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.

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 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 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