History and Genealogy of Story County, Iowa
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Cities and Towns Ames -- Cambridge -- Collins -- Colo Gilbert -- Huxley -- Kelley -- Maxwell -- McCallsburg Nevada -- Roland -- Slater -- Story City -- Zearing Courthouse: 900 6th Street County Courthouse Nevada, IA 50201-2004 Phone: (515)382-7200 County Seat: Nevada Year Organized: 1846 Square Miles: 573 Named for Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story.		County Information The first settlers in Story County came mainly from Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania. Later, many Norwegians, Germans and Danes came directly from overseas and inhabited the area. The first large population influx occurred during the 1850's. Story County was not mentioned in the Federal Census in 1850, but figures from the State of Iowa put the population at 214 in 1852. By 1860 the population had increased to 4,501
ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Cemeteries Census Data History County History Map Marriages Military Data Newspapers Obituaries Website Updates: 05 Dec 2009: Updated Cemetery List Apr 2009: Mrs. H. H. Allen Dec 2008: Mrs. Gillie obit 27 Jan 2008: County History 30 Apr 2007: Kopf obit; Peoria Cemetery Burials, cemeteries of Story Co.		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.
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