| The counting of Madison County citizens began with
the Iowa State Census of 1849 which listed names of heads of the
household and the number of residents therein. This was followed the next
year by the 1850 Federal Census. Frequent Iowa state censuses
were taken early on and in 1885, became a decennial event through
1925. Most
of these records have been transcribed and are available on the Iowa Archives
website, a digital library of the USGenWeb
Project. |