Taylor County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Taylor County

Guide to Taylor County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1847 Taylor County was created 24 February 1847 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Appanoose County prior to organization 26 February 1851. County seat: Bedford

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Neighboring Counties
Adams • Montgomery • Page • Ringgold • Union • Nodaway County, Missouri • Worth County, Missouri

Biography

 * History of Taylor County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc. : a biographical directory of many at Ancestry.com (Free

History

 * History of Taylor County, Iowa : from the earliest historic times to 1910 at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * 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 Bedford.

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies F and K
 * - 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company D
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C :- 14th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company G :- 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E :- 28th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company D :- 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

 * Taylor County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Taylor County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Taylor County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)