Steve williams will do lookups from material donated by sharyl ferrall digitized maps online. Organized by county and township, the details show land ownership, depict the raw landforms, water bodies and natural occurrences. For civil administrative purposes, iowa state law allows each county board of supervisors to divide the county into townships. Iowa county, ia plat map property lines, land ownership. Editors frequently monitor and verify these resources on. Home products allamakee county, ia plat and directory book. Over 4,000 pages from nearly 100 county atlases from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring maps as well as advertisements, photographs, and local histories. Iowa atlases, farm directories, and plat books access. The iowa gis maps search links below open in a new window and take you to third party websites that provide access to ia public records. We have collated these from a variety of online sources, and provide them here as a single source for all online iowa atlases, iowa farm directories, and iowa plat books. Iowa counties historic atlases the university of iowa. An elected or appointed board of trustees governs each township. An extremely limited quantity of 2017 and 2016 plat books may be available for purchase at a reduced rate.
The cedar county plat book and atlas document complete pdf is a very large file and may take a long time to download to your system depends on your internet speed. Get property lines, land ownership, and parcel information, including parcel number and acres. Where can find iowa county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. The large maps are from 251kb 314kb, so allow time for them to load if you have a slow internet connection. Map, available online, atlas and plat book of guthrie county, iowa. Book, list, record, or schedule kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer. About land records and deeds in iowa deeds and other document recording are managed by the iowa county recorders and the iowa land records office. The first two counties, des moines county and dubuque county, were created in 1834 when iowa was still part of the michigan territory. Several types of maps are useful for genealogists as they search information in iowa. Iowa genealogy free iowa genealogy access genealogy. Any changes made to the plat via an affidavit or other means may not be represented.
County atlases maps collection the university of iowa. Plat book of buchanan county, iowa iowa heritage digital. At that time, all plat book pages were scanned and indexed by an outside consultant in preparation for the digital mapping effort. View free online plat map for allamakee county, ia. Highresolution plat maps for houston, allamakee and. The first allamakee county courthouse, built in 1861, now serves as the allamakee county historical museum. Retail plat books can be purchased from the following company. Original entryland patents, des moines county, iowa, book 1 worldcat plat book of des moines, county iowa.
Hixson plat map atlases of iowa the university of iowa libraries. Plat book of page county, iowa iowa heritage digital collections. This collection of maps was created between 1837 and 1851 and details the land of the developing state of iowa. State historical society of iowa has some plat maps located within the county records section. This is a rester dataset of georeferenced township maps from the general land office glo surveys beginning in 1836 through 1859. After you have completed your selection, click the continue search button. The collection is international in scope and covers a roughly 800 year period of publishing history. Plat book of allamakee county, iowa, 1886 the university.
Microfilm copies of township plats are available at the family history library for some of the counties. Plat books for counties in iowa are listed in the place search of the family history catalog under. Topographical, plat, land ownership maps plus many others are described in the maps for the united states. The acrevalue iowa county, ia plat map, sourced from the iowa county, ia tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Others are rare antique maps, part of the collection by an exclusive. Historic iowa county maps these maps are provided to help locate the numerous small settlements within a county and to determine the historic boundaries of a county. The state of iowa collection contains 4,548 atlases spanning 153 years of growth and development 1855 through 2008. Most iowa atlases available in the collection may be found online in infohawk.
For each township in the county, there are two additional maps. Plat book of hamilton county iowa 1980 by kesler, mary and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Then in 2002, the county entered into a contract with promap, a division of the schneider corporation, for the creation of several datasets including, but not limited to, lots, parcels, road and railroad centerlines, rights of way, voting. State map of county and city files cartography and traffic data home. This state page of our website provides direct links to major databases and historical titles and information found on iowa genealogy, whether they exist on our site, or across the web. It contains maps of original landowners patent maps in what is now iowa county, wisconsin, gleaned from the indexes of the u. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. This collection contains digital atlases, farm directories, and plat books for all 99 iowa counties. Data distribution gis data is primarily delivered to natural resource managers and the public through the states iowa geodata gis clearinghouse, dnr gis web services, and web mapping applications. In 1997, allamakee county first embarked on a plan to develop and implement a geographic information system. To clear your selections and start over, click the clear button.
