Lucas County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Lucas County

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

Parent County
1846--Lucas County was created 13 January 1846 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Monroe County prior to organization 4 July 1849. County seat: Chariton

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.

Lucas County was five townships wide from east to west when it was created, but in 1847 it shrank to four townships across. The western border shifted six miles east to its present position, while the other borders were unchanged (and so they are today)

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

Neighboring Counties
Appanoose • Clarke • Decatur • Marion • Monroe • Warren • Wayne

Local Histories
The History of Lucas County, Iowa: containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc (1881) is available free online from Google Books.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * Township Map of 1875 Lucas County, Iowa with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * - 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B
 * - 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * - 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C :- 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C :- 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company H :- 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K :- 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies