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For some counties there are two “Date Formed” years listed. The first is the year the county was created; the second is the year it was fully organized if it differs from the creation year.
Under the heading “Parent County/ies,” the name/s listed may be the county or counties from which the respective county was formed or it may be names by which the county was originally known.
“Unorganized” in this same column denotes that it was formed from non-county lands. The county name in parentheses is the county to which the unorganized land may have been attached at that time.
Counties listed with an asterisk (*) are those in which you may also find records concerning the county listed. It may have been “attached” to those county/ies for some period of time.
Iowa county governments recorded few vital statistics earlier than 1880. Marriage record registration began in many areas with the organization of the county. It is estimated that between 1880 and 1921 only about 50 percent of the births and deaths were registered.
Birth, marriage, death, and probate records are usually found in the office of the clerk of courts at the county seat. Land transactions are in the county recorder's office.
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