Adair County, Iowa Genealogy


 * This article is about a southwestern Iowa county. For other uses, see Adair.

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County Courthouse
Adair County Courthouse P. O. Box L Greenfield, IA 5089-1290

(515) 743-2445

Parent County
1851--Adair County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. The county was attached to Pottawattamie and Cass Counties prior to organization 6 May 1854. County seat: Greenfield

Record Loss
1889 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Extinct Communities

 * Berea

Neighboring Counties
Adams | Audubon | Cass | Dallas | Guthrie | Madison | Union

Cemeteries
Cemeteries for Adair County are:

Transcriptions for some of these cemeteries can be found at: For more information about cemeteries in Iowa see the Iowa Cemeteries page.
 * FindAGrave.com
 * Interment.net cemetery records.
 * Iowa Gravestones Adair County
 * Saving Graves
 * Tombstone Transcription Project for Adair County.

Local Histories

 * History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa

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

Web Sites

 * Adair County Biographies part 1
 * Adair County Biographies part 2
 * Family History Library Catalog