Central Community Historical Society

Address: 628 - 6th. Ave., DeWitt, Iowa 52742

Hours:

  • Sunday 1 - 4
  • Monday 8:30 - 11:30
  • Thursday 8:30 - 11:30

By Appointment Anytime by calling: Ann at 563-357-4075 Or E-Mail Ann Soenksen about Information.

Material that is available for Genealogy Research:

  • All Cemeteries in Clinton County
  • All County History Books
  • Maps of Clinton County 1868-1997
  • 70,000  3 x 5 index cards of birth, deaths, marriage anniversary and one year old.
  • Files on Genealogy research from over the past 15 years
  • The Complete set of Books of the Civil War in the State of Iowa
  • 286 indexed scrapbooks
  • Family History's from all over the U.S. which have been donated to the Society
  • The DeWitt Observer, the Charlotte Record, the Grand Mound Record, the Wheatland Gazette and the Lost Nation Record has been digitized from 1865 to the present for all the newspaper.
  • All the tombstones in 81 cemeteries have been recorded.
  • We also have school yearbooks from the area schools, numerous booklets from various churches and towns.

We do do genealogy look-ups for people. We ask for a donation for our time, miles and copies.

Anyone may join the historical society. It is $15.00 for a single, $20.00 for a family and $50.00 for a friend and $100.00 for a supporting member or anything in between.

The Reprinting of the Combined Atlases and Plat book for Clinton County is chock full of invaluable historical and genealogical information. Included are:

  • Outline maps of Clinton County
  • Maps of Iowa
  • 1874, 1905 and 1924 Atlases
  • 1894 Plat Book
  • 1874 Business Directory
  • 1894 Patrons Directory
  • 1905 Advertisements - Portraits of prominent citizens - Farmers and Land Owners Directory
  • 1925 Farmers Directory and Agriculture Data

This reprint is printed on acid free paper and library hardbound in the highest grade buckrem and handsomely stamped in rich gold foil. The Central Community Historical Society is making this volume available for $75 plus $5 s/h in an insulated bag. Mail your check or money order to Central Community Historical Society, 2503 340th Ave., DeWitt IA 52742-9408.

They also have for sale the hard-bound indexed 1879 History of Clinton County. Please contact Ann for more information.

Please contact Ann Soenksen with any questions or requests.