Chickasaw County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Chickasaw County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. 

Description
The County was named for the Chickasaw people. The County has New Hampton as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Chickasaw County Courthouse 8 East Prospect St. P.O. Box 14 New Hampton, Iowa 50659-0014

(641) 394-2336

Chickasaw County

Parent County
1851--Chickasaw County was created 15 January 18151 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Fayette County prior to organization 12 September 1853. County seat: New Hampton

Boundary
For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1880 Courthouse burned on March 26 and many records were destroyed.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [HOMETOWN URL HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Bremer • Butler •  Fayette •  Floyd •  Howard •  Mitchell •  Winneshiek

Cemeteries

 * Chickasaw County Cemeteries by Iowa GenWeb Project

Census
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.

State Census
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Alexander, W. E. History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa. Decorah, Iowa : Western Pub. Co., 1883.
 * Online at Hathitrust (Free) and at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Fairbairn, Robert Herd. History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1919.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1862-1910 - at FamilySearch — index

Civil War

 * - 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G :- 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.


 * The Nashua Reporter. 1953-1960, 1963-1965, 1968-1976 Nashua, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Fredericksburg News. 1932,1935-1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1954, 1957 Fredericksburg, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * The New Hampton Tribune. 1891, 1918, 1955 New Hampton, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * 1934-1958 - at FamilySearch — index

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921-1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Divorces

 * Iowa Divorce Records County Registry

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1904-1951 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Chickasaw County Iowa Genealogical Society Meets in the New Hampton Public Library PO Box 434 New Hampton, Iowa 50659 Telephone:641-394-2184 E-mail: [mailto:nhpl@iowatelecom.net nhpl@iowatelecom.net]