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Des Moines County, Iowa

Books

1. Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa : containing biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent citizens of to-day and also of the past. / Chicago: Hobart Pub. Co., 1905, 1101 pgs. (Surname list)

2. The First Census of the Original Counties of Dubuque and Demoine (Iowa) Taken in July, 1836 / Des Moines Iowa: Historical Dept. of Iowa, 1897-1898, 90 pgs.

• Most counties are included in the Iowa statewide books

• Click here for a brief history of Des Moines County

Periodicals

Hawkeye Heritage:

• Fall 1966 Hawkeye Heritage
  • Abandoned Towns
  • 1836 Census
  • Historical Background
  • Marriage Records 1835-1839
• 1968 issues of Hawkeye Heritage
  • List of Letters (April 1968 Hawkeye Heritage)
  • October 1968 Hawkeye Heritage
    • Lockhart Cemetery
    • Northfield Cemetery
    • Porter Cemetery
    • Rock Springs Cemetery
    • South Walker Cemetery
    • Unnamed Cemetery
• April 1969 Hawkeye Heritage
  • Park Church Cemetery
  • Swede's Cemetery
  • Unnamed Cemetery
  • Unnamed Cemetery
• 1836 Census of Demoine County T-U-V (January 1970)
• April 1971 Hawkeye Heritage
  • Marriage Records, 1842
  • Marriage Records, 1847
  • Mohnike Cemetery
  • Ramsey Cemetery
• April 1972 Hawkeye Heritage
  • Chapella and Unnamed Cemeteries
  • Other Cemeteries
  • Elliott, Swede and Union Twp Cemeteries - Ammunition Plant
  • Mormon, Lee and Carter Cemeteries - Ammunition Plant
  • Spring Creek Cemetery - Ammunition Plant
• Declarations of Intent and Naturalizations (Winter-Spring)

Palimpsest:

• Beginnings of Burlington (November 1921) (Text Only)
• Lincoln at Burlington (October 1943) (Text Only)
• Burlington Backgrounds - Daughter of Hawkeyeland (April 1949) (Text Only)
• Robert J. Burdette (July 1961)
• William Salter: Portrait of a Pioneer Preacher (July/August 1973)
• A Yankee Sailor in Dixieland Jails (Lt. George Remey) (November/December 1973)
• Bob Burdette and the Hawk-Eye Sharpshoot a General (July/August 1977)
• The Durable Buildings of Burlington (May/June 1980)
• End of Innocence (May/June 1979)
• Furlough (May/June 1979)

Annals of Iowa History:

• Know Nothing Party in Des Moines County (January 1934) TEXT Only
• Place-Names of Des Moines County (July 1937) TEXT Only
• Place-Names of Des Moines County (October 1937) TEXT Only
• Place-Names of Des Moines County (January 1939) TEXT Only
• Place-Names of Des Moines County (April 1939) TEXT Only

Iowa Journal of History and Politics:

• Early Land Claims in Des Moines County (April 1912) TEXT Only

DES MOINES COUNTY as first established in 1834 embraced nearly one-half of the territory of the future State of Iowa. But in December, 1836, the counties of Lee, Van Buren, Henry, Louisa, Muscatine and Cook were created from territory within its limits. It was named for the Des Moines River and in January, 1838, was reduced to nearly its present boundaries, lying on the Mississippi River in the second tier north of the Missouri State line. It has an area of but four hundred thirteen square miles.

Source: History of Iowa: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Benjamin F. Gue. New York: The Century History Co. 1903 #