The Crawford County, Iowa, IAGenWeb Project


Genealogical and historical data about Crawford County and its people.
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The Database is where you will find genealogical and historical data about Crawford County and its people.

If you have any data helpful to genealogical research from Crawford County and would like to contribute information please let us know. Email
We especially welcome historical name directories or histories of towns, schools, churches, or organizations that would be of help in genealogical research.

Please Note: You may find spellings of names, places, dates, etc. which are different from what you know them to be. In order to maintain the integrity of the original document on these web pages we cannot change the data as it was found in the original document.


Crawford County Name Lists


go 1872-1914, Alumni and Ex-Students of Iowa State College, ...with notes from 1917. Found in the Iowa History, an IAGenWeb Special Project.

1875, List of 180 Crawford County Patrons of Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa.

1893, Genealogical data for 285 Crawford County families from Biographical History of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties

1899 - 1916 , Paradise Township Officers from the Township Clerk's Record Book.

1911, Genealogical data for 460 Crawford County families from History of Crawford County, Iowa, Vol. I.,

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Crawford County Military Personnel

Civil War, 1861-1865, The Twenty Crawford County Men Who Served in the Military during the Civil War.

1911, Roster of 375 military servicemen in History of Crawford County, Vol. II.

World War I, 1917-1918, Lists of Draft Registrations, Enlistments, Mobilization, etc., from Crawford County as published in the Denison Review.

World War I, 1917-1919, News from the Denison Review. Includes articles about Crawford County people and events, and letters from service people.

World War II news items about Crawford County people in the military.

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Crawford County Maps


Crawford County. Present day map.

1875, Crawford County and Township Maps.

1875, Denison Town Plan.

1895 Crawford County Map.

1920 Crawford County Township Plat Maps.

go USGS/GNIS Database of Crawford County Place Names. Click on "Search Domestic Names". Choose State name, enter county name, choose a " Feature Class" you want to see, click on " Send Query ". You receive a table of place names descriptions. From the description page of the feature you have multiple choices for a map server.

go 1895 Atlas of maps for any state and county in the United States.

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Miscellaneous Information Links

Traditional German Cookery. A project of Weihnachtsfest in Manning, Iowa.

1858 Ship List, SS New York from Bremen that carried Fred Dethlefsen's g.g. grandparents to America.

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