Decatur County, Iowa Genealogy
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County Courthouse [edit | edit source]
Decatur County Courthouse
207 Main Street
Leon, IA 50144-1647
(515) 446-4331
History[edit | edit source]
The county is named after U.S. naval officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820).[1]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1846--Decatur County was created 13 January 1846 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Davis County prior to organization 6 March 1850.
County seat: Leon [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
March 31, 1874 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
- Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
- Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Clarke | Lucas | Ringgold | Union | Wayne | Harrison County, Missouri | Mercer County, Missouri
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
Iowa recorded not only the federal census but state census through out the years too. The state census contains very valuable genealogical information. Where the census information can be found, what years it was taken, mortality schedules, census substitutions and much more is discussed in the very informative Iowa Census article.
Church[edit | edit source]
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Garden Grove
Court[edit | edit source]
Land[edit | edit source]
Local Histories [edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Migration[edit | edit source]
Early migration routes to and from Decatur County, Iowa Genealogy for European settlers included:
- Mormon Trail 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah[3]
Military[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "List of counties in Tennessee", Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ National Park Service, "Auto Tour Route Maps" in Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).