Woodbury County Iowa Genealogy
"Woodbury County was established and boundaries defined by Chapter 9 of the laws of the Third General Assembly, approved January 15, 1851. The name given it by that act of the Legislature was “Wahkaw”. The name “Wahkaw” is from the Sioux Indian language and means ‘big medicine’. Fifty counties were created in Iowa by that act."
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The Woodbury County Courthouse.
In 1973, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbury_County_Courthouse
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Old to new street names from the 1932 City Directory
Everything you want to know about tombstones.
http://www.sculptor.org/cemeteries/HeadstoneInscriptions.htm
The Daily Reporter - Marriage -Divorce 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919,1920, 1921, and 1927
International African American Museum (IAAM) web site Center for Family History http://www.iaamuseum.org
Woodbury County Cities of the Past
Woodbury County Genealogical Society
Woodbury County Physicians' Directory
Woodbury County Directory of Optometrists and Opticians for 1920
Woodbury County Coordinator
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