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The archive covers 99 counties in Iowa so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Iowa
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 2,333 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 1,816 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Listed properties | 2,512 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
Counties
99 of 99All 99 counties in Iowa. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | 18 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Adams County | 18 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Allamakee County | 26 | 21 | not yet read | |
| Appanoose County | 32 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Audubon County | 15 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Benton County | 25 | 17 | not yet read | |
| Black Hawk County | 37 | 51 | not yet read | |
| Boone County | 21 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Bremer County | 21 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Buchanan County | 21 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Buena Vista County | 16 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Butler County | 19 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Calhoun County | 21 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Carroll County | 20 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Cass County | 15 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Cedar County | 21 | 21 | not yet read | |
| Cerro Gordo County | 26 | 48 | not yet read | |
| Cherokee County | 11 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Chickasaw County | 23 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Clarke County | 14 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Clay County | 14 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Clayton County | 46 | 54 | not yet read | |
| Clinton County | 38 | 33 | not yet read | |
| Crawford County | 22 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Dallas County | 31 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Davis County | 26 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Decatur County | 21 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Delaware County | 27 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Des Moines County | 26 | 35 | not yet read | |
| Dickinson County | 21 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Dubuque County | 55 | 84 | not yet read | |
| Emmet County | 14 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Fayette County | 27 | 29 | not yet read | |
| Floyd County | 19 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Franklin County | 15 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Fremont County | 17 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Greene County | 13 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Grundy County | 17 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Guthrie County | 20 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Hamilton County | 14 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Hancock County | 16 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Hardin County | 31 | 34 | not yet read | |
| Harrison County | 27 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Henry County | 19 | 54 | not yet read | |
| Howard County | 17 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Humboldt County | 15 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Ida County | 5 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Iowa County | 24 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Jackson County | 41 | 77 | not yet read | |
| Jasper County | 30 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Jefferson County | 23 | 29 | not yet read | |
| Johnson County | 33 | 96 | not yet read | |
| Jones County | 33 | 27 | not yet read | |
| Keokuk County | 27 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Kossuth County | 26 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Lee County | 38 | 48 | not yet read | |
| Linn County | 52 | 121 | not yet read | |
| Louisa County | 21 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Lucas County | 16 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Lyon County | 15 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Madison County | 20 | 55 | not yet read | |
| Mahaska County | 31 | 49 | not yet read | |
| Marion County | 29 | 29 | not yet read | |
| Marshall County | 35 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Mills County | 20 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Mitchell County | 19 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Monona County | 14 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Monroe County | 26 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Montgomery County | 17 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Muscatine County | 24 | 40 | not yet read | |
| O'Brien County | 18 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Osceola County | 8 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Page County | 20 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Palo Alto County | 13 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Plymouth County | 28 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Pocahontas County | 16 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Polk County | 62 | 208 | not yet read | |
| Pottawattamie County | 33 | 43 | not yet read | |
| Poweshiek County | 18 | 26 | not yet read | |
| Ringgold County | 19 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Sac County | 20 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Scott County | 44 | 296 | not yet read | |
| Shelby County | 19 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Sioux County | 23 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Story County | 24 | 37 | not yet read | |
| Tama County | 24 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Taylor County | 17 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Union County | 14 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Van Buren County | 26 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Wapello County | 27 | 32 | not yet read | |
| Warren County | 35 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Washington County | 22 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Wayne County | 22 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Webster County | 33 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Winnebago County | 11 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Winneshiek County | 29 | 36 | not yet read | |
| Woodbury County | 31 | 64 | not yet read | |
| Worth County | 15 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Wright County | 16 | 9 | not yet read |
Settlements in Iowa
2,333 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Iowa, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.