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

Description
The County was named for Chief Appanoose. The County has Centerville as its seat and the County was created 1843. The County is located in the south central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Appanoose County Courthouse 201 North 12th Street Centerville, IA 52544 Phone:(515)856-6101 Appanoose County Website Appanoose County Courthouse 201 North 12th Street Centerville, IA 52544 Phone:(515)856-6101

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * Biographies from The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, are transcribed at Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa
 * Biographies from Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa,
 * Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa Archive with index. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1886
 * Biographies from Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa are transcribed at Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Biographies from Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa are transcribed at Iowa Biographies Project.
 * Centerville: Oral interviews in Centerville, Iowa, conducted on 13 October 1981
 * Mystic: Oral interviews in Mystic, Iowa, conducted in 1981
 * Who's Who in Iowa, a Biographical Record of Iowa's Leaders in Business, Professional and Public Life.
 * Who's Who in 1940 online on the Appanoose County IAGenWeb page
 * Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa: containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland at Ancestry.com ($)

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * The Industrial History of Appanoose County, Iowa.

Mining
 * The History of Coal Mining in Appanoose County, Iowa

Census Records
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.

State Census
 * 1895 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1905 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images (individual cards, not family context)
 * 1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1925 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints United Methodist Church
 * FamilySearch Places
 * Camp of Israel, (later referred to as Zion's Camp).
 * Iowa Churches: A File at the Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. This file consists of church histories, anniversary programs, and newspaper clippings. It is arranged by towns or by the name of the church.
 * Ministerial Biographies: A File in the Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. These films contain biographies, mainly of Methodist ministers.

Court Records

 * Inventory of County Records - Appanoose County, Iowa.

Genealogies

 * Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

Local Histories
1843 Established in 1843, Appanoose County was named for a chief of the Sac and the Fox Indian tribes that lead the peace party during the Black Hawk War. Appanoose means "A Chief When a Child." During the first part of the 20th century, mining was a major factor in Appanoose. The county seat for Appanoose is Centerville.
 * Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa: containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland at Ancestry.com ($)

County Histories


 * 100th Anniversary: Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, Centerville, Iowa, 1896-1996.
 * A Pictorial History of Appanoose County, Iowa
 * A Pictorial History of Appanoose County, Iowa.
 * A Pictorial History of the Towns of Appanoose County Past and Present
 * A Report on the Rathbun Dam
 * Abandoned Towns of Appanoose County from Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Office
 * Appanoose County Historical Atlas; Centerville, IA: Appanoose County Sesquicentennial Commission, 1996
 * Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa: containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each, a condensed history of the state of Iowa, portraits and biographies of the governors of the territory and state, engravings of prominent citizens in Wayne and Appanoose Counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, and their cities and villages.. Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co., 1886. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Early Pioneer Stories
 * Historical Sketches of Pioneer Days in Appanoose County, Iowa
 * More Shoal Creek Legends.
 * Shoal Creek Legends 3
 * Names of Old Towns Fading into Haze of Past Memories" 
 * Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa ~ Volume 1
 * Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa - Volume II
 * Pioneer Roll of Honor
 * Postoffices and Postmasters of Appanoose County, Iowa, 1846 to 1988.
 * Post Offices in Appanoose County, 1865
 * Rathbun Dam History.
 * Rural School Memories, Appanoose County, Iowa. Information, memories and pictures contributed by many volunteers about the 140 schools in Appanoose County in 1912.
 * Shoal Creek Legends. The three volumes of Shoal Creek Legends were originally newspaper articles published in The Seymour Herald; printed and sold by the Seymour Community Club as fundraising projects. Maurice Stamps grew up around Shoal Creek in Franklin Township, Appanoose County, and served many years as a teacher and administrator in the Seymour Community Schools.
 * The History of Appanoose County, Iowa - 1986
 * This Day in Iowa History.
 * The History of Appanoose County, Iowa
 * The Place-Names of Appanoose County, Iowa
 * Tour of Iowa Counties: Appanoose County" 
 * Iowa Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Iowa
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Michael Fox Map Collection at Iowa Historical Society — browse by type or date, overlays for Google Earth.
 * Appanoose County maps at David Rumsey Map Collection

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Appanoose County for European settlers included:
 * 1846 Mormon Trail, 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Mormon Trails Across Appanoose County, Iowa.

Military Records

 * 1835-1998 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only

Online Civil War Indexes and Records Civil War service men in this county served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in
 * 1861-1949 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1862-1910 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Nine Appanoose Regiments in the Civil War
 * - 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company I
 * - 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies D and F
 * - 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F
 * - 8th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Companies F and H
 * - 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F
 * - 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F
 * - 36th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies C, F, G and I
 * - 47th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B


