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Iowa Black Hawk County
County Courthouse
Black Hawk County Courthouse
316 E. 5th St.
Waterloo, IA 50703-4774
(319) 833-3012
History
Parent County
1843--Black Hawk County was created 17 February 1843 from Buchanan County. Black Hawk County was attached to Buchanan, Benton, and Delaware Counties prior to organization 17 August 1853. County seat: Black Hawk [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.
Neighboring Counties
Benton | Bremer | Buchanan | Butler | Fayette | Grundy | Tama
Resources
Cemeteries in and around Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa
Catholic Cemeteries of Waterloo Inc. 3912 West 4th Street - Waterloo, Iowa 319 233-0746
CEDAR VALLEY MEMORIAL GARDENS 319-233-6136
Elmwood Cemetery Associations 226 Elmwood Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 232-2348
Fairview Cemetery Associations 611 Fairview Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 234-8621
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens ; Funeral Home
1093 Jackson Ave,Hazelton, Iowa 319 626-2442
GARDEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY & MOUSOLEUM 2669 Logan Ave, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 233-6126
Garden View Chapel 3655 Logan Ave, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 232-2222
Oelwein City 13o1 W Charles Street, Oelwine, Iowa 319 283-5228
Waterloo Cemetery 1830 Kimbal Ave. Waterloo, Iowa 319 232-4751
Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery and Chapel 3430 West 4th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 319 232-4165
RICHARDSON FUNERAL HOME at 615 Main Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319-266-3525, is an excellant contact when you are looking for someone who has died in the Cedar Falls, Iowa Area. They can direct you to the place they are burried and who to contact for more information. Their records are on the computer. They told me to contact "Rusty at 11:00 midwest time for more information". This lead to finding several generations of the person who had died. He was the sexton of one of the cemeteries.
Other funeral homes are: Parrot & Wood Chapel of Memories www,overtonservice.com 319-232-3235 Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home , Parkersburg, Iowa 319-346-1534 Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home, Clarkville, Iowa 319-278-4245 Reiff Funeral Home, Independence, Iowa 319-334-2501 Richardson as above 319-266-3525 Sanders Funeral Service 319-232-5667 Vogel Funeral Home Allison, Iowa 319-267-2507 White Funeral Home Independence, Iowa 319-334-2595 White Funeral Home Jessup, Iowa 319-827-3695 Woods Funeral Home Fredericksburg, Iowa 319-827-3695
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
Court
Land
Local Histories And Memories of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa. Go to Facebook.com search for: igrewupin Cedar Falls
There are memories of places, events form the earily years to date. Wonderful to learn about the residents of a Great town. Have you ever heard of DeTasseling Corn? It is in there. How about a Breaded Pork Tenderloin
sandwich? Who made the best ever? The towns concentration and love for the arts and music... Check out the site.
Maps
- Iowa USGS Topographic
Choose Airport, Bridge, Building, Cemetery, Church, Civil, Hospital, Lake, Locale, Park, Populated Place, Post Office, School, Stream, Summit, Trail
http://www.topozone.com/states/Iowa.asp?county=Black+Hawk
Military
Newspapers
- NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Waterloo newspapers that covered local news on Black Hawk County residents. This database is free at some libraries.
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society
- Family History Library Catalog
- Black Hawk County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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