Iron County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

Iron County Courthouse
Iron County Courthouse 300 Taconite Street Hurley, WI 54534-1546; Phone. 715.561.3375

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1893; Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records; Registrar in Probate has probate records

Parent County
1893--Iron County was created 1 March 1893 from Ashland County. County seat: Hurley

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Ashland •  Gogebic County, Michigan  •  Price  •  Vilas

Cemeteries

 * St. Mary's Cemetery, Kimberly Township (Hurley) USGenWeb Archives
 * Shaarei Zadek Cemetery, Kimberly Township (Hurley) USGenWeb Archives
 * Hillside Cemetery, Knight Township USGenWeb Archives
 * Iron County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

Census

 * 1855 - 1855 Wisconsin State Census This census includes name of head of family; other individuals in the household are identified by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.
 * 1865 - 1865 Wisconsin State Census Name index and images of the 1865 State Census which names the head of household. Most records have been destroyed but schedules exist for the following counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.
 * 1875 - 1875 Wisconsin State Census Identifies head of household by name.
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Search indexed census.  Identifies by name of head of household.  Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth.
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical.
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants.

Land and Property

 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database, Iron County (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Surnames A-C
 * Surnames D-G
 * Surnames H-K
 * Surnames L-O
 * Surnames P-S
 * Surnames T-Z

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Societies
Iron County Historical Society 303 Iron Street Hurley 54534-1356 Telephone: 715-561-2244 Facebook

Iron River Historical Society PO Box 416 Cable 54821-0416

Mercer Area Historical Society PO Box 638 Mercer WI 54547 Telephone: 715 476-3462

Libraries and Societies of Iron County

Birth Records

 * 1826 - 1926 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1826 - 1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1836 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Divorce Records

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Websites

 * Iron County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Iron County, WIGenWeb Project
 * Iron County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Iron County, USGenWeb Archives