Page County, Iowa Genealogy

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Page County

Guide to Page County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Page County, Iowa
Map
Location in the state of Iowa
Location of Iowa in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	1847
County Seat	Clarinda
Courthouse

County Courthouse

Description

The County was named for Captain John Page of the 4th U.S. Infantry, who was mortally wounded in the Battle of Palo Alto. The County has Clarinda as its seat and the County was created February 24, 1847. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

History

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1880	1852	1880	1870	1854	1857	1847
Statewide registration started for births in July 1880 and for deaths Jan 1891. General compliance by 1924.

• Page County, Iowa is named in honor of Captain John Page of the 4th U.S. Infantry, who was mortally wounded in the battle of Palo Alto during the Mexican American War.

Parent County

1847--Page County was created 24 February 1847 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Appanoose County prior to organization 22 March 1852. County seat:  Clarinda

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

1858 The courthouse and the records were destroyed by fire.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

• Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle.
• When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog.
• Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Places/Localities

Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

• Buchanan
• Clarinda
• Hawleyville
• Nebraska Township
• Shenandoah

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Blanchard Braddyville Clarinda Coin	College Springs Essex Hepburn Northboro	Shambaugh Shenandoah Yorktown
Unincorporated communities
Hawleyville
Townships
Amity Buchanan Colfax Douglas East River Fremont	Grant Harlan Lincoln Morton Nebraska	Nodaway Pierce Tarkio Valley Washington

Neighboring Counties

Adams  • Fremont  • Mills  • Montgomery  • Taylor  • Atchison County, Missouri  • Nodaway County, Missouri

Resources

African American

United States African Americans Iowa African Americans

• African American Museum of Iowa The heritage of African Americans in Iowa
  

Biographies

• Family Biographies from The History of Page County, Iowa (1880) published by Iowa Historical Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.
  

• Biographical history of Page County, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to at Ancestry.com ($)

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
IAGenWeb	WorldCat	Billion Graves
IAGenWeb Archives		FamilySearch Places
Tombstone Project
Iowa Gravestones
Billion Graves
See Iowa Cemeteries for more information.

• Iowa WPA Gravestone Project -- Nice name index for many cemeteries in Iowa

• Rose Hill Cemetery  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1850	551	—
1860	4,419	702.0%
1870	9,975	125.7%
1880	19,667	97.2%
1890	21,341	8.5%
1900	24,187	13.3%
1910	24,002	−0.8%
1920	24,137	0.6%
1930	25,904	7.3%
1940	24,887	−3.9%
1950	23,921	−3.9%
1960	21,023	−12.1%
1970	18,537	−11.8%
1980	19,063	2.8%
1990	16,870	−11.5%
2000	16,976	0.6%
2010	15,932	−6.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

State Census

• 1895 - Iowa State Census, 1895 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1905 - Iowa State Census, 1905 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1915 - Iowa State Census, 1915 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1925 - Iowa State Census. 1925 at FamilySearch — index and images

• An article about the Federal and State Census Records that exist for Iowa. Iowa Census

Church

Most church records are held by individual churches. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Iowa Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places

Land

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. They include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Iowa Land and Property for information about early Iowa land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, transactions were usually recorded and housed at the county courthouse.

• Iowa Page County Recorder's Office has property and misc. records dating back to 1838. Genealogy research is not performed by the Page County Recorder’s office. However, this office has land and vital records that are open to the public.

• 1839 - 1875 Land Abstracts Andreas Plat Book 1900  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Page County, Iowa Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Iowa Local Histories.

• Page County history, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

• Biographical history of Page County, Iowa: Chicago: Lewis & Dunbar, 1890. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.

• History of Page County, Iowa: also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county. By W. L. Kershaw. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909. Online at: Vol.1 FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Google Books, Vol. 2 FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).

• History of Page County, Iowa: containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory, war record, history of Iowa. Reprint of 1880 edition published by the Iowa Historical Co., Des Moines. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Hathitrust.

