Clinton County IA Genealogy

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Clinton Records by Type

Birth Records (9)
Cemetery Records (305)
Census Records (82)
Church Records (23)
City Directories (70)
Court Records (3)
Death Records (20)
Histories and Genealogies (21)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (19)
Map Records (37)
Marriage Records (11)
Military Records (10)
Miscellaneous Records (4)
Newspapers and Obituaries (111)
Probate Records (9)
School Records (68)
Tax Records (1)

Clinton County Records by City/Town

Andover Genealogy (47)
Bloomfield Genealogy (64)
Calamus Genealogy (51)
Camanche Genealogy (49)
Center in Clinton County Genealogy (44)
Charlotte Genealogy (55)
Clinton Genealogy (222)
DeWitt Genealogy (72)
Deep Creek Genealogy (45)
Delmar Genealogy (53)
Eden in Clinton County Genealogy (44)
Elk River Genealogy (48)
Elvira Genealogy (45)
Elwood Genealogy (50)
Goose Lake Genealogy (50)

Grand Mound Genealogy (53)
Grant in Clinton County Genealogy (44)
Hampshire Genealogy (49)
Liberty in Clinton County Genealogy (44)
Lost Nation Genealogy (47)
Low Moor Genealogy (45)
Lyons Genealogy (64)
Olive Genealogy (52)
Orange Genealogy (53)
Sharon Genealogy (55)
Spring Rock Genealogy (47)
Washington in Clinton County Genealogy (47)
Waterford Genealogy (47)
Welton Genealogy (55)
Wheatland Genealogy (73)

Overview of Clinton County Records

Clinton County was created in 1837 from Dubuque County.
Birth, marriage, and death records for 1880 and later can be obtained from the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The Clinton County Clerk District Court has birth records starting in 1880, death records from 1880 to 1935 and from 1941 to the present, marriage records starting in 1840, probate records starting in 1840, and divorce and clerk records starting in mid-1800s.
The Clinton County Recorder has land records starting in 1840.
Online indexes and images for many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.