Iowa State and Colonial Census Records
The State of Iowa conducted a State census 1836, 1838, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854 (all Partial), 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925.
Iowa Statewide Census Records:
- 1840 Iowa Census of Pensioners
- 1860 Federal Census Search at Footnote.com
- 1880 Federal Census Search at Family Search
- 1930 Federal Census Search at Footnote.com
- Arkansas Mortality Schedules
- Iowa Mortality Schedules
ADAIR COUNTY
ADAMS COUNTY
- 1856 Adams County Census Index - Jasper
- 1856 Adams County Census Index - Quincy
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
- 1854 Iowa State Census - Allamakee co.
- 1856 Iowa State Census - Allamakee co.
- 1883 Census of Pensioners
- 1895 Iowa State Census Records - Center twp. Allamakee co. Iowa
- 1895 Iowa State Census Records- Fairview twp. Allamakee co. Iowa
APPANOOSE COUNTY
- 1852 Iowa State Census Records - Appanoose County
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Caldwell Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Center Twp., Appanoose County Iowa - Part 1
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Center Twp., Appanoose County Iowa - Part 2
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Chariton Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Independence Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Johns Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Pleasant Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Shoal Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Taylor Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Union Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Wells Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1856 Iowa State Census Records Washington Twp., Appanoose County Iowa
- 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll - Appanoose County, Iowa
AUDUBON COUNTY
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BENTON COUNTY
- 1849 Iowa State Census - Benton County, Iowa
- 1852 State of Iowa Special Census, Benton County
- 1854 State Census of Iowa, Benton County
- 1856 Benton County, Iowa State Census Name Index
- 1883 List of Pensioners, Benton County, Iowa
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
BOONE COUNTY
BREMER COUNTY
- 1852 Bremer County State Census Records
- 1885 Bremer County State Census Records
- 1895 Bremer County State Census Records
BUCHANAN COUNTY
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
- 1885 Buena Vista County State Census Records
- 1895 State Census of Iowa, Buena Vista County - Brooke
- 1895 State Census of Iowa, Buena Vista County - Coon
- 1895 State Census of Iowa, Buena Vista County - Grant
- 1895 State Census of Iowa, Buena Vista County - Newell
BUTLER COUNTY
- 1852 State Census of Iowa, Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Beaver Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Butler Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Des Moines Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Monroe Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Ripley Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, Shell Rock Twp., Butler County
- 1856 State Census of Iowa, West Point Twp., Butler County
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Butler County, Albion Township (excludes Parkersville)
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Butler County, Bennezette Township
- 1895 Butler County Iowa State Census
- 1925 Butler County Census
CALHOUN COUNTY
CARROLL COUNTY
CASS COUNTY
CEDAR COUNTY
CERRO GORDO COUNTY
CHEROKEE COUNTY
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CHICKASAW COUNTY
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CLARKE COUNTY
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CLAY COUNTY
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CLAYTON COUNTY
- 1838 Clayton County Census
- 1852 Clayton County State Census Records
- 1856 Clayton County State Census Records
- 1885 Clayton County State Census Records, Boardman TWP
- 1885 Clayton County State Census Records, Buena Vista TWP
- 1885 Clayton County State Census Records, Cass TWP
- 1885 Clayton County State Census Records, Mendon TWP
- 1885 Clayton County State Census Records, Mallory TWP
CLINTON COUNTY
- 1847 CLINTON COUNTY IOWA STATE CENSUS Index
- 1849 CLINTON COUNTY IOWA STATE CENSUS Index
- 1856: Berlin Twp., Clinton County, Iowa
CRAWFORD COUNTY
DALLAS COUNTY
DAVIS COUNTY
DECATUR COUNTY
DELAWARE COUNTY
- 1856 Iowa State Census Coldwater Township, Delaware County, Iowa
- A 1885 "Selective" Census"People born in Delaware co. but living in another Iowa county as of January 1, 1885"
DES MOINES COUNTY
- 1836 DES MOINES COUNTY CENSUS
- 1836 IOWA TERRITORIAL CENSUS - Des Moines County
- 1838 IOWA TERRITORIAL CENSUS - Des Moines County
- 1856 Des Moines County Iowa Census
DICKINSON COUNTY
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DUBUQUE COUNTY
EMMET COUNTY
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FAYETTE COUNTY
FLOYD COUNTY
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
FREMONT COUNTY
- 1852 Fremont County, Iowa State Census
- 1856 Fremont County, Iowa State Census Index
- 1905 Fremont County, Iowa State Census Index
- 1905 State Census Images for Farragut
- 1905 State Census Images for Green
- 1905 State Census Images for Scott
- 1905 State Census Images for Sidney Book A
- 1905 State Census Images for Sidney Book B
- 1905 State Census Images for Thurman
GREENE COUNTY
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GRUNDY COUNTY
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GUTHRIE COUNTY
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HAMILTON COUNTY
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Blairsburg Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Blairsburg Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Cass Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Clear Lake Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Ellsworth Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Ellsworth Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Freedom Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Fremont Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Hamilton Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Independence Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Jewell Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Kamrar Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Liberty Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Lincoln Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Lyon Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Marion Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Rose Grove Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Scott Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Stanhope
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Stratford
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Webster Twp
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Webster City Wards 1-2-3
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Webster City Wards 4-5
- 1905 Iowa State Census, Hamilton County, Williams Twp
HANCOCK COUNTY
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HARDIN COUNTY
- 1854 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Hardin Twp
- 1854 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Tipton Twp
- 1854 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Eldora Twp
- 1854 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Jackson Twp
- 1856 Iowa State Census, Hardin County
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Hardin Township including Iowa Falls Town
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Alden Township
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Buckeye Township
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Clay Twp including Steamboat Rock Twp
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Concord Township
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Eldora Township including Town of Eldora
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Ellis Township
- 1885 State Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Ackley Township
- 1895 Iowa State Census Hardin County, Iowa Industrial School, Eldora, Ia
HARRISON COUNTY
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HENRY COUNTY
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HOWARD COUNTY
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HUMBOLDT COUNTY
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IDA COUNTY
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IOWA COUNTY
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JACKSON COUNTY
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JASPER COUNTY
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
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JOHNSON COUNTY
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JONES COUNTY
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KEOKUK COUNTY
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KOSSUTH COUNTY
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LEE COUNTY
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LINN COUNTY
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LOUISA COUNTY
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LUCAS COUNTY
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LYON COUNTY
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MADISON COUNTY
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MAHASKA COUNTY
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MARION COUNTY
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MARSHALL COUNTY
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MILLS COUNTY
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MITCHELL COUNTY
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MONONA COUNTY
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MONROE COUNTY
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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MUSCATINE COUNTY
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O'BRIEN COUNTY
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OSCEOLA COUNTY
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PAGE COUNTY
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PALO ALTO COUNTY
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY
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POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY
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POWESHIEK COUNTY
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RINGGOLD COUNTY
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SAC COUNTY
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SCOTT COUNTY
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SHELBY COUNTY
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SIOUX COUNTY
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STORY COUNTY
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TAMA COUNTY
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TAYLOR COUNTY
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UNION COUNTY
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VAN BUREN COUNTY
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WAPELLO COUNTY
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WARREN COUNTY
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
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WAYNE COUNTY
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WEBSTER COUNTY
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WINNEBAGO COUNTY
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WINNESHIEK COUNTY
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WOODBURY COUNTY
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WORTH COUNTY
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WRIGHT COUNTY
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Additional Resources:
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Books of Interest:
- State Census Records, by Ann S. Lainhart
- Map Guide to the U.S. State Censuses, by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide