska County Cities, Towns, Townships & Co...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Webster County, Iowa. Official Website The county was established in January 1851, one of 43 counties established by a legislative package. This county was named after Daniel Webster, an American statesman noted for his moving oratory. Adjacent Counties Boone County Greene County Calhoun County Pocahontas County Humbold...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Emmet County, Iowa. Official Website Emmet County was created by authority of the Iowa Legislature in 1851. There were finally enough settlers in the area to organize the county in 1859. The county was named for the Irish patriot Robert Emmet, who was hanged as a traitor to the British government at the age of 25. Adjacent Counti...
This cemetery is located on 2405 220th Street, Wesley, Kossuth County, Iowa. Find a Grave IA Gen Web
This cemetery is located on 3601 East Court Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Find a Grave