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Fayette County, Iowa, United States

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Details for Fayette County

NameFayette County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Iowa, United States
County SeatWest Union
Coordinates
Latitude 42.8666471 42° 51' 59.9" N
Longitude -91.8501647 91° 51' 00.6" W
Population21,843
Elevation335 m
Surrounding CountiesWinneshiek N
Allamakee NE
Clayton E
Delaware SE
Buchanan S
Black Hawk SW
Bremer W
Chickasaw NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID465221
Histopolis Place ID221899797
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Fayette County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Fayette County Iowa Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/fayette/cemetery.html (24 Nov 2009)

Fayette County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Fayette 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=7321 (13 Nov 2008)

Fayette County, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_Iowa (16 Jul 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Fayette County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=7321&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (29 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Fayette County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Fayette County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Fayette/ (19 Dec 2009)

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

Iowa Ghost Towns - Fayette County [Iowa Ghost Towns]
http://iowaghosttowns.com/fayettecounty.html (24 Jul 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Fayette County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Fayette County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Fayette/cem/ (21 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Fayette 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/FA.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=579 (12 Sep 2009)
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Surveys in Fayette County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 20 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Fayette County. You can navigate to any of the 20 survey townships that overlap Fayette County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Fayette County

20 Townships
AuburnBanksBethelCenter
ClermontDoverEdenFairfield
FremontHarlanIllyriaJefferson
OranPleasant ValleyPutnamScott
SmithfieldUnionWestfieldWindsor

Cities of Fayette County

16 Cities, 15 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)
Albany (u.p.)Alpha (u.p.)ArlingtonBrainard (u.p.)
ClermontDonnan (u.p.)Douglass (u.p.)Dover Mills (u.p.)
Eldorado (u.p.)ElginFairbankFayette
HawkeyeIllyria (u.p.)Lakeview Mobile Home Court (u.p.)Lima (u.p.)
Maryville (u.p.)MaynardOelweinOran (u.p.)
RandaliaRichfield (u.p.)Saint LucasScott (u.p.)
StanleySumnerTaylorsville (u.p.)Wadena
WaucomaWest UnionWestgate

Cemeteries of Fayette County

59 Cemeteries, 10 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AlphaArlingtonAuburn TownshipBarnhouse
BethanyBethelBoaleBrainard
ButlerCalvaryCenter GroveCorn Hill
Dover TownshipDunhams GroveEdenElgin
FairbankFayette County FarmGarden PrairieGeorge
Gods AcresGrandviewGreenwoodHawkeye
HopeIllyria-HighlandImmaculate ConceptionLima
Long GroveMount CalvaryMount PleasantMt. Calvary (*)
Mt. Pleasant (*)NuttingOak LawnOak Ridge
OakdaleOran TownshipOran TownshipOtsego
PittsPleasant GrovePleasant HillRichfield
Saint FrancisSaint JosephsSaint Lukes CatholicSaint Marys
Saint Peter (Dover Township)Saint Peter (Fremont Township)Saint PetersSaint Rose
South WindsorSt. Francis (*)St. Josephs (*)St. Lukes Catholic (*)
St. Marys (*)St. Peter (* Dover Township)St. Peter (* Fremont Township)St. Peters (*)
St. Rose (*)TaylorvilleUnionUnion Evangelical
WadenaWaucomaWest UnionWindsor
Woodlawn

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