- this page was updated 08/19/09 -

A full transcription of the first census for the area that would become the state of Iowa. The settled areas at that time were within the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase and include, in whole or in part, Clayton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren & Washington counties. (link opens in a new window)

1836 census - Wisconsin Territorial counties of Dubuque & Des Moines

1860 Clayton County Federal Census

Transcribed by various volunteers

Notes!
*Only the Lodomillo and Cass twp. files are included on a search of this website. The others need to be browsed.
*Some of 1860 file links may not work on all computers & may need to be viewed from the USGenWeb Census Project website

Index
A * B * C-D * E-G * H-J * K-L * M-O * P-R * S * T-Z

all files * partial

Note! The 1880 file links may not work on some computers & may need to be viewed from the USGenWeb Census Project website