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Carroll County Iowa

 


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Cities and Towns

Arcadia -- Breda -- Carrollton -- Coon Rapids -- Dedham
Glidden -- Halbur -- Lanesboro -- Lidderdale -- Manning
Ralston -- Templeton -- Willey -- Other Inland Towns

 Carroll County is divided into eighteen townships:

Arcadia -- City of Carroll -- City of Manning
Eden -- Ewoldt -- Glidden -- Grant
Jasper -- Kniest -- Maple River -- Newton
Pleasant Valley -- Richland -- Roselle
Sheridan -- Union -- Washington -- Wheatland


County Information
Organized in 1851 from Guthrie County, it is named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The county seat is Carroll

 

 
ONLINE DATA

Births

Biographies

State Bird and Flower

Cemeteries

Census Data

Deaths & Obituaries

Historical Info

Marriages

Military Data

News Articles

Wills

Website updates:
02 Apr 2012: Military Info - Civil War - 1883 Civil War Pensioners
12 Mar 2012: Obit - Rev. R. Hastings; John Schubert; Charles Vetter
09 Mar 2012: Bio - Mrs. Roger S. Galer
06 Mar 2012: News - Ruth Anne Myers First Local Girl To Join WAACs
05 Mar 2012: Histories of Towns
Census: 1856 Census

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Surrounding Counties
Sac County (northwest)
Calhoun County (northeast)
Greene County (east)
Guthrie County (southeast)
Audubon County (south)
Crawford County (west)

 

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