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Known Communities Where Children Were Placed or Lived
Compiled by Madonna Harms

 
This is a list of the cities & counties in Iowa where the children were placed and/or lived.  The list is arranged alphabetical by community.

 

Communities with County

Ackley, Hardin
Adel, Dallas
Afton, Union
Albia, Monroe
Alden, Hardin
Algona, Kossuth
Allison, Butler
Ames, Story
Anamosa, Jones
Anderson, Fremont
Andrew, Jackson
Applington, Butler
Arcadia, Carroll
Ashton, Osceola
Atlantic, Cass
Audubon, Audubon
Aurora, Keokuk
Baldwin, Jackson
Bancroft, Kossuth
Barnum, Webster
Bellevue, Jackson
Bidwell, Wapello
Blairsburg, Hamilton
Blairstown, Benton
Blanchard, Page
Boone, Boone
Breda, Carroll
Brighton, Washington
Britt, Hancock
Brooklyn, Benton
Brooks, Adams
Burlington, Des Moines
Bussey, Marion
Cantril, Van Buren
Carbon, Adams
Carroll,Carroll
Castalia, Winneshiek
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids, Linn
Center Point, Linn
Centerville, Appanoose
Centralia, Dubuque
Charles City, Floyd
Charlotte, Clinton
Cherokee, Cherokee
Chester, Howard
Clarence, Cedar
Clarinda, Page
Clarion, Wright
Clarksville, Butler
Clear Creek, Allamakee
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo
Clinton, Clinton
Coggon, Linn
Collins, Story
Coon Rapids, Carroll
Corning, Adams
Corydon, Wayne
Cottage Grove, Scott
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
Creston, Union
Cumberland, Cass
Dakota City, Humboldt
Davenport, Scott
Dawson, Webster
Decatur City, Decatur
Decorah, Winneshiek
Defiance, Shelby
Des Moines, Polk
DeWitt, Clinton
Dougherty, Cerro Gordo
Dows, Wright
Dubuque, Dubuque
Duncombe, Webster
Dunlap, Harrison
Dyersville, Dubuque
Dysart, Tama
Eagle Grove, Wright
Earlville, Delaware
Early, Sac
Eddyville, Mahaska
Elberon, Tama
Eldora, Hardin
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto
Epworth, Dubuque
Estherville, Emmet
Fairbank, Fayette
Fairfax, Linn
Fairfield, Jefferson
Farley, Dubuque
Farragut, Fremont
Farson, Wapello
Fayette, Fayette
Forest City, Winnebago
Forest Mills. Allamakee
Franklin, Clayton
Franklin,  Decatur
Franklin, Jasper
Franklin, Lee
Franklin, Linn

Fredericksburg, Chickasaw
Fremont, Mahaska
French Creek, Allamakee
Ft. Dodge, Webster
Galt, Wright
Garner, Hancock
Garrison, Benton
George, Lyon
Gilbertville, Black Hawk
Glenwood, Mills
Gowrie, Webster
Grand Junction, Greene
Grand Mound, Clinton
Granville, Mahaska
Gravity, Taylor
Greene, Butler
Greenfield, Adair
Grinnell, Poweshiek
Griswold, Cass
Grundy Center, Grundy
Hamburg, Fremont
Hampton, Franklin
Hardy, Humboldt
Harlan, Shelby
Hawkeye, Des Moines
Hawkeye, Fayette
Hawkeye, Hancock
Hawkeye, Marion
Hazelton, Buchanan
Henderson, Mills
Hopkinton, Delaware
Houghton, Lee
Hubbard, Hardin
Hudson, Black Hawk
Humboldt, Humboldt
Imogene. Fremont
Independence, Buchanan
Indianola, Warren
Ioka, Keokuk
Iowa City, Johnson
Iowa Falls, Hardin
Jefferson, Clayton
Jefferson, Dubuque
Jefferson, Fayette
Jefferson, Greene
Jefferson, Henry

