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History and Genealogy
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Van Buren County, Iowa

 


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Cities and Towns

Birmingham
Bonaparte
Cantril
Douds
Farmington
Keosauqua
Leando
Milton
Mount Sterling
Selma
Stockport

Van Buren County is a rural area; it contains no stop lights and no fast food chains
(source: wikipedia.org, 2/2007)


County Information
County Seat: Keosauqua
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 485

Named for President Martin Van Buren

Courthouse:
P.O. Box 475
County Courthouse
Keosauqua, IA 52565-0475
Phone: (319) 293-3129

This is the oldest continuously operational courthouse in the state of Iowa, and second oldest in the United States

 

 
ONLINE DATA

[Coming Soon!]
Biographies Births

State Bird and Flower

Cemeteries Census
Families Historical Info
Marriages Military Data
Newspapers Obituaries/Deaths
People
Website Updates:
15 Apr 2012: Historical Info - 1850 Post Offices & Post Masters; 1851 Lawyers
02 Apr 2012: Census - 1850 Census (partial); 1860 Census (partial); 1870 Census (partial)
01 Apr 2012: Obit - Calvin Daughters
27 Mar 2012: People - Clark Townsend & Sarah E. (Kelley) Townsend
26 Mar 2012: Bio - Henry C. Caldwell
25 Mar 2012: Bio - Ross J. Clark
24 Mar 2012: Bio - Madison W. Harris
21 Mar 2012: Bios - Mrs. Roger N. Cresap; Mrs. Dorothy Christy Ketcham; Mrs. Julia Baldwin McKibbin; Mrs. Howard Tedford; Mrs. Thomas S. Wells
20 Mar 2012: Obit - Squire Ayers; Silas Saulsbury
16 Mar 2012: Bio - John R. Riley
11 Mar 2012: Bio - Samuel Mercer Clark
14 Feb 2012: Bio - Hugh Merideth
03 Jan 2012: Bio - John H. Taylor

Past Updates

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Surrounding Counties
Jefferson County (north)
Henry County (northeast)
Lee County (east)
Davis County (west)
Clark County, MO (southeast)
Scotland County, MO (southwest)

 

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