Iowa Gazetteers

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Geographical Names
Gazetteers list geographical names such as towns, settlements, rivers, mountains, villages, and districts. They also identify these locations and sometimes give historical and biographical information concerning early residents.

Iowa Place Name Lists

 * Iowa State Gazetteer This gazetteer contains some limited biographical information. There are also lists of occupations, the names of people employed in that occupation and the cities where these people lived.


 * Abandoned Towns, Villages, and Post Offices of Iowa


 * Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory


 * Postmarked Iowa: A List of Discontinued and Renamed Post Offices

Gazetteers are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

IOWA - GAZETTEERS

IOWA - NAMES GEOGRAPHICAL

Websites

 * Cyndi's list
 * Iowa Gazetteers
 * Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885 ~Ancestry
 * Iowa History Project
 * Iowa Publications Online