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Iowa County Formation years
1816 1818 1821 1834 1836 1837 1838 1840 1841 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848
1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1865 1870
1871 1872                          
Iowa Census Year with Modern Map overlayed:
1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 - 1930              
Iowa Map Abbreviations
unorg. = unorganized
g. = gained
w. = with
fr. = from
atmt. = attachment
exch = exchanged
nca.= non county area
ch. = changed

Adm - Adams
Adr - Adair
Al - Allamakee
Ap - Appanoose
Au - Audubon
Be - Benton
BH - Black Hawk
Bo - Boone
Br - Bremer
Buc - Buchanan
But - Butler
BV - Buena Vista
Cal - Calhoun
Car - Carroll
Cas - Cass
Ced - Cedar
CG - Cerro Gordo
Che - Cherokee
Chi - Chickasaw
Clk - Clarke
Cly - Clay
Cnn - Clinton
Cra - Crawford
Cyn - Clayton
Dal - Dallas
Dav - Davis
Dec - Decatur
Del - Delaware
Di - Dickinson
DM - Des Moines
Du - Dubuque
Em - Emmet
Fa - Fayette
Fl - Floyd
Fra - Franklin
Fre - Fremont
Gre - Greene
Gru - Grundy
Gu - Guthrie
Ham - Hamilton
Han - Hancock
Hdn - Hardin
He - Henry
Ho - Howard
Hsn - Harrison
Hu - Humboldt
Ida - Ida
Io - Iowa
Jac - Jackson
Jas - Jasper
Je - Jefferson
Joh - Johnson
Jon - Jones
Ke - Keokuk
Ko - Kossuth
Lee - Lee
Li - Linn
Lo - Louisa
Lu - Lucas
Ly - Lyon
Mad - Madison
Mah - Mahaska
Mil - Mills
Mit - Mitchell
Mna - Monona
Mrn - Marion
Mro - Monroe
Msl - Marshall
Mty - Montgomery
Mu - Muscatine
OB - O'Brien
Os - Osceola
PA - Palo Alto
Pag - Page
Pl - Plymouth
Poc - Pocahontas
Pol - Polk
Pot - Pottawattamie
Pow - Poweshiek
Rin - Ringgold
Sac - Sac
Sc - Scott
Sh - Shelby
Si - Sioux
St - Story
Tam - Tama
Tay - Taylor
Un - Union
VB - Van Buren
Wap - Wapello
War - Warren
Was - Washington
Way - Wayne
We - Webster
Win - Winnebago
Woo - Woodbury
Wor - Worth
Wr - Wright
Wsk - Winneshiek