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Guide to Monroe County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Monroe County, Iowa
Map
Map of Iowa highlighting Monroe County
Location in the state of Iowa
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Location of Iowa in the U.S.
Facts
Founded February 17, 1843
County Seat Albia
Courthouse

Contents

County Courthouse

Quick Facts

Parent County

1843 Monroe County was created 17 February 1843 from unorganized territory. It was formerly Kishkekosh County, and renamed to Monroe 1 August 1846. It was attached to Wapello and Jefferson Counties prior to organization 1 July 1845.   County seat: Albia [1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Appanoose | Davis | Lucas | Mahaska | Marion | Wapello | Wayne

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

History

Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa

Maps

David Rumsey Map Collectioon is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. This Collection features the city of Avery.

Military

Newspapers

Wikipedia
 Wikipedia has more about this subject: List of online newspaper archives

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

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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