County Resources in Union County, Iowa
RESEARCH RESOURCES
1. Union County Courthouse; 300 N. Pine, Creston, Iowa 50801
County Clerk Telephone # (641) 782-7315
Recorder's Office Telephone # (641) 782-7616
Hours: 8:00-4:30 Monday-Friday
Handicapped Accessible
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2. Union County Genealogical Society,
c/o Gibson Memorial Library,
200 W. Howard St., Creston, Iowa 50801
Contact Person: Jessie Thompson (641) 782-5366
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3. Union Co. Historical Society,
c/o Marcella Howe
1101 N. Vine, Creston, IA 50801
Museum Location: McKinley Park, Creston, Iowa
Telephone # (641) 782-8159 museum, (515) 782-4247 Marcella
Howe
Local histories, atlases, neighboring county histories
1880-Present, photographic collection, bible records, school records,
newspapers, and more.
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4. Libraries with Genealogical Collections
a. Gibson Memorial Library, 200 W. Howard St., Creston, IA
50801
Hours: Mon & Wed 10-8 PM; Tues.,Thurs. & Fri. 10-6 PM;
Sat. 10-3 PM
Collection of references, cemetery records, census, city
directories, genealogies, newspapers, local references, and
obituaries
Handicapped Accessible
b. Southwestern Community College Learning Resource Center,
1501 W. Townline Road, Creston, Iowa 50801
Telephone # (641) 782-7081 or 1(800) 247-4023
A few county histories and general references.
Handicapped Accessible
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5. Historic Sites, Museums
a. Mt. Pisgah Mormon Historic Site
South of Lorimor, west of US Highway 169
b. Union County Historical Complex, McKinley Park, Creston,
Iowa
Hours:June through August; daily 1-5PM
1890's replica village including log cabin, caboose, stores,
church, school, barn, home, research library and others.
Library is Handicapped Accessible
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6. Green Valley Area Education Agency, 1405 N. Lincoln, Creston,
Iowa 50801
Hours: 7:30-4:00 M-F
Telephone # (641) 782-8443 or 1 (800) 362-1864
Some rural and town school enrollment records, 1930 and
later.
Handicapped Accessible
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7. Union County Abstract, Inc.; 107 E. Montgomery, Creston, Iowa
50801
Telephone #(641) 782-4610
Property ownership records from 1850's to the present. (Must know
legal description)
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FUNERAL HOMES
1. Powers Funeral Home
612 North Dodge Street, Afton, Iowa 50830
601 New York Avenue, PO Box 431, Creston, Iowa 50801
(641) 782-7036
Records include Lindsay, Keating, Dietrick Funeral Homes in
Creston, Afton, and Lorimor funeral homes.
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2.Coen-Beatty-Pearson Family Funeral Service
809 West Montgomery
Street, Creston, Iowa 50801
(641) 782-6555