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 county seat is Montezuma. The county is named for the chief of the Fox tribe who signed the treaty ending the Black Hawk War. Poweshiek County was formed in 1843. It was named for a chief of the Fox Indian people. The Poweshiek County Courthouse, completed in 1859, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On Line Data

Cities     Barnes City     Brooklyn     Deep River     Grinnell     Guernsey     Hartwick     Malcom     Montezuma     Searsboro     Victor Census-designated places     Holiday Lake Unincorporated communities     Ewart Townships     Bear Creek     Chester     Deep River     Grant     Jackson     Jefferson     Lincoln     Madison     Malcom     Pleasant     Scott     Sheridan     Sugar Creek     Union     Warren     Washington

Poweshiek County Court House

Adjacent counties
    Tama County (north)
    Iowa County (east)
    Keokuk County (southeast)
    Mahaska County (south)
    Jasper County (west)

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