Crawford County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Crawford

Guide to Crawford County Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse 1202 Broadway Denison, IA 51442-0423

(712) 263-3045

Crawford County

Parent County
1851--Crawford County was created 1 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County and unorganized territory. It was attached to Shelby County prior to organization 3 September 1855. County seat: Denison

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
For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Neighboring Counties
Audubon • Carroll • Harrison • Ida • Monona • Sac • Shelby • Woodbury

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

 * Meyers, F. W. History of Crawford County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress, and achievement. Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free) ; and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free); and at Hathitrust (Free); and at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

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

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