Sac County, Iowa Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Sauk people. The County has Sac City as its seat and the County was created January 15, 1851. The County is located in the west central area of the state.

Parent County
1851 Sac County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Woodbury and Greene Counties prior to organization 7 April 1856. County seat: Sac City

Boundary Changes
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
1888 The courthouse burned, but some charred records were recovered.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Buena Vista • Calhoun •  Carroll •  Cherokee •  Crawford •  Ida •  Pocahontas

Biography

 * Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, at Ancestry.com ($)

Census
State Census
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

History

 * Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, at Ancestry.com ($)


 * History of Sac County, Iowa : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis, Ind. : F. F. Bowen &amp; Co., 1914. Online at:.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1862-1910 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Schaller Herald. 1957. Schaller, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Sac Sun. 1955. Sac County, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * 1934-1958 - at FamilySearch — index

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921-1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1904-1951 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Sac County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 54 Sac City, Iowa 50583 Website

Websites

 * Sac County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Sac County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sac County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)