Dickinson County IA Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Dickinson Records by TypeBirth Records (6)Cemetery Records (51) Census Records (48) Church Records (2) City Directories (7) Death Records (10) Histories and Genealogies (15) Immigration Records (2) Land Records (11) Map Records (19) Marriage Records (12) Military Records (6) Minority Records (2) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (43) Probate Records (3) School Records (31) Tax Records (1) 
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Overview of Dickinson County Records
- Dickinson County was created in 1851 from unorganized territory.
- Birth, marriage, and death records for 1880 and later can be obtained from the Iowa Department of Public Health.
- The Dickinson County courthouse had a fire in 1871 and some early records were destroyed.
- The Dickinson County Clerk District Court has birth records starting in 1880, marriage records starting in 1880, death records starting in 1880, burial records, divorce records, probate records starting in 1880, and clerk records starting in 1880.
- The Dickinson County Recorder has land records starting in 1861.
- Online indexes and images for many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.