Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Monroe County

Guide to Monroe County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1843 Monroe County was created 17 February 1843 from unorganized territory. It was formerly Kishkekosh County, and renamed to Monroe 1 August 1846. It was attached to Wapello and Jefferson Counties prior to organization 1 July 1845. County seat: Albia

Neighboring Counties
Appanoose | Davis | Lucas | Mahaska | Marion | Wapello | Wayne

African American
Gradwohl, David M.and Nancy M. Osborn Exploring Buried Buxton: archaeology of an abandoned Iowa coal mining town with a large Black population ; 1st ed. Ames:Iowa State university Press, 1984. 207 p. F629.B98 G73 1984

History
Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa

Maps
David Rumsey Map Collectioon is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. This Collection features the city of Avery.

Civil War

 * - 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E
 * - 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I
 * - 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 22nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D
 * - 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G

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

 * Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)