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United States Iowa Floyd County

	Iowa Online Records

County Courthouse

Floyd County Courthouse
101 S. Main St.
Charles City, IA 50616-2756

(515) 228-7111

History

Parent County

1851--Floyd County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Fayette and  Chickasaw Counties prior to organization 4 September 1854. County seat:  Charles City ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

June 7, 1874 and 1881 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Bremer | Butler | Cerro Gordo | Chickasaw | Franklin | Howard | Mitchell

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories 

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=Floyd
  

Military

Newspapers

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

• Charles City Press, Floyd County (1930-1931)

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

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libaries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

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