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Iowa Census Notes
Iowa was part of the Missouri Territory from 1812-1821.
Between 1824 and 1834, it was unorganized territory.
Iowa was part of the Wisconsin Territory between 1836 and 1838.
Iowa Territorial Census Records begin in 1836 and end in 1840.
1847 Sac & Fox Indian Census - a special census enumeration that could prove useful.
Iowa state Census records exist for 1846, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1859, 1885. 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 and possibly other years.
Soundex code indexes for Federal Iowa census records are available on microfilm for census years: 1880, 1900, and 1920.
Federal Iowa census records begin in 1840 and continue every 10 years. Census years available to the public include: 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930.
1890 Federal Census records for Iowa were completely destroyed by fire, including the special Veterans and Widows Census.
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census year and where to find census records online. This section of Census Finder covers each census year from 1790-1930 and will
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Prior
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percentage decreases the further back in time the event occurred.
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