• The history of Page County, Iowa: from the earliest settlement, in 1843, to the first centennial of American independence, July 4, 1876, including a period of thirty-three years. By E. Miller. Clarinda, Iowa : Herald Book & Job Office, 1876. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Maps

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
• [1] David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. This Collection features the city of Shenandoah.
• Map of 1905 Page County, Iowa
• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military

• 1835-1998 - Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1949 - Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1862-1910 - Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910 at FamilySearch — index

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Page County, Iowa Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Page County, Iowa Genealogy:

- 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K

- 23rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F

- 23rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F

• 1st Iowa Regiment Cavalry  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

World War II

• WWII Honor Roll of Dead and Missing  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1859-1990 - United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Page County, Iowa Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat
• FamilySearch. Do a Page County, Iowa Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see, FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

• Page County Obituaries  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Probate

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

In most counties in Iowa, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.

• A Family Search article about the Probate Records that exist for Iowa. Iowa Probate Records

Taxation

• 1934-1958 - Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958 at FamilySearch — index

Iowa tax records complement land records and can supplement the years between censuses. Iowa's unique Old Age Assistance tax gives names, addresses and birth years. There may be gaps of several years. For more information, see the wiki page Iowa Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded by civil officials on registers, certificates, and other documents. Copies or extracts may be purchased from the Iowa Department of Public Health or the County Clerk's office. See also Iowa Vital Records.

Births

• 1830-1950 - Iowa Births and Christenings 1830-1950 at FamilySearch
• 1850-1939 - Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1880-1935 - Iowa, County Births 1880-1935 at FamilySearch
• 1921-1942 - Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942 at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

• 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
• 1809-1992 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1809-1992 - Iowa Marriages 1808-1992 at FamilySearch - Index
• 1836-1926 Iowa, Marriages, 1836 - 1926 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1838-1934 - Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1880-1951 Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images

Deaths

• 1850-1990 - Iowa, Deaths and Burials 1850-1990 at FamilySearch
• 1880-1992 - Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992 at FamilySearch — index
  
• 1900-1939 Iowa Death Index, 1900-1939 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1904-1951 - Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1920-1967 Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images

Family History Centers

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Shenandoah Iowa Family History Center

Societies and Libraries

Nodaway Valley Historical Museum
1600 S. 16th Street
PO Box 393
Clarinda, Iowa 51632
Telephone:712-542-3073
E-mail: pagecountyhistory@yahoo.com
Website

Greater Shenandoah Historical Society
800 W Sheridan Ave
PO Box 182
Shenandoah Iowa 56101
Telephone:712-246-1669
E-mail:gshmuseum@hotmail.com

Website

Lied Public Library
100 E. Garfield St.
Clarinda, Iowa 51632
Phone:1-712-542-2416
E-mail: askliedlib@iowatelecom.net
Hours:
Monday: 12pm-8pm;Tues-Thur: 9:30am-6pm; Fri: 9:30am-5:00pm; Sat: 9:30am-1pm; Sun: Closed

Websites

Sites with online indexes or images of records pertaining to Page County, Iowa Genealogy
State Historical Society of Iowa	Free	Select from research collection topics
The Iowa Heritage Digital Collection	Free	digital images from a variety of Iowa cultural institutions - results of "page county" in the search box
State Library of Iowa	Free	electronic depository of documents intended for the general public produced by Iowa agencies - results of "page county" in the search box
IAGenWeb	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
SFB Family Research	$$$	Local resident with access to the courthouse and the records there
USGenWeb Archives	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions
genealogytrails.com	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
[2] [3][4] FamilySearch	Free	Births, 1880-1935; Deaths 1880-1992; Marriages, 1838-1934; all indexes

Sites that search for links pertaining to Page County, Iowa Genealogy
RootsWeb Resources	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions
Linkpendium	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
CyndisList	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
Page County (ldsgenealogy.com)	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
StateofUS.com	Free	family history resources and government records

Major catalogs for hard copy collections of Page County, Iowa Genealogy Books, microfilm, or manuscripts of genealogical records
FamilySearch Catalog	Select topics. To select towns, add a comma to the search box.
WorldCat	To find nearby libraries that have specific items, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
Allen County Public Library	located in Indiana They are heavily involved in digitizing.
See also local libraries and Iowa Archives and Libraries

Social networking sites pertaining to Page County, Iowa Genealogy
GeneaBloggers	enter "Iowa" in search box to see list and links to Iowa blogs
Facebook	list of groups from "Iowa Genealogy" search
genealogy.com	IA Genealogy Forum
ancestry.com	Page County Message Board

References

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