MADISON COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS

 

Composite Census Index

  You no longer need to open each census or census index to locate your relative. For the convenience of our users, we have created a composite of all the Madison County census indices for the transcribed census shown in the table below. Census indices for all Federal censuses from 1850 through 1930 and Iowa State censuses from 1849 through 1895 plus 1925 are now in one alphabetized master list titled the Composite Census Index.

 

The counting of Madison County citizens began with the Iowa State Census of 1849 which listed names of heads of the household and the number of residents therein.  This was followed the next year by the 1850 Federal Census. Frequent Iowa state censuses  were taken early on and in 1885, became a decennial event through 1925.

1849 Iowa State Census 1880 Federal Census & Index
1850 Federal Census & Index 1880 Federal Mortality Schedule & Index
1850 Federal Mortality Schedule 1885 Iowa State Census & Index
1851 Iowa State Census & Index 1890 Federal Census (destroyed by fire)  See CENSUS SUPPLEMENTS below.
1852 Iowa State Census 1895 Iowa State Census & Index
1854 Iowa State Census & Index 1900 Federal Census & Index
1856 Iowa State Census & Index 1905 Iowa State Census   ***
1859 Iowa State Census 1910 Federal Census & Index
1860 Federal Census & Index 1915 Iowa State Census   ***
1860 Federal Mortality Schedule 1920 Federal Census & Index 
1870 Federal Census & Index 1925 Iowa State Census & Index
1870 Federal Mortality Schedule 1930 Federal Census & Index
1873 Iowa State Census & Index 1940 Federal Census        ***
  1950 Federal Census Tools
*** These censuses have not been transcribed by Madison County volunteers and are not in the Composite Census Index. To provide you with access to this information, the links take you to census information at FamilySearch.org.  There is no cost to access FamilySearch.org.

 

CENSUS SUPPLEMENTS

 

Although not as comprehensive as government censuses, there have been occasional tallies of specific categories of persons living in Madison County for commercial purposes. 

1878 List of Madison County Farmers by Post Office

1892 Madison County Farmers by Post Office 

 

Madison County Census Transcriptions

In addition to the table shown above, Madison County Census
 transcriptions are available at the following links:

Ancestry ($$)              Family Search

 US Census                  USGenWeb       

 

Maintained by the County Coordinator

This page was created on July 10, 2004.
This page was last updated Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 12:49:14 CDT .