Marshall County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Marshall County

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

County Courthouse
Picture of the courthouse at:

http://www.co.marshall.ia.us/facilities/courthouse

Parent County
1846--Marshall County was created 13 January 1846 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Jasper and Linn Counties prior to organization 1 October 1849. County seat: Marshalltown

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
Grundy • Hardin • Jasper • Poweshiek • Story • Tama

Cemeteries
Riverside Cemetery 611 North Center Street Marshalltown, IA 50158-1618 (641) 753-7891

Rose Hill Memorial Gardens 602 Iowa Avenue Ease (Iowa Avenue is old Highway 30) Marshalltown, IA 50158-4779 (641) 752-0360

Lutheran

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

Local Histories

 * Description and history of Marshall County, Iowa, 1862. By Taylor and Barnhart. Marshalltown, Iowa : Taylor & Barnhart, [1862]. Online at: ;.


 * The History of Marshall County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, town, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war records of its volunteers.. Chicago, Illinois : Western Historical Co., 1878. Online at;, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.


 * Past and present of Marshall County, Iowa. By William Battin and F. A. Moscrip. Indianapolis, Indiana : B.F. Bowen, 1912. Vol. 1 Online at:, Google Books, HathiTrust; . Vol. 2 , Google Book, HathiTrust.

Maps

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

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B
 * - 4th Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery,
 * - 5th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D
 * - 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B
 * - 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 23rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K
 * - 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G
 * - 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company B :- 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 23rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B :- 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G :- 5th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D

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

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


 * Central Iowa Genealogical Society serving Marshall County, Iowa

Family History Centers

 * Marshalltown Iowa Family History Center 703 S12th St., Marshalltown, IA 50158 United States Location Map