Jerome, Appanoose

Kensett, Worth
Keosaqua, Van Buren
Kilbourne, Van Buren
Knox, Black Hawk
Knox, Fremont
Knoxville, Marion
Lacona. Hancock
Lacona, Warren
Ladora, Iowa
Lansing, Allamakee
LaPorte City, Black Hawk
Lawler, Chickasaw
LeMars, Plymouth
Lenox, Taylor
Leon, Decatur
Lewis, Cass
Lima, Pottawattamie
Lime Springs, Howard
Linden, Dallas
Little Cedar, Mitchell
Lorimer, Union
Lovilla, Monroe
Luxemburg, Dubuque
Lyons, Clinton
Malone, Clinton
Malvern, Mills
Manchester, Delaware
Manilla, Crawford
Manson, Calhoun
Mapleton, Monona
Maquoketa, Jackson
Marble Rock, Floyd
Marcus, Cherokee
Marengo, Iowa
Marshalltown, Marshall
Mason City, Cerro Gordo
Massena, Cass
Maxwell, Story
Mechanicsville, Des Moines
Midgeville, Lee
Mineral Ridge, Boone
Mo. Valley, Harrison
Monticello, Poweshiek
Morning Sun, Louisa
Mt. Pleasant, Henry
Murray, Clark
Muscatine, Muscatine
Nashua, Chickasaw
Neola, Pottawattamie
Nevada, Story
New Hampton, Chickasaw
New Hartford, Butler
New London, Henry
New London, Linn
New Sharon, Mahaska
New Vienna, Delaware
Newton, Jasper
Northwood, Worth
Norway, Benton
Norway, Fayette
Norwich, Jones
Norwich, Page
Oakland, Clarke
Oakland, Delaware
Oakland, Dubuque
Oakland, Franklin
Oakland, Louisa
Oakland, Pottawattamie
Oakland, Van Buren
Ocheydon, Oceola
Ogden, Boone
Olewein, Fayette
Onawa, Monona
Orchard, Mitchell
Osage, Mitchell
Osceola Clarke
Oskaloosa, Mahaska
Otterville, Buchanan
Ottumwa, Wapello
Parkersburg, Butler
Perry, Dallas
Petosa, Dubuque
Pocahontas, Pocahontas
Pomeroy, Calhoun
Portsmouth, Shelby
Postville, Alamakee
Postville, Clayton
Prairie Church Lockridge, Jefferson
Prescott, Adams
Quasqueton, Buchanan
Quigley, Clinton
Raymond, Black Hawk
Red Oak, Montgomery
Remsen, Plymouth
Renwick, Humboldt
Rhoads, Taylor
Rhoads, Marshall
Richland, Jones
Richland, Keokuk
Riverton, Floyd
Riverton, Fremont
Rock Rapids, Lyon
Rodney, Monona
Roland, Story
Rose Hill, Mahaska
Rossville, Allamakee
Rowley, Buchanan
Ryan, Delaware
Sanborn, O'Brien
Searsboro, Poweshiek
Seney, Wayne
Sexton, Kossuth
Seymour, Wayne
Shell Rock, Butler
Shennadoah, Fremont
Sherrill, Dubuque
Sidney, Fremont
Sigourney, Keokuk
Silver City, Woodbury
Slater. Story
Spencer, Clay
Spirit Lake, Dickinson
Springville, Linn
St. Catherine, (Illinois)
St. Mary's, Warren
St. Mary's, Linn
Staceyville, Mitchell
Stanhope, Hamilton
Stanwood, Cedar
Story City, Story
Stratford, Webster
Strawberry Point, Clayton
Stuart, Adair
Stuart, Guthrie
Summerset, Adair
Summerset, Warren
Sumner, Bremer
Tabor, Fremont
Taintor, Mahaska
Tama, Tama
Thor, Humboldt
Thorpe, Delaware
Traer, Tama
Tripoli,Bremer
       
Union, Hardin
Union, Polk
Union, Pottawattamie
Union, Van Buren
Villisca, Montgomery
Vinton, Benton
Wadena, Fayette
Walford, Linn
Walker, Linn
Wallingford, Washington
Waterloo, Black Hawk
Waterville, Allamakee
Waukon, Allamakee
Waverly, Bremer
Webster City, Hamilton
Weller, Monroe
Wellsburg, Page
Wesley (Sexton), Kossuth
West Bend, Palo Alto
West Union, Tama
Westphalia, Shelby
Whitten, Hardin
Williams, Hamilton
Williamsburg, Iowa
Winterset, Madison
Winthrop, Buchanan
Woodburn, Clark
Wyoming, Jones
Wyoming, Muscatine
Yarmouth, Des Moines

 

 

~Revised by L. Ziemann 2024