Chickasaw County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Chickasaw County

Guide to Chickasaw County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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

Boundary
For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
March 26, 1880 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

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

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

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.

Local Histories

 * Alexander, W. E. History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa. Decorah, Iowa : Western Pub. Co., 1883.
 * Online at Hathitrust (Free) and at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Fairbairn, Robert Herd. History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1919.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

Civil War

 * - 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G :- 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B

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

Societies and Libraries

 * Chickasaw County Iowa Genealogical Society

See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies