Ringgold County Contacts

Local Newspaper Office

Mount Ayr Record-News
122 W. Madison St.
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
(641) 464-2440

Local Libraries

Mount Ayr Public Library
121 W. Monroe St.
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
(641) 464-2159

This is what is available in the above library:

Collections and Resources at the Mount Ayr Public Library

1. -Local, county & other county histories
2. -Family histories
3. -Ringgold county atlas, plat maps & plat maps of other counties
4. -Ringgold co. federal census 1860-1920
5. -Oral history collections
6. -Various county church records (1800-1924)
7. -Bohemian settlers, 1856-1900
8. -Zaruba family records 1864-1900
9. -Ringgold co. Beall directories 1896 & 1899
10. -Misc. cassette tapes of old-timer interviews
11. -Newspapers (microfilm):
    • Ringgold Record (1872-1908)
    • Twice-a-Week News (1892-1907)
    • Mount Ayr Journal (1893-1920)
    • Kellerton Globe (1894-1907)
    • Mount Ayr Record News (108-1989)
    • Redding Herald (1915-1919; 1926-1947)
    • Redding Rustler & Redding Register (1901 and 1906)
    • Shannon City Messenger (1915-1918)
    • Diagonal Reporter (1918-1972)
    • Tingley Vindicator (1903-1948)
    • Ringgold County "Old Timers" Bulletin (1930-1946)

    Vital statistics resources:

12. -Register of marriages 1855-1912
13. -Birth records for Ringgold co. (index 1880-1897)
14. -County death records (index 1880-1897)
15. -Marriage records for county (index 1880-1913)
16. -Index to wills (1858-1880)
17. -Gravestone records (1800-1930)
18. -Cemetery records for county
19. -Obituary collection for county

Local Vital Records Office

Ringgold County Court House
P. O. Box 523
Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854
phone:641-464-3234 or 641-464-2478