Trails to the Past Iowa Benton County

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. Benton County was formed on December 21, 1837 from sections of Dubuque County. It was named after US Senator Thomas Hart Benton.   On Line Data                                     Cities Atkins Belle Plaine Blairstown Garrison Keystone Luzerne Mount Auburn Newhall Norway Shellsburg Urbana Van Horne Vinton Walford Townships Benton Big Grove Bruce Canton Cedar Eden Eldorado Florence Fremont Harrison Homer Iowa Jackson Kane Leroy Monroe Polk St. Clair Taylor Union Census-designated place Watkins       Adjacent counties Black Hawk County (northwest) Buchanan County (northeast) Linn County (east) Iowa County (south) Tama County (west) Benton County Court House   Webspace has been generously provided by Genealogy Village and Access Genealogy Thank You!   The information on Trails to the Past © Copyright    may be used in personal family history research, with source citation. The pages in entirety may not be duplicated for publication in any fashion without the permission of the owner. Commercial use of any material on this site is not permitted.  Please respect the wishes of those who have contributed their time and efforts to make this free site possible.~Thank you!