Iowa Gazetteers

Geographical Names
Gazetteers list geographical names such as towns, settlements, rivers, mountains, villages, and districts. They also identify these locations and sometimes give historical and biographical information concerning early residents.


 * Iowa state gazetteer : embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns and villages, which include muc at Ancestry.com ($)

Iowa Place Name Lists

 * Iowa State Gazetteer This gazetteer contains some limited biographical information. There are also lists of occupations, the names of people employed in that occupation and the cities where these people lived.


 * Abandoned Towns, Villages, and Post Offices of Iowa


 * Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory


 * Postmarked Iowa: A List of Discontinued and Renamed Post Offices

For river landings, see:


 * Adams, Louis A. Adam's Directory of Points and Landings on Rivers and Bayous in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. (includes Tennessee) New Orleans : W.L. Murray, 1877. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Family History Library
Gazetteers are listed in the Keyword Search feature on catalog drop down menu of the | FamilySearch Catalog to find more records under::
 * IOWA - GAZETTEERS
 * IOWA - NAMES GEOGRAPHICAL

Websites

 * Cyndi's list
 * Iowa Gazetteers
 * Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885 ~Ancestry
 * Iowa History Project
 * Iowa Publications Online
 * List of Iowa Townships in alphabetical order and by county. Also links to lists of counties and cities. Additional information by clicking on the names of townships, counties and cities.