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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.
Winneshiek county a largely
rural and agricultural county. Winneshiek County
has a rich cultural history from Czech, Slovak,
English, Irish, German, Swiss, and Norwegian
immigrants that have settled within its
boundaries.
The county was originally settled in
1848 in present-day Bloomfield Township (near
Castalia, Iowa) and in Washington Township (near
Fort Atkinson, Iowa). It was organized in 1847,
and named after a chief of the Winnebago
tribe.
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Cities
Calmar
Castalia
Decorah
Fort
Atkinson
Jackson
Junction
Ossian
Ridgeway
Spillville
Census-designated
place
Burr Oak
Other
unincorporated communities
Bluffton
Festina
Frankville
Highlandville
Kendalville
Ghost towns
Conover
Townships
Bloomfield
Bluffton
Burr
Oak
Calmar
Canoe
Decorah
Frankville
Fremont
Glenwood
Hesper
Highland
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Military
Orleans
Pleasant
Springfield
Sumner
Washington |
Winneshiek County
Court
House
Adjacent counties
Fillmore
County, Minnesota
(northwest)
Houston
County, Minnesota
(northeast)
Allamakee
County (east)
Fayette
County (south)
Chickasaw
County (southwest)
Howard
County (west)
Clayton
County
(southeast) |
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