Warren County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * Warren County homepage

Parent County
1846--Warren County was created 13 January 1846 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Mahaska County prior to organization 10 February 1849. County seat: Indianola

Record Loss

 * 1856 Warren County Census missing (?)

Neighboring Counties
Clarke | Dallas | Lucas | Madison | Marion | Polk

Cemeteries

 * Warren County Cemeteries list as found in Cemetery and Death Records of Warren County, Iowa by the Warren County Genealogical Society, 1980
 * Warren County gravestones Iowa gravestone project

Census

 * 1850 Warren County, Iowa
 * 1853 Warren County, Iowa State Census
 * 1860 Warren County, Iowa link to index pages and transcriptions

City Directories

 * 1875 Patrons of the Iowa State Atlas (Warren County)
 * 1875 Warren County Business Directory
 * 1879 City Directories for Warren Countylink to index of City's indexed and mapped

Local Histories

 * History of Warren County, Iowa (Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879) Bioindex, all 644 bios online
 * History of Warren County, Iowa...to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1908. - index, 27 bios online

Maps

 * 1875 Map of the City of Indianola

Newspapers

 * Warren County Newspapers 1855-1896


 * Altoona Public Library Archives, Polk County (1876-2000)
 * Johnston Historical Society Archive, Polk County (1970-2007)
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Des Moines newspapers. This database is free at some libraries.

Taxation

 * First Tax List of Warren County, Iowa, August 20, 1849

Web Sites

 * Iowa Genweb: Warren County
 * Rootsweb: Warren County message board
 * Warren County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Warren County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)