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Welcome to Poweshiek County Genealogy Site!

Poweshiek County IAGenWeb is open for adoption. For more information please contact the IAGenWeb Welcome Hostess.

If you have contributions or need assistance contact the temporary County Coordinator, Cindy Booth Maher. As I do not live in the county, I am unable to do individual research. Please post to the Queries Board for assistance from others.

We have many genealogical resources available here, just click on the links to the left and be sure to scroll down to our special projects. IAGenWeb is a not-for-profit organization made up of volunteers.

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Poweshiek County Courthouse Circa 1912
Photo from Digital Grinnell Repository

Poweshiek County Courthouse 2018

Poweshiek County Courthouse 2018
Photo from Mark O. Wilson
Fun Facts of Poweshiek County:

The County Seat is Montezuma
The County is named after the Indian Chief of the Fox Tribe
The County was formed in 1843
The population in 1850 was 615
The population in 2010 was 18,914
The largest city is Grinnell
The smallest town is Guernsey

See if our neighbors have any more information for you:


Marshall	Tama	Benton
Jasper	Poweshiek	Iowa
Marion	Mahaska	Keokuk