Floyd County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Floyd 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 Charles Floyd. The County has Charles City as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the north area of the state.

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
1874 Courthouse burned and some records were lost. 1881 Courthouse was destroyed by fire and almost all county records were lost.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

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

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

Census
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

 * 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 &amp; 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

Military

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

Civil War

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

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

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


 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * The Nashua Reporter. 1953-1960, 1963-1965, 1968-1976 Nashua, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Marble Rock Journal. 1911-1931 Marble Rock, Iowa, United States Of America. 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

Deaths

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

Societies and Libaries
Floyd County Historical Society &amp; Museum 500 Gilbert Street Charles City, Iowa 50616 Telephone:641-228-1099 E-mail: [mailto:FCHS@FIAI.NET FCHS@FIAI.NET] Website

Marble Rock Historical Society 313 Bradford Street Marble Rock, Iowa 50653 E-mail: [mailto:handley5255@gmail.com handley5255@gmail.com] Website