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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 Woodbury County, Iowa. Official Website Originally established in 1851 as Wahkaw County, the Iowa Legislature in 1853 changed the name to Woodbury County in honor of Levi Woodbury (1789–1851), a senator and governor of New Hampshire who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1844 until his death. Adjacent Counties Plymouth Count...
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 of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on December 21, 1837 and named after US President Andrew Jackson. Adjacent Counties Dubuque County Jones County Jo Daviess County, Illinois Carroll County, Illinois Clinton County Cities Andrew Baldwin Bellevue La Motte Maquoketa (County Seat) M...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Dubuque County, Iowa. Official Website Dubuque County is named for French trader Julien Dubuque, the first European settler of Iowa, and an early lead mining pioneer in what is now Dubuque County. Dubuque was French Canadian, and had (by most accounts) a friendly relationship with the local Fox tribe of Native Americans. He and oth...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sac County, Iowa. Official Website Sac County was created in 1851 and was named after the Sac Indian Tribe. Adjacent Counties Buena Vista County Cherokee County Ida County Crawford County Carroll County Calhoun County Pocahontas County Cities, Townships & Communities
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Madison County, Iowa. Official Website Madison County was formed on January 13, 1846. It has been self-governed since 1849. It was named after James Madison (1751–1836), the fourth President of the United States. Hiram Hurst, a suspected murderer, arsonist and hog thief, was the first white settler in Madison County, having come f...
Wikipedia =Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its rigorous academics and tradition of social responsibility. It was founded in 1846, when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Alumni
Wikipedia The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, Iowa is the oldest university in the state, and it is considered a Public Ivy. The University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees. The Iowa campus spans 1,700 acres cent...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Buchanan County, Iowa. Official Website Buchanan County was formed on December 21, 1837 from parts of Dubuque County. It was named after future United States president James Buchanan . A number of historic communities in Buchanan County once appeared on state maps, but no longer exist. Hamerville was located east of Brandon at the ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Polk County, Iowa. Official Website The county was established in 1846 and was named for United States President James K. Polk, who served from 1845 to 1849. Adjacent Counties Boone County Dallas County Madison County Warren County Story County Jasper County Marion County Cities
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 those who were born, lived or died in Winnebago County, Iowa. Official Website The county was founded in 1847 and named after the Native American tribe. It is the location of the motor homes manufacturer Winnebago Industries. Adjacent Counties Faribault County, Minnesota Freeborn County, Minnesota Worth County Kossuth County Hancock County Cerro Gordo County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Delaware County, Iowa. Official Website The county takes its name after the U.S. state of Delaware. Adjacent Counties Buchanan County Clayton County Dubuque County Fayette County Linn County Jones County Cities Colesburg Delaware Delhi Dundee Dyersville Earlville Edgewood Greeley Hopkinton Manch...
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 Clayton County, Iowa. Official Website The county was established in 1837 and was named in honor of John M. Clayton, United States Senator from Delaware and later Secretary of State under President Zachary Taylor. Adjacent Counties Allamakee County Crawford County, Wisconsin Grant County, Wisonsin Dubuque County Delawar...
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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Iowa. Official Website The first American settlement in the area now known as Scott County was Clark's Ferry or Clark's Landing (now Buffalo) in 1833. Other early towns included Davenport (now the county seat and largest city) and the town of Rockingham (which ceased to exist in 1847). The area was fully surveyed in 1...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Clinton County, Iowa. Official Website Clinton County was formed on December 21, 1837. It was named for DeWitt Clinton, a Governor of New York and most ardent advocate for the construction of the Erie Canal. In 1835, Elijah Buell built a log cabin for himself and his family and was thus the first settler of the region. In 1854, t...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Guthrie County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Captain Edwin B. Guthrie, who had died in the Mexican–American War. Adjacent Counties Greene County Dallas County Adair County Carroll County Audubon County Cities Adair Bagley Bayard Casey Coon Rapids Guthrie...
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 Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. It is not to be confused with Iowa County Official Website History Wikipedia Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County. Iowa City was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city ...
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...