Shelby County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Shelby County

History


The county is named after Kentucky's First Governor Isaac Shelby (1750-1826).

Parent County
1851--Shelby County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. It was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Harlan

Neighboring Counties
Audubon | Carroll | Cass | Crawford | Harrison | Pottawattamie

Cemeteries

 * Harlan Cemetery, Harlan BillionGraves

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

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