Franklin County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Franklin County

Guide to Franklin County Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1851--Franklin County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Chickasaw, Fayette, and Hardin Counties prior to organization 3 March 1856. County seat: Hampton

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
For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Cities and towns

 * Ackley
 * Alexander
 * Coulter
 * Dows
 * Geneva
 * Hampton
 * Hansell
 * Latimer
 * Popejoy
 * Sheffield

Unincorporated communities

Bradford Chapin

Neighboring Counties
Butler • Cerro Gordo • Floyd • Grundy • Hamilton • Hancock • Hardin • Wright

Lutheran

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

Local Histories
1883 Biographies
 * Union Publishing Company. History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo counties, Iowa... and biographies of representative citizens. : History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races... Springfield, Ill. : Union Publishing Co., 1883.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Stuart, I. L. History of Franklin County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * Iowa USGS Topographic Choose Airport, Bridge, Building, Cemetery, Church, Civil, Hospital, Lake, Locale, Park, Populated Place, Post Office, School, Stream, Summit, Trail http://www.topozone.com/states/Iowa.asp?county=Franklin

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company F
 * - 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company F

Newspapers
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 & Genealogical Societies