Chickasaw County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Chickasaw County

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

Record Loss
March 26, 1880 -- 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

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.

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Chickasaw County Iowa Genealogical Society
 * Chickasaw County Iowa Genweb Page
 * Chickasaw County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Chickasaw County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)