Harrison County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Harrison County

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

Parent County
1851--Harrison County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. It was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Logan

Record Loss
September 1854 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Crawford • Monona •  Pottawattamie •  Shelby •  Burt County, Nebraska •  Washington County, Nebraska

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Linwood Cemetery, Logan
 * Modamin/Noyes Cemetery, Modamin
 * Old Frazier Cemetery, Missouri Valley

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Harris Grove

Lutheran

 * Records of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * McKenney, Horace H. Pioneer history of Harris Grove, 1851-1861. Logan, Ia. : Democrat Print., [19--?].
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Hunt, Charles W. History of Harrison County, Iowa, its people, industries and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1915.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Smith, Joseph H. History of Harrison County, Iowa : including a condensed history of the state, the early settlement of the county, its topography and natural advantages (...). Des Moines : Iowa Printing, 1888.
 * Online at Icweb (Free)

Civil War

 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C

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

Societies and Libraries
Harrison County Genealogical Society Research Library located on Lower Level Merry Brook School Museum 212 Lincoln Way Woodbine IA Mailing Address: c/o Alvin & Nancy Poole 3203 Marcy St Omaha, NE 68105 E-mail: [mailto:cpoole@unmc.edu cpoole@unmc.edu] Website

Family History Centers



 * Logan Iowa Family History Center 2629 260th St., Logan, IA 51546 United States Location Map