Crawford County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Crawford

Guide to Crawford County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse 1202 Broadway Denison, IA 51442-0423

(712) 263-3045

Crawford County

Parent County
1851--Crawford County was created 1 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County and unorganized territory. It was attached to Shelby County prior to organization 3 September 1855. County seat: Denison

Neighboring Counties
Audubon | Carroll | Harrison | Ida | Monona | Sac | Shelby | Woodbury

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.

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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