Iowa County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Iowa County Wisconsin ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Wisconsin  Iowa County



County Courthouse
Iowa County Courthouse 222 N Iowa Street Dodgeville, WI 53533; Phone. 608.935.3024 Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1866, marriage records from 1852 and land records from 1835; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1860 and court records; Register in Probate has probate records from 1890; see Michigan for 1830 Census


 * This article is about a southwestern county of Wisconsin. For other uses, see Iowa (disambiguation).

Parent County
1829--Iowa County was created 9 October 1829 from Crawford County. County seat: Dodgeville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Wisconsin Counties see: Wisconsin Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Dane • Grant • Green • Lafayette • Richland • Sauk

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable indexto the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.

1885 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable indexto the 1885 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Iowa County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Iowa County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Iowa County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies E and G
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

 * Iowa County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook