Dickinson County Iowa Genealogy and History

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 Dickinson 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 Arnolds Park -- Lake Park -- Milford Okoboji -- Orleans -- Spirit Lake Superior -- Terril -- Wahpeton West Okoboji -- County Information County Seat: Spirit Lake Year Established: January 15, 1851 Year Organized: January 22, 1853 (effective August 3, 1857) Square Miles: 381 The county was named in honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, a U.S. Senator for New York. Courthouse: 1802 Hill Avenue County Courthouse Spirit Lake, IA 51360-1259 Phone: (712)336-3356   ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Cemeteries Census Data Historical Info Marriages Military Info News Articles Obituaries/Deaths Website Updates: 20 Mar 2012: Historical Info - 1857 Spirit Lake Indian Massacre = Indian Outrages In the Northwest; The Massacres in Minnesota; More Indian Murders at Spirit Lake; The Rescue of Miss Gardner, Murder of Mrs. Nobles; The Rescue of Mrs. Marble; Victims of the Sioux 08 Mar 2012: News - Upper Iowa Medical Association 08 Jan 2012: Bio - Bion Joseph Arnold 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. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other midwestern websites. Submit your Iowa Obituaries HERE. Submit Cemetery Records For Any Cemetery in Iowa Using This Form! Regretfully we are unable to perform personal research.   Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Back to Iowa Genealogy Trails State Site Surrounding Counties Jackson County, Minnesota (north) Emmet County (east) Clay County (south) Osceola County (west)  All data on this website is Copyright ©2007-2009 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.