Carroll County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Carroll County

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

County Courthouse
Carroll County Courthouse 114 E. 6th St. Carroll, Iowa 51401

(712) 792-4327

Carroll County

History


The county is named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Parent County
1851--Carroll County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. It was attached to Shelby and Guthrie Counties prior to organization 17 August 1855. County seat:  Carroll

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
1886 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

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

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Audubon • Calhoun •  Crawford •  Greene •  Guthrie •  Sac •  Shelby

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Carroll, Iowa
 * Index of Grave Stone Photos
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Old Carrollton Cemetery
 * Union Township Cemetery
 * Gravestone pictures I have (e-mail me) in Carroll County Iowa: Arcadia Cemetery, Saint Johns Cemetery, Our Lady of Mount, Carmel Cemetery, Saint Bernard's Cemetery, Holy Family Cemetery, East Liberty Cemetery, Immanuel Cemetery, Holy Angels Cemetery, Saint Augustine Cemetery, Saint Francis Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Old Carrollton Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Dedham Cemetery, McCurdy Cemetery, Saint Josephs Cemetery, Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Dickson Cemetery, West Lawn Cemetery, Lanesboro Cemetery, Salisbury Cemetery, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Elba Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery, and Wheatland Cemetery.

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

 * Maclean, Paul.History of Carroll County, Iowa, Vol. 1. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. Online at: Google Books; Worldcat - record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement of Carroll County, Iowa.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Googlebooks (Free)and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Hathitrust (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa

Newspapers

 * Carroll Public Library Archives, Carroll County (1884-1997)


 * 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 &amp; Genealogical Societies