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Winneshiek County, Iowa

 


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Cities and Towns

Townships

Calmar
Castalia
Decorah
Fort Atkinson
Jackson Junction
Ossian
Ridgeway
Spillville

Bloomfield
Bluffton
Burr Oak
Calmar
Canoe
Decorah
Frankville
Freemont
Glenwood
Hesper

Highland
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Military
Orleans
Pleasant
Springfield
Sumner
Washington

 


County Information


County seat: Decorah
Year Organized: 1847
Square Miles: 690

The county was originally settled in 1848 in present day Bloomfield Township (near Castalia, Iowa) and in Washington Township (near Fort Atkinson, Iowa). It was organized in 1847.

Courthouse:
201 W. Main Street
County Courthouse
Decorah, IA 52101-1713
Phone: (563)382-5085
Fax: (563)387-4083

 

 
ONLINE DATA

 

Births

Biographies

State Bird and Flower

Deaths

Census Data

Marriages

Cemeteries

Newspapers

History

Obituaries

Military Data

Family Sites

   
Website Updates:
27 Jan 2008; County History Up-dated and Biography Added
18 Jan 2008: County History
15 Jan 2008: HOLTER Obituary
14 Jan 2008: WEISER biography
28 Dec 2007: Stalding Family link

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Surrounding Counties
Fillmore County, MN (northwest)
Houston County, MN (northeast)
Allamakee County (east)
Fayette County (south)
Chickasaw County (southwest)
Howard County (west)
Clayton County (southeast)

 

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