Buena Vista County History and Genealogy Welcome to Iowa Genealogy Trails! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it. This county website is in need of a permanent host. If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information page and Email Kim. A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required.   Cities and Towns Albert City -- Alta -- Lakeside -- Linn Grove Marathon -- Newell -- Rembrandt Sioux Rapids -- Storm Lake -- Truesdale County Information County Seat: Storm Lake Year Organized: 1851 Square Miles: 575 Named for the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican War Courthouse: P.O. Box 220 County Courthouse Storm Lake, IA 50588-0220 Phone: (712)749-2542   ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Cemeteries Census Data Deaths Historical Info Marriages Military Data News Articles Obituaries Funeral Cards Website Updates: 14 Jan 2010: News Articles - G. H. Groom, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Reed, Bank Robbers Secure $3000, Velda Wellnitz Past Updates We'll be adding data to this site as we can. You can help us to get this site growing by sending in your family's data. Regretfully we are unable to perform personal research. Subscribeto our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other midwestern websites.   Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Back to Iowa Genealogy Trails State Site Surrounding Counties Clay County (north) Pocahontas County (east) Sac County (south) Cherokee County (west)   Original artwork by Dr. Michael Romans ©2007, Storm Lake resident. All rights reserved. Thanks to Carole Martin for the picture of Storm Lake Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.