Jackson County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Jackson County

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

History


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County
1837--Jackson County was created 21 December 1837 from Dubuque County. County seat: Maquoketa

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
Clinton • Dubuque • Jones • Carroll County, Illinois • Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Biographical

 * Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent at Ancestry.com ($)

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, La Motte, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * Sorensen, Lucille. History of Jackson County. [S.l.] : Jackson County Historical Society (Iowa), 2000.
 * Vol.1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol.2 Online at FamilySearch (Free
 * Ellis, James Whitcomb. History of Jackson County, Iowa. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1910, c1989.
 * Vol. 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Companies L and M
 * - 5th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I
 * - 9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A
 * - 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I
 * - 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies A, I and K
 * - 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * - 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company B :- 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 24th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company L :- 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company M :- 44th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F :- 5th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * The Jackson Sentinel.1954-55, and 1959. Maquoketa, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Jackson Sentinel. 1954. Hackson, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

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

Family History Centers

 * Council Bluffs Iowa Family History Center 2303 Butler St Council Bluffs IA 51503 United States