Floyd County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Floyd County

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

County Courthouse
Floyd County Courthouse 101 S. Main St. Charles City, IA 50616-2756

(515) 228-7111

Parent County
1851--Floyd County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Fayette and Chickasaw Counties prior to organization 4 September 1854. County seat: Charles City

Boundary Changes
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
June 7, 1874 and 1881 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

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
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Neighboring Counties
Bremer • Butler • Cerro Gordo • Chickasaw • Franklin • Howard • Mitchell

Local Histories

 * Webster, Clement L. History of Floyd County, Iowa. Charles City, Iowa : Intelligencer Print, c1897.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of Floyd County, Iowa : its people, industries and institutions with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis, Indiana : B.F. Bowen, 1917.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of Floyd County, Iowa : together with sketches of its cities, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, history of Iowa. Chicago : Inter-state Pub. Co., 1882.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * Iowa USGS Topographic Choose Airport, Bridge, Building, Cemetery, Church, Civil, Hospital, Lake, Locale, Park, Populated Place, Post Office, School, Stream, Summit, Trail http://www.topozone.com/states/Iowa.asp?county=Floyd

Civil War

 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G

Newspapers

 * Charles City Press, Floyd County (1930-1931)


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

Societies and Libaries
See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies