Dickinson County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Dickinson County Courthouse 1802 Hill Ave Spirit Lake, IA 51360

(712) 336-1495

Dickinson County

Parent County
1851--Dickinson County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Woodbury County prior to organization 3 August 1857. County seat:  Spirit Lake

Record Loss
November 1871 -- 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

Neighboring Counties
Clay | Emmet | O'Brien | Osceola | Palo Alto | Jackson County, Minnesota

Cemeteries
Cemeteries, IAGenWeb Dickinson County, Iowa

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

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