Clinton County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse 1900 North 3rd Street P.O. Box 2957 Clinton IA 52733-2957

(563)244-0565

Clinton County

Parent County
1837--Clinton County was created 21 December 1837 from from Dubuque County. It was attached to Scott County prior to organization 5 January 1841. County seat: Clinton

Neighboring Counties
Cedar | Jackson | Jones | Scott | Carroll County, Illinois | Rock Island County, Illinois | Whiteside County, Illinois

Cemeteries

 * Search for your ancestor's headstone at the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. Submit your own photos to be included in the project. Projections are that by end of 2008 there will be over 400,000 gravestone photos searchable online in the project. Currently there are over 382,000 gravestone photo records in the project.
 * Also search the WPA - Works Projects Administration 1920's Graves Registration Survey for your ancestor's burial place. There are 654,159 records within 82 Iowa counties included in this index.

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.

Web Sites

 * Clinton County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Clinton County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)