Black Hawk County, Iowa Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Black Hawk County Courthouse 316 E. 5th St. Waterloo, IA 50703-4774

(319) 833-3012

Black Hawk County

Parent County
1843--Black Hawk County was created 17 February 1843 from Buchanan County. Black Hawk County was attached to Buchanan, Benton, and Delaware Counties prior to organization 17 August 1853. County seat: Black Hawk

Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Bremer | Buchanan | Butler | Fayette | Grundy | Tama

Cemeteries in and around Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa
Catholic Cemeteries of Waterloo Inc. 3912 West 4th Street - Waterloo, Iowa 319 233-0746

CEDAR VALLEY MEMORIAL GARDENS 319-233-6136

Elmwood Cemetery Associations 226 Elmwood Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 232-2348

Fairview Cemetery Associations 611 Fairview Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 234-8621

Floral Hills Memorial Gardens &amp; Funeral Home 1093 Jackson Ave,Hzltn Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 626=2442

GARDEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY & MOUSOLEUM 2669 Logan Ave, Cedar Falls, Iowa  319 233-6126

Garden View Chapel 3655 Logan Ave, Cedar Falls, Iowa 319 232-2222

Oelwein City 13o1 W Charles Street, Oelwine, Iowa 319 283-5228

Waterloo Cemetery 1830 Kimbal Ave. Waterloo, Iowa  319 232-4751

Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery and Chapel 3430 West 4th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 319 232-4165

Census
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.

Maps

 * Iowa USGS Topographic Choose Airport, Bridge, Building, Cemetery, Church, Civil, Hospital, Lake, Locale, Park, Populated Place, Post Office, School, Stream, Summit, Trail http://www.topozone.com/states/Iowa.asp?county=Black+Hawk

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Waterloo newspapers that covered local news on Black Hawk County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cedar Falls/Waterloo Iowa Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society
 * Black Hawk County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Black Hawk County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)