Clinton County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Clinton County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. 

Description
The County was named for DeWitt Clinton. The County has Clinton as its seat and the County was created 1837. The County is located in the east area of the state.

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

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

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

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

Biography

 * The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

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.

State Census
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Lutheran
Andover


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Andover, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Calamus


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Calamus, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Clinton County


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Clinton County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Zion Lutheran Church


 * Records of the Zion Lutheran Church, Clinton County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * The History of Clinton County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &amp;c., biographical sketches of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the northwest, history of Iowa, map of Clinton County, consitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &amp;c. &amp;c..Chicago : Western Historical, 1879.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free) and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1862-1910 - at FamilySearch — index

Civil War

 * - 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A
 * - 16th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A
 * - 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A
 * - 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, all companies
 * - 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 16th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B :- 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 26th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 2nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F :- 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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


 * The Clinton Mirror. 1896-1897 Clinton, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * 1934-1958 - at FamilySearch — index

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921-1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1904-1951 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Central Community Historical Society 628 6th Ave DeWitt, Iowa 52742 Telephone:563-659-3686 E-mail: [mailto:ahsoenk@gmail.com ahsoenk@gmail.com] Website

Clinton County Historical Society 601 South First Street Clinton, Iowa 52733 Telephone:563-242-1201 Website

Public Libraries

 * Clinton Public Library 306 8th Avenue South Clinton, IA 52732 Telephone: (563) 242-8441 Root Cellar: (563) 242-0840