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Boone County is located in central Iowa about 45 miles northwest of Iowa's capital city of Des Moines. Although settlers were known to briefly live in the county as early as 1843, the first permanent settler, Charles Gaston arrived in 1846, the same year Iowa became a state. Boone County was established as a county in 1847, however for a couple of years it remained a part of Polk County for judicial, voting and tax purposes. The county was formally organized in 1849.
BOONE COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!!
For information about applying for this County Coordinator position,
please contact the IAGenWeb Welcome Hosts. For questions or to contribute to this site, please contact Cheryl, the Temporary Boone County Coordinator.
Where do you start on this site? Begin with Research Resources where you will find many links to help with your research.
What's New
2 Oct 2020 Completed rewriting and adding to new look of website25 Sept 2020 Transcribed multiple chapters of History of Boone County 1880 added to History page
23 Sept 2020 Completed the Madrid Bios for the Biographies page through L.
8 Sept 2020 Discovered 1896 Patron's directory linked to wrong file - fixed
2 Sept 2020 New updated website started
1 Sept 2020 Added transcriptions of birth & delayed birth certificates to Vitals Page
31 Aug 2020 transcribed Boone Co. Births 1882 and added to Vitals Page
30 Aug 2020 transcribed Iowa Patents for Boone Co from 1866 to 2020
26 Feb 2020 Transcribed more Madrid Bios for the Biographies page. Now complete through K.
25 Feb 2020 Added new transcript of Mitchell Cemeterywith photos, link to Cemeteries Listing
20 Sept 2019 Transcribed more Madrid Bios for the Biographies page.
Historic Historic What's New page.
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