Delaware County, Iowa Genealogy


 * This article is about an central-east county of Iowa. For other uses, see Delaware (disambiguation).

United States Iowa  Delaware County

Guide to Delaware County Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Delaware County Courthouse 301 E. Main P. O. Box 527 Manchester, IA 52057-0527

(319) 927-4942

Parent County
1837--Delaware County was created 21 December 1837 from Dubuque County. It was organized 19 November 1841. County seat:  Manchester

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
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
Buchanan • Clayton • Dubuque • Fayette • Jones • Linn

Biography

 * The History of Delaware County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of at Ancestry.com ($)

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.

Church
Lutheran

First Lutheran Church, Manchester


 * Records of the First Lutheran Church, Manchester, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Delaware County


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Delaware County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * The History of Delaware County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers, history of the northwest, history of Iowa, map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States. Chicago, Illinois : Western Historical, 1878.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free);and at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Merry, John F. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914.
 * Vol 1 Online at Internetarchive (Free); and at Googlebooks (Free);and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free); and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * The History of Delaware County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company I
 * - 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B
 * - 6th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company G
 * - 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies F and K
 * - 20th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies H and K
 * - 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F
 * - 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company C
 * - 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * - 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company G :- 20th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 20th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 27th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company C :- 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F :- 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B :- 6th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company G

Newspapers
*NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Cedar Rapids newspapers that may have included Delaware County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

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