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Des Moines County, Iowa, United States

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Details for Des Moines County

NameDes Moines County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Iowa, United States
County SeatBurlington
Coordinates
Latitude 40.9167032 40° 55' 00.1" N
Longitude -91.1834814 91° 11' 00.5" W
Population42,614
Elevation211 m
Surrounding CountiesMercer (Illinois) NE
Henderson (Illinois) SE
Hancock (Illinois) S
Lee SW
Henry W
Louisa N
USGS GNIS FeatureID465217
Histopolis Place ID726695418
Updated Apr 16, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Des Moines County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Iowa Ghost Towns - Des Moines County [Iowa Ghost Towns]
http://iowaghosttowns.com/desmoinescounty.html (24 Jul 2008)

Des Moines County, Iowa Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Des Moines County, Iowa
http://www.interment.net/us/ia/desmoines.htm (16 May 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Des Moines County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=7278&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (10 Dec 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=575 (24 Aug 2009)

Des Moines County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Des Moines County, Iowa IA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7278 (13 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Des Moines County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Des Moines County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Des_Moines/ (30 Dec 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Des Moines County, Iowa [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Des Moines County, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines_County,_Iowa (4 Aug 2010)

Des Moines County Iowa Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/dmoines/cemetery.html (9 Oct 2009)
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Surveys in Des Moines County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 18 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Des Moines County. You can navigate to any of the 18 survey townships that overlap Des Moines County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Des Moines County

12 Townships
BentonConcordiaDanvilleFlint River
FranklinHuronJacksonPleasant Grove
TamaUnionWashingtonYellow Springs

Cities of Des Moines County

5 Cities, 23 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AugustaBeaverdaleBurlington (city)Congers Mobile Home Park
Danville (city)Danville CenterDodgevilleEcho Valley Mobile Home Park
GarlandGreen Acres Mobile Home ParkHuronKemper
KingstonKlineKossuthLatty
Mediapolis (city)Middletown (city)NorthfieldPatterson
Pleasant GrovePrairie GroveRoscoeSkunk River
SperrySpring GroveWest Burlington (city)Yarmouth

Cemeteries of Des Moines County

89 Cemeteries, 5 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Aspen GroveAugustaBazelBlakeway
Burlington JewishBurlington Roman CatholicButcherCarter
Carter Burial PlotChandlerChief Tama GraveCovenanter
Cowles Farm PlotCrinerDankwardt Memorial ParkDolbee
DravisDriskill FarmElliotFlint River Township
Franklin MillsFreitasGallharGreenwood
HawkeyeHazel GroveHinson Family PlotHukill Farm
Huron IslandJacksonJaggarJewish
JohnsonKingstonKossuthLatty
Lee Burial PlotLeuins PointLinn GroveLong Creek Methodist
LoperMemorialMemorial ParkMeyers Family Plot
MiddletownMiller Family PlotMillerburgMohnike
MormonNeberryNorth Sixth StreetNorthfield
Old County HomeOld DanvilleOld Geode ParkOld Stone
Old SwedishPegtownPleasant GrovePorter
Prairie GrovePrugh Farm PlotRamseyRenner Farm
Rock SpringRound PrairieSacred HeartSaint John's Lutheran
Saint John's UnitedSaint MarysSaint Mary'sSaint Mary's Catholic
Salem LutheranSchilbSchnupper FarmSharon Reformed Presbyterian
ShilohSiefken Family PlotSixth Street CatholicSourwine
South WalkerSpring CreekSpring GroveSt. John's Lutheran (*)
St. John's United (*)St. Marys (*)St. Mary's (*)St. Mary's Catholic (*)
SwedeTalbert FamilyThie FarmWalker
Welsh ChapelWykerts

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