| Allamakee
Co. Local Resource Directory Newspapers * Records
* Churches * Funeral
Homes * Area Chambers of Commerce |
This page was updated 06/29/07
| Newspapers | |
Lansing The Allamakee Journal 231 Main Street Lansing, Iowa 52151 (563) 538-4665 |
Postville Postville Herald-Leader 112 N. Lawler St. Postville, Iowa 52162 (563) 864-3333 |
Waukon Waukon Standard 15 First Street, N.W. P.O. Box 286 Waukon, Iowa 52172-0286 (563) 568-3431 WaukonStandard.com |
Iowa Old Press Old Iowa & Allamakee co. newspaper transcriptions!  Find your ancestors in the news! |
| Records | |
| Allamakee County
Courthouse 110 Allamakee Street Waukon IA 52172 Recorder’s Office: (563) 568-2364 Register of Deeds:(563)568-2364 Assessor: (563) 568-3145 Auditor: (563) 568-3522 County Clerk: see below |
Allamakee County Historical Society and Old Courthouse Museum 107 Allamakee St. P.O. Box 95 Waukon, Iowa 52172 (563) 568-2954 website |
Iowa Vital Records Bureau Vital records should be obtained from the state offices & NOT the county clerk's office! website |
IAGenWeb has many great Special Projects, all with Allamakee co. information For links to all of them click here. |
| Libraries | |
Dolores Tillinghast Memorial Library 234 N. 4th Street, Box 57 Harpers Ferry, IA 52146 -0057 ph: 563-586-2524 fax: 563-586-2524 |
Lansing Public Library 515 Main Lansing, IA 52151 -0580 ph: 563-538-4693 fax: 563-538-4693 |
New Albin Public Library 176 Elm Street, Box 12 New Albin, IA 52160 -0012 ph: 563-544-4747 fax: 563-544-4747 |
Postville Public Library 235 W. Tilden St. Postville, Iowa 52162-9457 ph: (563) 864-7600 fax: (563)-864-7600 |
Waterville Public Library 82 Main Street, Box 68 Waterville, IA 52170 -0068 ph: 563-535-7295 fax: 563-535-7295 |
Robey Memorial Library 401 First Ave. N.W. Waukon, IA 52172 -1803 ph: (563) 568-4424 fax: (563)568-5026 |
| Present
Day Churches -up-dated May 2007- -Looking for old church records on this website? Click here -Allamakee Album has many photos of churches, some that are no longer standing |
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| Funeral Homes | |
Lansing Burke-Thornburg Funeral Home 490 Main St. Lansing, IA 52151 (563)538-4141 |
Postville Schutte Funeral Service 214 E. Tilden; PO Box 9 Postville, IA 52162 (563)864-7252 |
Waukon Hanson Funeral Home 402 2nd St. N.W. Waukon, IA 52172 (563)568-3568 |
Waukon Martin Brothers Funeral Home 202 Allamakee St. Waukon, IA 52172 (563)568-3162 website |
| Town & Chamber of Commerce websites | |
Waukon 101 West Main Street |
Postville South Lawler Street, P.O. Box
875 |
Lansing Area c/o Allamakee Co.
Economic Development |
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| - Places - Maps - Misc. information - | |
USGS/GNIS Database Search for Allamakee locales: buildings, parks, sloughs, post-offices, streams, churches, towns, etc. includes places no longer in existence website A wonderful resource!! |
Iowa Place Names Past & Present Allamakee Co. An IAGenWeb Project webpage |
Allamakee County 1895 Map from the 1895 U.S. Atlas -scanned by Pam Rietsch- website |
RECAP The Iowa Data Atlas from Iowa State University website |
American Memory Collections Library of Congress Allamakee photos P.J. Almquist House, Waukon (16 b&w photos & data) Yellow River Wagon Bridge near Postville (15 b&w photos & data) Black Hawk Bridge over Mississippi, Lansing (13 b&w photos & data) website use search terms: Allamakee Bridge use search terms: Allamakee Almquist, P.J. |
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Round Barns & more - by Dale Travis - website Very Interesting! |
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The Great River www.greatriver.com |
Lansing Photos from late 1800's - early 1900's Lansing photos |
| Iowa Resources | |
Iowa Genealogical Society P.O. Box 7735 Des Moines IA 50322-7735 phone: (515) 276-0287 fax: (515) 727-1824 website |
State Historical Society of Iowa 600 East Locust Des Moines, IA 50319-0290 (515) 281-5111 402 Iowa Avenue Iowa City, IA 52240-1806 (319) 335-3916 website |
| The
University of Iowa Library website website |
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Iowa State Archives A digital archive of the USGenWeb Project website |
Iowa City Directories misc. towns website |
USGenWeb IAArchives Allamakee Co.  |
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This directory is an on-going project.
If you find errors in the addresses or phone numbers or can add
to the directory, please contact Sharyl.
