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Keokuk County, Iowa, United States

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Details for Keokuk County

NameKeokuk County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Iowa, United States
County SeatSigourney (Sigourney Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 41.3333446 41° 20' 00" N
Longitude -92.1835138 92° 11' 00.6" W
Population11,624
Elevation211 m
Surrounding CountiesIowa N
Washington E
Jefferson SE
Wapello SW
Mahaska W
Poweshiek NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID465242
Histopolis Place ID148798187
Updated Dec 4, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Keokuk County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Keokuk County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Keokuk County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Keokuk/cem/ (3 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Keokuk 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/KE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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

Keokuk County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Keokuk 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=7421 (13 Nov 2008)

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

Keokuk County Iowa Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/keokuk/cemetery.html (16 Oct 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Keokuk County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Keokuk County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Keokuk/ (11 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Keokuk County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=7421&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (15 Nov 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=600 (12 Sep 2009)

EveryNameIndex.com - Every Name Index to The History of Keokuk County, Iowa [everynameindex.com] Added Dec 4, 2011
Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2011. Original text by Union Historical Company, 1880; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1975. This Every Name Index contains over 13,850 entries.
http://www.everynameindex.com/KeokukCoIA.html (2 Dec 2011)
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Surveys in Keokuk County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 16 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Keokuk County. You can navigate to any of the 16 survey townships that overlap Keokuk County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Keokuk County

17 Townships
AdamsBentonClear CreekEast Lancaster
English RiverJacksonLafayetteLiberty
PlankPrairieRichlandSigourney
Steady RunVan BurenWarrenWashington
West Lancaster

Cities of Keokuk County

17 Cities, 13 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)
Atwood (u.p.)Aurora (u.p.)Coal Creek (u.p.)Creswell (u.p.)
DeltaGibsonHarperHayesville
HedrickIoka (historical u.p.)Jamestown (u.p.)Keota
KeswickKinrossLanscaster (u.p.)Martinsburg
Marysville (historical u.p.)North EnglishNugent (u.p.)Ollie
Pekin (u.p.)RichlandRosetta (historical u.p.)Sigourney
South EnglishTalleyrand (u.p.)ThornburgVulcan (historical u.p.)
WebsterWhat Cheer

Cemeteries of Keokuk County

74 Cemeteries, 5 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AbelAkermanAltmanBaden
BaileyBethelBethel MethodistBrater
BrooksCenter RidgeChurch of the BrethrenClark
ConnerCounty HomeDoggettEast
FordFriends (Prairie Township)Friends (Richland, Richland Township)Garibaldi
GarrettHalfertyHelmHewitt
Highland (Richland Township)Highland (Washington Township)HumesJohnson
JonesKenslerKeotaKnox
LafayetteLafayetteLutheranLutton
McFarlanMount Zion †Mt. Zion (*) †Old Bethel
OllieOllie BrethrenPenningtonPleasant Grove
Pleasant HillPorterRayburnReed
RiceRock Creek Church andRocky RunSaint Elizabeths
Saint JosephsSaint MarysSaint PatricksSaints Peter and Paul Catholic
ShockleySigourney EastSixteenSkinner-McConnell
SlagleSordenSouth EnglishSpringfield
St. Elizabeths (*)St. Josephs (*)St. Marys (*)St. Patricks (*)
StoermerSummitTalleyrandTrueblood
Van OrsdallVincentWaddellWalsh
WaltonWattersWhite Pigeon

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