Audubon County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Audubon County

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

County Courthouse
Audubon County Courthouse 319 Leroy St Audubon, IA 50025

(712) 563-4275

Audubon County

Parent County
1851--Audubon County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. Audubon was attached to Cass and Black Hawk Counties prior to organization 9 July 1855. County seat:  Audubon

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

Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.

Neighboring Counties
Adair • Carroll • Cass • Crawford • Guthrie • Shelby

Biographies

 * Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa Biographical Dictionary at Ancestry.com ($)

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

 * Andrews, H. F. (Henry Franklin), 1844-1919. History of Audubon County, Iowa : its people, industries, and institutions ; with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis, Indiana : B.F. Bowen, 1915.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)


 * Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families; a concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships. Chicago : W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.

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