Harrison County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Harrison 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 William Henry Harrison. The County has Logan as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the west centre area of the state.

Parent County
1851--Harrison County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. It was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Logan

Record Loss
1854 Courthouse was destroyed by fire in September; all county records were lost.

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
Crawford • Monona •  Pottawattamie •  Shelby •  Burt County, Nebraska •  Washington County, Nebraska

Cemeteries
Billion Graves:
 * Linwood Cemetery, Logan
 * Modamin/Noyes Cemetery, Modamin
 * Old Frazier Cemetery, Missouri Valley

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward and Branch Records


 * Harris Grove

Lutheran

 * Records of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * McKenney, Horace H. Pioneer history of Harris Grove, 1851-1861. Logan, Ia. : Democrat Print., [19--?].
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Hunt, Charles W. History of Harrison County, Iowa, its people, industries and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1915.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Smith, Joseph H. History of Harrison County, Iowa : including a condensed history of the state, the early settlement of the county, its topography and natural advantages (...). Des Moines : Iowa Printing, 1888.
 * Online at Icweb (Free)

Military

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

Civil War

 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

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 $

Deaths

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

Societies and Libraries
Harrison County Genealogical Society Research Library located on Lower Level Merry Brook School Museum 212 Lincoln Way Woodbine IA

Family History Centers



 * Logan Iowa Family History Center 2629 260th St., Logan, IA 51546 United States Location Map