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United States Iowa Cherokee County

	Iowa Online Records

County Courthouse

Cherokee County Courthouse
520 West Main
Cherokee, IA 51012

(712) 225-6735

Cherokee County

History

Parent County

1851--Cherokee County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Woodbury County prior to organization 2 October 1858. County seat: Cherokee ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Buena Vista | Clay | Ida | O'Brien | Plymouth | Sac | Sioux | Woodbury

Resources

Cemeteries

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

Maps

Military

Newspapers

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

• Aurelia Public Library Archives, Cherokee County (1886-1999)

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Cherokee County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

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