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.

Emmet County was authorized by the Iowa Legislature in 1851. There were finally enough settlers in the area to organize the county in 1859. The county was named for the Irish patriot Robert Emmet, who was hanged as a traitor to the British government at the age of 25.

On Line Data

Cities Armstrong Dolliver Estherville Gruver Ringsted Wallingford Unincorporated communities Forsyth Gridley Halfa Hoprig Huntington Island Grove Maple Hill Raleigh Townships Armstrong Grove Center Denmark Ellsworth Emmet Estherville High Lake Iowa Lake Jack Creek Lincoln Swan Lake Twelve Mile Lake

Emmet County Court House

Adjacent counties
Jackson County, Minnesota (northwest)
Martin County, Minnesota (northeast)
Kossuth County (east)
Palo Alto County (south)
Dickinson County (west)

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