Lucas County, Iowa



 



Lucas County Courthouse, Chariton, Iowa



(Click on photo for larger image.  Contributed by Delbert Spencer, Colorado)



 

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I'm the Lucas County Coordinator for IAGenWeb.  My name is Ann (Sears) Selvig. I look forward to adding your contributions to the Lucas County web site. 


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1850 United States Federal Census
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Lucas County GAR Posts 1860 United Stated Federal Census
1812 Lucas County Veterans
1870 United States Federal Census Maps
Veteran Burials in Lucas County 1900 United States Federal Census Maps
1883 Pensioners List


Vietnam war casualties
1895 Iowa State Census Lucas County Directories
Korean war casualties

1943 Russell Directory

Postcards of Lucas County
1955 Russell Directory

Lucas County postcards April 1963 Humeston Derby Phonebook
Lucas County Courthouse - Iowa State Association of Counties
June 1956 Chariton, Lucas, Williamson Phonebook


Lucas County businesses 1912-1913
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William Naismith Transcribed Marriage Indexes - 1850-1900 Lucas County Cemetery List

Transcribed Early Marriages - 1880-1899 Other Cemetery Information
Miscellaneous Lucas County Death Records Lucas County Birth Records

Iowa Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 1904-1906 Birth Index
Lucas County Ministers and Pastors
 Lucas County Death Index Jul 1918 - 1922
1905 Post-Offices and Postmasters
 Lucas County Death Index 1935 - 1939 Lucas County Physicians
Chariton class of 1879 Commencement
1886 - 1887
History of the Derby M. E. Church - 1900
Biographies

1913 Past & Present of Lucas & Wayne Counties Lucas County Mining History


Lucas County Mining Casualties


Lucas County Mine Inspections 1937-1947







 






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Lucas County was founded January 13, 1846 and is named after former Territorial Governor Robert Lucas.  The county has a total area of 434 square miles, of which 431 square miles are land, with 3.8 square miles being water.

Counties adjacent to Lucas include Warren County to the northwest, Marion County to the northeast, Monroe County to the east, Wayne County to the south and Clarke County to the west.

The population of Lucas County in the 2020 census was 8,634 people
which was a decrease of 254 people or decline of -3%.

The population of Lucas County in the 2010 census was 8,898 people which was a decrease of 524 people or decline of 5.6%.

The population of Lucas County in the 2000 census was 9,422 people.

Chariton is the county seat, as well as being the largest city with a population of 4,193 in 2020.  Other cities include Russell, Lucas, Williamson and Derby with Norwood being unincorporated. 

Lucas County has 12 townships, Benton, Cedar, English, Jackson, Liberty, Lincoln, Otter Creek, Pleasant, Union, Warren, Washington and Whitebreast.

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