Appanoose County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Appanoose County Courthouse 201 North 12th Street Centerville, IA 52544

(515)856-6101

Appanoose County

Parent County
1843--Appanoose County was created 17 February 1843 from unorganized territory. The county was attached to Davis and Van Buren Counties prior to organizatoin 3 August 1846. County seat: Centerville

Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.

Neighboring Counties
Davis | Lucas | Monroe | Wapello | Wayne | Putnam County, Missouri | Schuyler County, Missouri

Cemeteries
A list of Appanoose County cemeteries that have been identified and transcribed is available on the USGenWeb site.

Iowa Gravestones.org has many Appanoose County gravestone photos.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Camp of Israel

County Histories

 * Appanoose County Historical Society. The History of Appanoose County, Iowa - 1986.
 * Arnold, John, Compiled by. A Pictorial History of Appanoose County, Iowa.  Volume I.  [Marceline, MO: D-Books Publishing, 1996]
 * Maxwell, Becky, Compiled by. A Pictorial History of Appanoose County, Iowa.  Volume II.  [Marceline, MO: D-Books Publishing, 2010]
 * Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa. [Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1886]  Online in Internet Archive.
 * Biographies from Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa, transcribed in Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Early Pioneer Stories. [Centerville, IA: Appanoose County Genealogical Society, 19??] Reprint of articles in the Progress Anniversary Edition of the Centerville Daily Iowegian, 10 January 1934.
 * Fitzpatrick, T. J. "The Place-Names of Appanoose County, Iowa" published in American Speech, Volume 3, Number 1 (October, 1927), pp. 39-66, published by the Duke University Press.  Reprinted by the Appanoose County Genealogical Society.  Digitized by JSTOR which can be accessed through a participating library or insttution.
 * Heusinkveld, W. M. Historical Sketches of Pioneer Days in Appanoose County, Iowa. [Centerville, IA: Bill Heusinkveld, 2004]  Originally written as columns for the Centerville Daily Iowegian from July 2002 to July 2004.
 * Heusinkveld, W. M. A Pictorial History of the Towns of Appanoose County Past and Present, including "Monuments of Ghost Towns" by O. R. Parks. [Centerville, IA: W. M. Heusinkveld, 2003]
 * Heusinkveld, W. M. Cemeteries of Appanoose County, Iowa. [Centerville, IA: W. M. Heusinkveld, 1999]
 * Heusinkveld, W. M. Nine Appanoose Regiments in the Civil War. [Centerville, IA: W. M. Heusinkveld, 2007]
 * Heusinkveld, W. M. The History of Coal Mining in Appanoose County, Iowa. [Centerville, IA: W. M. Heusinkveld, 2007]
 * Lewis, S. Thompson.  Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa. [New York &amp; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903.  Online on the Internet Archive.
 * Biographies from Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa, transcribed in Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Iowa, State Planning Board, Committee on Business and Industry. The Industrial History of Appanoose County, Iowa.  [Des Moines, IA: Iowa State Planning Board, Committee on Business and Industry, 1935]  Online in the Iowa Digital Library
 * The History of Appanoose County, Iowa [Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878] Online in Internet Archive. Online in Google Books.
 * Biographies from The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, transcribed in Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Taylor, L. L., Editor. Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa - Volume 1 [Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913] Online in Google eBookstore.  Online in Internet Archive.
 * Taylor, L. L. Editor. Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa - Volume II [Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company,m 1913] Online in Google eBookstore.  Online in Internet Archive.
 * Biographies from Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa, transcribed in Iowa Biographies Project.

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

Societies and Libraries
Drake Library, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa

Appanoose County Historical Society If you are looking for information on coal mines in Appanoose County, this museum is a treasure trove of information. It stores hundreds of books from the old mines. There are also old mortgages and other bank records that can be found here, though they are not organized.

Web Sites

 * The Appanoose County IA GenWeb Project
 * The IAGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Project.
 * Appanoose County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * The Jerome Journal -- This blog contains information about the history of Jerome and Lincoln Township in Appanoose County and the people who have lived in Jerome and the surrounding area.
 * This blog, The Musings of MidwestAncestree, contains many references to Appanoose County families.
 * This blog, The Musings of MidwestAncestree, contains many references to Appanoose County families.