Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas 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 Fonda -- Gilmore City -- Havelock Laurens -- Palmer -- Plover Pocahontas -- Rolfe --Varina County Information County Seat: Pocahontas Year Organized: 1851 Square Miles: 578 The county was named in honor of Pocahontas, the Virginia Indian princess who is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life and who married John Rolfe Courthouse: 99 Court Square County Courthouse Pocahontas, IA 50574-1629 Phone: (712)335-3361   ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Deaths & Obituaries Census Data Marriages Cemeteries News Historical Info Military Data Naturalizations Website Updates: 04 Dec 2009: Updated Cemetery List 01 Nov 2009: News - Dr. Phillips & Samuel Hughes "The Marvin sensation" Abortion Case 24 Sep 2009: Bios - John W. Bailey, George Behrendsen, Harry A. Blizzard, William H. Burnett, Abram Burson, John R. Burson, Wm. Michael Byrne, Samuel M. Carleton, George Challand, Mrs. Sarah A. Clark & Joseph Chapman Historical Info - 1865 to 1869 Pioneers & Hait’s Sawmill Military - WWII Army & Airforce Casualties Cemeteries - Cedar Township Cemetery Births Marriages Naturalizations 6 May 2007: Cemeteries, Obit for VIAL 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. Engraving of Pocahontas 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 Palo Alto County (north) Humboldt County (east) Webster County (southeast) Calhoun County (south) Buena Vista County (west) Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.