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From: "Marthann KOHL" <>
Subject: [IOWA] IOWA STATE CENSUS, 1895
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:41:18 -0500


IOWA STATE CENSUS, 1895
(Update adding Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek,
and Ringgold Counties)

This database contains information from the 1895 Iowa State Census
for the counties of Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Buchanan, Buena Vista,
Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Davis,
Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines (Burlington City, and Augusta-Yellow
Springs townships), Dickinson, Dubuque (Dubuque City wards 1-5, and
Cascade-Whitewater townships), Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont,
Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison (part),
Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson,
Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon,
Madison, Mahaska (Oskaloosa City, Ward 4 - Rose Hill Township),
Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery,
Muscatine, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas,
Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, and Ringgold. Information listed
includes the name of every member of the household, their sex, age,
birthplace, and location (town and county). More counties will be
added to the database in coming months.

Microfilmed copies of this census are held at the State Historical
Society of Iowa and the LDS Family History Library. The 1890 U.S.
Federal Census was damaged and destroyed by fire in 1921. Less than 1
percent of the schedules are available for research today. Because of
this problem, the 1885 Iowa State Census has become a highly valuable
source as it provides a wealth of information that would otherwise be
found in the Federal Census.

Source Information: Ancestry.com "Iowa State Census, 1895" [database
online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Iowa.
"1895 Iowa State Census." State Historical Society of Iowa, Des
Moines, Iowa.

Ancestry.com subscribers can search this database at:
http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=4717&key=D7321

This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction
Project and can be searched through its main page at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm

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