Iowa
Statehood: 28 Dec 1846
29th state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Minnesota
South: Missouri
East: Illinois, Wisconsin (NE)
West: Nebraska, South Dakota (NW)
Capital and largest city: Des Moines
Map: Iowa, 1855 (click map to enlarge), Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Counties: Original counties as listed in the 1846 Iowa Constitution, Sect. 2: Appanoose, Benton, Blackhawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kishkekosh, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska, Marion, Muscatine, Polk, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington. Iowa County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 99.
Personal Library
Fremont County
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Annals of Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Heritage Digital Collection
Iowa State University Digital Collections
Luther College Digital Collection
University of Iowa Digital Library
Additional online sites
Manuscripts
Iowa Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Iowa Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Manuscripts, Maps & Ephemera, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
Iowa Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Iowa Record Sets (Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of Iowa
History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Benjamin F. Gue, 1903.
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Iowa
Community History Archive Newspapers: Iowa
Small Town Newspapers
(Scroll to Iowa)
Iowa Community History Archive Newspapers
Maps
Iowa Counties Historic Atlases, University of Iowa Library
Iowa Maps, Library of Congress
Iowa Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Iowa County Formation History, Maps of U.S.