Davis County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Davis County Courthouse 100 Courthouse Square Bloomfield, IA 52537

641-664-2321

Davis County

Parent County
1843-- Davis County was created from Van Buren County 17 February 1843. Its county seat is Bloomfield. A part of Davis County was taken to create Appanoose County the same day.

Neighboring Counties
Appanoose | Jefferson | Monroe | Van Buren | Wapello | Schuyler County, Missouri | Scotland County, Missouri

Cemeteries
Davis County Cemeteries--A list of more than 100 cemeteries was compiled by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s and updated in 1993 by the Davis County Genealogical Society. A link to tombstone photographs is available online.

Church
Amish

Court
Naturalizations, Books 1 and 2, for Davis County are online. These records cover about 1879 to 1901.

Newspapers
Several newspapers have been published in Davis County. A list of titles and dates of publication is available online.

Birth Records
Birth records kept by the District Court, 1880-1941, and delayed birth certificates, 1885-1944, have been microfilmed and are available at the State Historical Society in Des Moines and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Marriage Records
Davis County marriage records, 1844-1951, have been microfilmed and are available at the State Historical Society in Des Moines and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Death Records
The record of deaths kept by the District Court, 1880-1939, have been microfilmed and are available at the State Historical Society in Des Moines and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Abstracts of the death records of Davis County, 1880-1900, are on-line, in four segments.


 * 1880-1883
 * 1884
 * 1885-1893
 * 1897-1900

Societies and Libraries
Davis County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 94 Bloomfield, IA 52537

Web Sites

 * Davis County IAGenWeb Project
 * IAGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Project
 * Family History Library Catalog