Allamakee County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Allamakee County

County Courthouse
Allamakee County Courthouse 110 Allamakee St. P.O. Box 248 Waukon, IA 52172-1794

(563) 568-6351

Allamakee County

Parent County
1847--Allamakee County was created 20 February 1847 from unorganized territory. The county was attached to Clayton County prior to organization on 6 March 1849. County seat:  Waukon

Populated Places
This list of cities and townships come from wikipedia.org.

Allamakee County is divided into eighteen townships:
Center Fairview Franklin French Creek Hanover Iowa Jefferson Lafayette Lansing Linton Ludlow Makee Paint Creek Post Taylor Union City Union Prairie Waterloo

Unincorporated communities Dorchester Rossville Churchtown

Neighboring Counties
Clayton | Fayette | Winneshiek | Crawford County, Wisconsin | Vernon County, Wisconsin | Houston County, Minnesota

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

 * History of Winneshiek and Allamkee Counties, Iowa
 * History of Adair County, Iowa and its People

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

Newspapers

 * Online Obituaries:iagenweb.org/cgi-bin/websearch/search.pl


 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries under the name AccessNewspaperArchive.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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