You'll find some very helpful background information at IAGenWeb's pages on Iowa Censuses.
Be sure to look at the links in the gold column on the left, especially Iowa's Territorial and State Census Years,
which lists the years in which censuses were taken and which counties were included.
On-site Census Records
Poor Farm Census records 1880-1930
1852
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all |
Constance Diamond |
1860
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index |
Nettie Mae |
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All Images |
Washington
Township: 353-380 Jackson Township: 381-397 Jefferson Township: 398-410 Maxfield Township: 411-417 Franklin Township: 418-425 Polk Township: 427-440 Lafayette Township: 440-448 Warren Township: 449-453 Douglas Township: 453-457 Frederika Township: 457-460 Fremont Township: 461-467 Dayton Township: 467-471 Leroy Township: 471-477 Sumner Township: 477-482 |
SKPublications |
1870 [off-site]
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195A-200A | Edwin L. Parker | |
Douglas Part 1 | 201A-206B | Edwin L. Parker |
Douglas Part 2 | 207A-209B | Edwin L. Parker |
Franklin Twp. | 209A-217A | |
Frederika Twp. | 218A-222B | |
Fremont Twp. | 223A-230B | Rebecca Seehausen |
Jackson Twp. | 231A-245A | |
Jefferson Twp. | 246A-255B | |
Lafayette Twp. | 256A-266B | |
Leroy Twp. | 267A-271B | |
Maxfield Twp. | 272A-281A | |
Polk Twp. | 282A-297B | |
Sumner Part 1 | 298A-305A | Rebecca Seehausen |
Sumner Part 2 | Rebecca Seehausen | |
Warren Twp. Part 1 | 306A- | Rebecca Seehausen |
Warren Twp. Part 2 | Rebecca Seehausen | |
Washington Twp. | 318A-330A | |
Waverly 1st Ward | 331A-336A | |
Waverly 2nd Ward | 337A-344B | |
Waverly 3rd Ward | 345A-353B | |
Waverly 4th Ward | 354A-360B | |
Census Notes | Edwin L. Parker | |
All Townships | Images | source: SKPublications |
1880
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all |
Polly Eckles |
1885
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003 | Karlyn Armstrong | |
Douglas Twp. | 037 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Franklin Twp. | 067 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Frederika Twp. | 093 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Fremont Twp. | 117 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Jackson Twp. | 155 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Jefferson Twp. | 197 | Monte Bonorden |
La Fayette Twp. | 225 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Le Roy Twp. | 257 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Maxfield Twp. | 280 | Monte Bonorden |
Polk Twp. | 320 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Sumner Twp. | 366 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Warren Twp. | 410 | Monte Bonorder |
Washington Twp. | 446 | Barb Wright |
Waverly 1st Ward (Washington Twp) | 475 | Barb Wright |
Waverly 2nd Ward (Washington Twp) | 492 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 3rd Ward (Washington Twp) | 513 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 4th Ward (Washington Twp) | 538 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 5th Ward (Washington Twp) | 560 | Karlyn Armstrong |
1895
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003 | Karlyn Armstrong | |
Douglas Twp. | 031 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Franklin Twp. | 062 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Frederika Twp. | 087 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Fremont Twp. | 110 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Jackson Twp. | 168 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Jefferson Twp. | 207 | Monte Bonorden |
LaFayette Twp. | 239 | Karlyn Armstrong |
LeRoy Twp. | 274 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Maxfield Twp. | 295 | Monte Bonorden |
Polk Twp. | 330 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Sumner Twp. | 379 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Sumner City Part 1 | 409 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Sumner City Part 2 | 432 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Warren Twp. | 456 | Monte Bonorder |
Washington Twp. | 487 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 1st Ward (Washington Twp) | 516 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 2nd Ward (Washington Twp) | 533 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 3rd Ward (Washington Twp) | 562 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 4th Ward (Washington Twp) | 589 | Karlyn Armstrong |
Waverly 5th Ward (Washington Twp) | 610 | Karlyn Armstrong |
1900
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1910
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1920
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1930
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1940
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