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Trails
to the Past of Iowa is accepting any donations of
genealogy materials that you may have such as marriage
announcements, news articles, old obituaries, births,
(you do not need the birth certificate) just the
information, and biographies. If you have any of
these items please contact me Marie
Miller the Iowa State
Administrator.
The land
that now forms Dallas County was ceded by the Sac and
Fox nation to the United States in a treaty signed on
October 11, 1842. On January 13, 1846, the legislative
body of the Indiana Territory authorized creation of
twelve counties in the Iowa Territory, with general
descriptions of their boundaries. Dallas County's name
referred to United States Vice President George M.
Dallas, who served from 1845 to 1849.
In 1847
the county residents voted to designate Penoch as the
county seat (the name was changed to Adel in 1849). The
county's population grew rapidly, with settlers coming
to claim homesteads. By 1870 the population had crossed
the 12,000 mark.
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Cities
Adel
Bouton
Clive
Dallas Center
Dawson
De
Soto
Dexter
Granger
Grimes
Linden
Minburn
Perry
Redfield
Urbandale
Van Meter
Waukee
West Des Moines
Woodward
Unincorporated
communities
Booneville
Townships
Adams
Adel
Beaver
Boone
Colfax
Dallas
Des
Moines
Grant
Lincoln
Linn
Spring
Valley
Sugar Grove
Union
Van
Meter
Walnut
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Dallas County Court House
Adjacent counties
Adair
County
- southwest
Boone
County -
north
Greene
County - north and
northwest
Guthrie
County - west
Madison
County
- south
Polk
County - east
Warren
County
-
southeast
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