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History and Genealogy
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Madison County Iowa

 


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Cities and Towns

Bevington ~~ Earlham ~~ East Peru ~~ Macksburg
Patterson ~~ St. Charles ~~ Truro ~~ Winterset

Covered Bridges:
Cedar Bridge
Cutler-Donahoe Bridge
Hogback Bridge
Holliwell Bridge
Imes Bridge
Roseman Bridge


County Information

Madison County is famous for being the county where John Wayne was born, and for a number of covered bridges. These bridges were featured in the book and movie, The Bridges of Madison County

The County seat is Winterset

 


Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now bypassed)
(changed from Spanning Middle River at county road), Winterset vicinity, Madison County, IA
[Picture from Library of Congress]

 
ONLINE DATA

Births

Biographies

State Bird and Flower

Cemeteries

Census Data

Churches

Historical Info

Marriages

Military Data

News Articles

Obituaries/Deaths

Schools


Website updates:
14 Apr 2012: Historical Info - 1850 Post Offices & Post Masters; 1851 Lawyers
25 Mar 2012: Obit - Mary Elizabeth Haynes Buchanan
21 Mar 2012: Obit - Hugh L. Short
18 Mar 2012: Bio - Mrs. Frederick P. Hartsook
05 Oct 2011: Bio - David F. Steele
14 Aug 2011: Historical Info - 1916 Pioneer Deaths, The German Settlement In Penn Township

Past Updates

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Surrounding Counties
Dallas County (north)
Warren County (east)
Clarke County (southeast)
Union County (southwest)
Adair County (west)

 

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