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Guide to Cedar County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Cedar County, Iowa
Map
Location in the state of Iowa
Location of Iowa in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 21, 1837
County Seat	Tipton
Courthouse
Address	400 Cedar Street Tipton, IA 52772 Phone:(563) 886-2230 Cedar County Website

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.1.1 Cities 3.1.2 Other localities 3.1.3 Townships 3.1.4 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Migration 4.9 Military 4.10 Newspapers 4.11 Obituaries 4.12 Probate 4.13 Taxation 4.14 Vital Records 4.14.1 Birth 4.14.2 Marriage 4.14.3 Death 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 Sources and Footnotes

County Courthouse

Cedar County Courthouse
400 Cedar Street
Tipton, IA 52772
Phone:(563) 886-2230

History

Formed from sections of Dubuque County on December 21, 1837, Cedar County was named for the Red Cedar River which runs through the county. During the Great Depression, farmers rose in violent protest against state policy. The Cedar County War ensued in 1931.

• A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa ^[1]
• History of Cedar County, Iowa 1878 ^[2]

Parent County

1837--Cedar County was created 21 December 1837 from Dubuque County. The County seat is Tipton ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities

Bennett Clarence Durant Lowden

Mechanicsville Stanwood Tipton West Branch Wilton

Other localities

Cedar Bluff Cedar Valley Centerdale Downey Lime City

Plato Rochester Springdale Sunbury Wald

Townships

Cedar County is divided into seventeen townships:

Cass Center Dayton Fairfield Farmington

Fremont Gower Inland Iowa Linn

Massillon Pioneer Red Oak Rochester Springdale

Springfield Sugar Creek

Neighboring Counties

Clinton | Johnson | Jones | Linn | Muscatine | Scott

Resources

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Locations

Andre Cemetery Bolton Burial Site Brink Cemetery Burtonwood Cedar Bluff Cemetery Center Cemetery Center Ross Cemetery Clarence Cemetery Dayton Valley Cemetery Downey Cemetery Dumont Cemetery Durant Evergreen Hill Cemetery Hanna Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Friends Village Cemetery Gower Cemetery Hanna Cemetery Healey Cemetery Hebron Cemetery Hickory Grove Cemetery Honey Grove Cemetery

Howard Cemetery Inland Cemetery Jordan Grove Kempton Cemetery Lime City Cemetery Lowden Cemetery Mason Cemetery Mason-Wallick Cemetery Masonic Cemetery Massillon Cemetery Moneka Cemetery Mount Zion Church Cemetery North Liberty Cemetery Ocheltree Family Cemetery Parr Cemetery Pee Dee Cemetery Pioneer Cemetery Plato United Brethren Red Oak Cemetery Rochester Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Rosewood

Saint Johns Cemetery Saint Josephs Cemetery Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery Sand Hill Cemetery Scattergood Cemetery Sharon Cemetery Shawver Cemetery South Bethel Cemetery Springdale Cemetery Stanwood Cemetery Tipton Cemetery Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Union Cemetery Van Horn Cemetery Virginia Grove Cemetery Wentzel Cemetery West Bethel Cemetery West Branch Cemetery Whitmer Cemetery Wood Bridge Cemetery Wright Cemetery York Prairie Cemetery

Transcriptions

• FindAGrave for pictures and transcriptions of individual graves.
• Iowa Gravestone Project
• WPA Website

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.

Church

Methodist Church. West Branch circuit Church Records ^[4] Contents

Baptisms, 1860-1861, 1866-1878 -- marriages, 1866-1877 -- probationers -- alphabetical list of members. Also contains records for Zion Chapel, Brick Chapel, Zion Church, Brick Church, Morris Schoolhouse, McCormick in Cedar and Johnson Counties.

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Cedar County, Iowa for European settlers included:

• Mormon Trail 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5]

Military

Newspapers

• NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Cedar Rapids newspapers that may have included Cedar County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

Obituaries

• Cedar County Obituaries

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

Societies and Libraries

• Cedar County Historical Society & Museum
  1094 Hwy 38 PO Box 254
  Tipton IA 52772
  Phone:(563) 886-2899

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Cedar County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa Google Books
2. ↑ History of Cedar County, Iowa 1878
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
4. ↑ Methodist Church. West Branch circuit FHL 986174 Item 1
5. ↑ National Park Service, "Auto Tour Route Maps" in Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).

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