Warren County, Iowa Genealogy

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

County Courthouse

 * Warren County homepage

Parent County
1846--Warren County was created 13 January 1846 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Mahaska County prior to organization 10 February 1849. County seat: Indianola

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



Neighboring Counties
Clarke • Dallas •  Lucas •  Madison •  Marion •  Polk

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from the History of Warren County, Iowa (1879) by Union Historical Company are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Cemeteries

 * Warren County Cemeteries list as found in Cemetery and Death Records of Warren County, Iowa by the Warren County Genealogical Society, 1980
 * Warren County gravestones Iowa gravestone project

Census

 * 1850 Warren County, Iowa
 * 1853 Warren County, Iowa State Census
 * 1860 Warren County, Iowa link to index pages and transcriptions

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

 * Records of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Martensdale, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Lutheran

 * Records of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Martensdale, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Fold3.com ($) has Des Moines City Directories 1881-1913 (2 yrs. missing) and miscellaneous years going back to 1866 available online.
 * 1875 Patrons of the Iowa State Atlas (Warren County)
 * 1875 Warren County Business Directory
 * 1879 City Directories for Warren Countylink to index of City's indexed and mapped

Local Histories

 * History of Warren County, Iowa (Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879) Bioindex, all 644 bios online
 * History of Warren County, Iowa...to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1908. - index, 27 bios online


 * Circle 'round the square : pictures from an Iowa childhood. Drawings by Sam Kweskin. By Dorothy Daniel. New York : W. Funk, c1959. Online at: ;.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa
 * 1899 Map of the City of Indianola

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * List of Warren County Pensioners on the Roll Jan 1, 1883

Civil War

 * 1861-1864 - Civil War Soldiers Enlistment Records (1861-1864)
 * Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Card File for Union Soldiers in the Civil War
 * - 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company D
 * - 3rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G
 * - 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K
 * - 48th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A

Newspapers

 * Warren County Newspapers 1855-1896


 * Altoona Public Library Archives, Polk County (1876-2000)
 * Johnston Historical Society Archive, Polk County (1970-2007)
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Des Moines newspapers. This database is free at some libraries.

Probate
Online Probate Records


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


 * Warren County, Iowa Probate Index provided by the Warren County Historical Society

Taxation

 * Warren County, Iowa Tax Lists

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1849-1899 - Index of Warren County Marriages (1849-1899) provided by the Warren County Historical Society

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1921-1940 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Warren County Genealogical Society Box 151 Indianola, Iowa 50125 E-mail: [mailto:wcgs@warrencountygenes.org wcgs@warrencountygenes.org] Website

Warren County Historical Society 1400 W 2nd Ave P.O. Box 256 Indianola, IA 50125 Telephone:515-961-8085 E-mail: [mailto:contact@warrencountyhistory.org contact@warrencountyhistory.org] Website

Websites

 * Warren County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Iowa Genweb: Warren County
 * Rootsweb: Warren County message board
 * Warren County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Warren County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)