 * Appanoose County Historical and Coal Mining Museum 100 West Maple Centerville, Iowa 52544
 * Drake Public Library 115 Drake Avenue, Centerville, Iowa 52544 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County. The Genealogical Society of Appanoose County collection is housed at the Drake Public Library. The genealogy section features family histories, local plat maps, historic phone directories, school yearbooks from area schools, and miscellaneous histories of ghost towns. A microfilm reader is provided at the library to view the microfilm collection which includes: Centerville newspapers 1861-Present, Circuit Court Records, Miscellaneous Church Records, Appanoose County Probate Records, Census Records, Other Iowa Newspapers, Land Records, and Marriage Records.
 * Iowa Genealogical Society Library 628 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1924 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County.
 * Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County and Historical and Genealogical Library 515 East Jefferson Street (Route #2) Corydon, Iowa 50060 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research.
 * State Historical Society of Iowa, archives, libraries and museum. See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County.
 * The Wabash Depot Museum 800 West North Street Moravia, Iowa Obtained from the Norfolk and Southern Railroad in 1976 when the line was discontinued through Moravia, Iowa. Displays include a section car used on the rails in the early 1900s, an operational signal board for signaling train crews before modern radio communications were used, models of trains and railroads that once crossed Appanoose County and Moravia, and artifacts of local history providing a look at how people once lived in Moravia.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1859-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers
The Newspaper Directory on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America lists 21 newspapers which have been published in Appanoose County, Iowa. The site tells the years in which each newspaper was published, detailed information about each paper, and identifies the major libraries that have holdings of it and which issues each library holds. There were other newspapers (in Mystic and Cincinnati) published in Appanoose County, but no copies of them exist. Also, information on Appanoose County often appeared in newspapers in neighboring counties -- Wayne County, Davis County, Lucas County, Monroe County, Wapello County in Iowa; and Putnam County and Schuyler County in Missouri. NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * The Appanoose Times. 1881-1882 Centerville, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * The Weekly Citizen. 1870-1872 Centerville, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * The Centerville Citizen. 1872-1873, 1881 Centerville, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Centerville Times. 1881-1882 Centerville, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Iowa Digital Newspaper Hub at Iowa Historical Society — narrow by county, sort by Publication Date, Title, and Search for surname.

Obituaries

 * 1899-1939, 1910-1950 Book of obituaries, Appanoose County, Iowa Newspapers clippings 1899-1939 and 1910-1950

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1848-1930 List of books or films containing Probate information for Appanoose County from 1848 to 1930.

Probation
 * 1758-1997 U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 at Ancestry($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1934-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Vital Records

 * Iowa Birth Records, 1900-1934 and Death Records, 1904-2001 at Iowa Historical Society — search by name, date, a related surname, or county.

Birth

 * 1850-1939 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1901 Early births in Appanoose County, Iowa 1880-1901
 * 1880-1935 Birth records, 1880-1935 
 * 1921-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1518-1996 Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
 * 1809-1992 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1836-1926 Iowa, Marriages, 1836 - 1926 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1838-1934 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1846-1899 Index to early marriages, Appanoose County, Iowa  Contains: Vol 1. Bride's index, 1846-1900 -- Vol 2. Groom's index, 1847- 1900
 * 1851-1900 Iowa, 1851-1900 Marriages from 1851 to 1900
 * 1842-1928 Marriage records, 1842-1928 
 * 1880-1951 U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951 at Ancestry($)
 * 1885-present Iowa Official Marriage System at IA.gov — search by county, name or date, and request copy.
 * 1970-2003 Iowa Marriage Records Index, 1970-2003 at Archives.com ($)

Death

 * 1850-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1880-1992 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1903 Early deaths in Appanoose County, Iowa Index to early death records, Appanoose County, Iowa. Contains Vol. 1. 1880-1903
 * 1900-1939 Iowa Death Index, 1900-1939 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1904-1951 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1920-1967 U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967 at Ancestry($)

Divorce

 * 1970-2003 Iowa Divorce Records Index, 1970-2003 at Archives.com ($)

Family History Centers

 * Centerville Iowa Family History Center

Libraries
Appanoose County Historical and Coal Mining Museum 100 West Maple Centerville, Iowa 52544Website Drake Public Library 115 Drake Avenue, Centerville, Iowa 52544 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County. The Genealogical Society of Appanoose County collection is housed at the Drake Public Library. The genealogy section features family histories, local plat maps, historic phone directories, school yearbooks from area schools, and miscellaneous histories of ghost towns. A microfilm reader is provided at the library to view the microfilm collection which includes: Centerville newspapers 1861-Present, Circuit Court Records, Miscellaneous Church Records, Appanoose County Probate Records, Census Records, Other Iowa Newspapers, Land Records, and Marriage Records.Website Iowa Genealogical Society Library 628 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1924 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County.Website Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County and Historical and Genealogical Library 515 East Jefferson Street (Route #2) Corydon, Iowa 50060 See it's collections and resources for local and family history research.Website State Historical Society of Iowa, archives, libraries and museum. See it's collections and resources for local and family history research related to Appanoose County. Website The Wabash Depot Museum 800 West North Street Moravia, Iowa Obtained from the Norfolk and Southern Railroad in 1976 when the line was discontinued through Moravia, Iowa. Displays include a section car used on the rails in the early 1900s, an operational signal board for signaling train crews before modern radio communications were used, models of trains and railroads that once crossed Appanoose County and Moravia, and artifacts of local history providing a look at how people once lived in Moravia.Website

Societies and Libraries Appanoose County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 684 Centerville, Iowa 52544-0684 E-mail: [mailto:acgs2005@hotmail.com acgs2005@hotmail.com]

Websites

 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.