Union County, IowaEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

United States Iowa Union County

	Iowa Online Records

Union County, Iowa
Map
Location of Iowa in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 15, 1851
County Seat	Creston
Courthouse

County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1851--Union County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County and from non-county area which, in 1846, was in Clarke County until that county's boundaries changed in 1847 (shrinking along with neighboring Lucas County).^[1] County seat:  Creston ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1893 -- 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

Adair | Adams | Clarke | Decatur | Madison | Ringgold | Taylor

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories 

Maps

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

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Union County, Iowa for European settlers included:

• Mormon Trail 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[3]

Military

Newspapers

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

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ FamilyHistory101.com: "Iowa County Formation Maps"; interactive map of county formation and organization. Online at http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ia_cf.html
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ National Park Service, "Auto Tour Route Maps" in Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).