The state library of iowa recently digitized a book of plat maps from of the des moines river valley. Of the approximately 4,000 iowa maps included in both locations of the state historical society of iowa library, the des moines branch has original plat maps created by the territorial land surveyors. Of the counties of iowa state library commission of iowa historical building des moines, iowa 50319 compiled september 1978. Iowa county plat books iowa county historical society. Iowa county map, iowa county plat map, iowa county parcel. Plat maps include information on property lines, lots, plot boundaries, streets, flood zones, public access, parcel numbers, lot dimensions, and easements. Some maps give historical background of the area or show migration routes, such as roads, rivers, and railroads. Description questions description rural directory books include plat maps, directory maps, county maps, directory alpha listings, plat alpha listings, and 911 addresses. The acrevalue clayton county, ia plat map, sourced from the clayton county, ia tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres.
This dataset contains the townships, ranges, and sections of the public land survey system plss in iowa. Current county maps for iowa can be ordered from the iowa department of transportation. The cedar county plat book and atlas document complete pdf is a very large file and may take a long time to download to your system depends on your. The acrevalue allamakee county, ia plat map, sourced from the allamakee county, ia tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Acrevalue helps you locate parcels, property lines, and ownership information for land online, eliminating the need for plat books. Plat book of page county, iowa iowa heritage digital. Beacon and combine both webbased gis and webbased data reporting tools including cama, assessment and tax into a single, user friendly web application that is designed with your needs in mind. Allamakee county, ia plat and directory book farm and. Each book accurately shows rural land ownership over 5 acres, parcel boundaries, roadways, waterways, railways, section lines, municipal boundaries, acreage and an index to owners. Containing outline map of the county, plats of all the townships with owners names, iowa state map showing automobile roads, map of the united states, giving parcel post data, etc. Housed on the third floor of the main library, the map collection contains more than 250,000 sheet maps, including maps issued by city, county, state and national governments, international organizations, and a variety of commercial publishers.
The documents on this site represent the original recorded plat. This alphabetic list of townships in iowa is based on the u. Online searches of recorded land documents for all iowa counties can be performed through the land records offices. Kenyon company des moines, iowa 1915 clarke county iowa 29 pages. Desktop directories pdf version plat land owner plat directories colorado plat directories. The source of the georeferenced images is scanned microfilm of plats from the state archives. Maps, atlases, surveys browse all collections iowa.
The maps are fairly easy to read, divided by townships. Two years later, the western portion was split off to become iowa territory. Click any of the maps below to enlarge them in a new browser window. These antique maps and atlases are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. Iowa county assessor 901 court avenue marengo, ia 52301 voice. Iowa county maps are available in a variety of printed and digital formats to suit your needs. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. In preparation for michigans statehood, part of michigan territory was formed into wisconsin territory in 1836. Iowas 10 largest cities are des moines, cedar rapids, davenport, sioux city, waterloo, iowa city, council bluffs, ames, dubuque and west des moines. You may choose a county from the selection box or the county map. Records kept include deeds, mortgage documents, easements, and liens. The acrevalue iowa county, wi plat map, sourced from the iowa county, wi tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Whether you are looking for a traditional printed county plat book, historical plat maps or highly attributed gis parcel data map with boundaries and id number, we have the most uptodate parcel information available.
Then in 2002, the county entered into a contract with promap, a division of the schneider corporation, for the creation of several datasets including, but not limited to, lots, parcels, road and railroad. Iowa historical maps and atlases historic map works. The cedar county complete plat book and atlas pdf document is a very large file and may take a long time to download to your system depends on your internet speed. The derivation of the name is debated, some believing it was the name of an indian chief, others think it was named for allen magee, an early historic trader. Officialplat means either an auditors plat or a subdivision plat that meets the. General land office maps of the state of iowa iowa geodata. Allamakee county, ia plat map property lines, land ownership.
Iowa geodata a wide variety of data available for download or streaming. Select one or more counties in which to search for a document. In addition to older county atlases and land ownership records available in film, fiche, digital, and physical format, the ui map collection also owns newer plat books, from the 1950s and 1960s on, for all counties in iowa. Warner and footes 1886 plat book of allamakee county, iowa.