Dickinson County Iowa Genealogy and History

Welcome to Iowa Genealogy Trails! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it. This Dickinson county website is in need of a permanent host. If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information page and Email Kim. A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required. Cities and Towns Arnolds Park -- Lake Park -- Milford Okoboji -- Orleans -- Spirit Lake Superior -- Terril -- Wahpeton West Okoboji -- County Information County Seat: Spirit Lake Year Established: January 15, 1851 Year Organized: January 22, 1853 (effective August 3, 1857) Square Miles: 381 The county was named in honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, a U.S. Senator for New York. Courthouse: 1802 Hill Avenue County Courthouse Spirit Lake, IA 51360-1259 Phone: (712)336-3356   ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Deaths Census Data Marriages Cemeteries Newspapers Historical Info Obituaries Military Data Website Updates: Mar 2009: 1860 Postmasters Dec 2008: Newspaper Items: Travel News, Sick List, Gossip. Tour and History of Dickinson County; 1898 Storm newsstory Sep 2008: GORHAM obits 31 Oct 2007: WELLHAUSEN obit 9 May 2007: STILLWELL, BARR obits 7 May 2007: CRAMER/DIXON obits; cemetery list We'll be adding data to this site as we can. You can help us to get this site growing by sending in your family's data. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other midwestern websites.    Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Back to Iowa Genealogy Trails State Site Surrounding Counties Jackson County, Minnesota (north) Emmet County (east) Clay County (south) Osceola County (west)  All data on this website is Copyright ©2007-2009 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.