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Monroe County, Iowa

Books

1. Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa / New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903, 617 pgs. (Surname list)

2. Monroe County history, Iowa / Des Moines, Iowa?: unknown, 1940, 91 pgs.

3. Hickenlooper, Frank.. An illustrated history of Monroe County, Iowa : a complete civil, political, and military history of the county, from its earliest period of organization down to 1896 : including sketches of pioneer life, anecdotes, biography, and long-drawn reminiscences spun out by the "oldest inhabitant" / Albia, Iowa: unknown, 1896, 370 pgs. (Table of Contents)

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Periodicals

• Marriages (October 1973)
• Hickory Grove Cemetery (Summer 1981)
• Winter 1984
  • Cemeteries of Monroe County
  • The Mary Barnes Prill Collection (Mantua Township)
• Winter 1985
  • Henry WALLACE's First Preaching Assignment Was Service Chapel
  • Service Chapel Cemetery
  • Marriages, 1861-1863
  • Genealogical Research in Monroe County
• Will Books A, B, and C (Winter 1986)
• Autumn 1988
  • 1880 Census, Village of Bridgeport, Pleasant Township
  • Bridgeport Cemetery, Pleasant Township
  • Family Records - SALES
• Supervisor's Minute Book #2 (Autumn 1991)

Palimpsest:

• A New Life: The Iowa Coal Mines (March/April 1975)
• Highway Commercial Architecture: Albia, Iowa's "Dutch Mill" (May/June 1977)

MONROE COUNTY lies in the second tier north of the Missouri line and in the fifth west of the Mississippi River. It has twelve congressional townships containing an area of four hundred thirty-two square miles. The county was first named Kishkekosh and organized under that name but changed to Monroe August 1, 1846, in honor of the fifth President of the United States. A history of its organization and early settlements will be found in the sketch of Kishkekosh County. The name of the county-seat, Princeton, was changed to Albia. In 1854 A. C. Barnes established a newspaper at Albia in the interest of the "free soil" movement which was called the Albia Independent Press. The main line of the Burlington Railroad runs through the county from east to west with a branch to Des Moines.

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 #