Local Resources

Newspapers Updated! August 2010
Lansing The Allamakee Journal merged with the Waukon Standard a few years ago and is now known as The Standard, based in Waukon. See entry below.	Postville Postville Herald PO Box 100 Postville, Iowa 52162 (563) 864-3333 e-mail
Waukon The 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! Search Box

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 121 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 e-mail	Lansing Public Library 515 Main Lansing, IA 52151 -0580 ph: 563-538-4693 fax: 563-538-4693 e-mail
New Albin Public Library 176 Elm Street, Box 12 New Albin, IA 52160 -0012 ph: 563-544-4747 fax: 563-544-4747 e-mail	Postville Public Library 235 W. Tilden St. Postville, Iowa 52162-9457 ph: (563) 864-7600 fax: (563)-864-7600 e-mail
Waterville Public Library 82 Main Street, Box 68 Waterville, IA 52170 -0068 ph: 563-535-7295 fax: 563-535-7295 e-mail	Robey Memorial Library 401 First Ave. N.W. Waukon, IA 52172 -1803 ph: (563) 568-4424 fax: (563)568-5026 e-mail

Present Day Churches
Updated! August 2010

A listing of current churches in Allamakee county, addresses, phone numbers & links to their websites.

Click here if you are looking for old church records or church histories & photos on this website.
The Allamakee Album has many photos of churches, some that are no longer standing

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
433 Bethlehem Dr., Postville, IA 52162,
(563) 864-3840

Calvary Baptist Church
1704 Green Valley Rd NW, Waukon, IA,
(563) 568-6016

Center Baptist Church
1555 Trout Rd, Lansing, IA, (563) 535-2000 Website

Christ Community Evangelical
411 Main NW New Albin, IA, (563) 544-4401

Community Presbyterian Church
106 S Reynolds, PO Box 8, Postville, IA 52162, (563) 864-3736

East Synod Lutheran Church
1751 Gronna Dr., Waterville, IA 52170,
(563) 535-7229

First Baptist Church
201 Allamakee, Waukon, IA 52172, (563) 568-2225

First Presbyterian Church
204 W Main, Waukon, IA 52172, (563) 568-2981

Forest Mills United Methodist Church
595 Forest Mills Rd, Postville, IA 52162,
(563) 864-3624

Grace United Methodist Church
138 2nd SE, New Albin, IA 52160, (563) 544-4972

Immaculate Conception Church (Wexford)
1416 Great River Rd., Harpers Ferry, IA 52151
Wexford Hall - (563) 586-2543 * Wexford Parish - (563) 586-2150

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
648 Main St., Lansing, Iowa 52151, (563) 538-4171 Website

Marion Lutheran Church
12151 Apple Rd Postville, IA, (563) 783-7714

Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
2574 Church Road, New Albin, IA 52160,
(563) 544-4343
Note: Church office has same ph# & pastor as St. John's UCC

Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church
1799 Elon Dr., Waterville, IA 52170, (563) 535-7625

Old East and West Paint Creek Lutheran Church
1306 Maud Rd., Waukon, IA 52172
(563) 535-7733

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
480 Diagonal St., PO Box 147, Lansing, IA 52151-0147, (563) 538-4664
Website (click on the 'about' tab for the church history & contact info.)

Peace Church of Crooked Creek
PO Box 187, New Albin, IA, (563) 544-4449

St Ann's - St Joseph's OFC Hall
307 W. Orange St., Harpers Ferry, IA,
(563) 586-2350

St Bridget's Catholic Church
135 W Williams St., Postville, IA 52162,
(563) 864-3138

St John's Lutheran Church
8 5th St. WE, Waukon, IA 25172, (563) 568-3623
Website

St John's United Church
2952 Wheatland Rd., New Albin, IA 52160,
(563) 544-4343

St Joseph's Catholic Church (linked with Immaculate Conception Parish, Lansing), 114 3rd St. NE, New Albin, IA 52160, (563) 544-4855

St Mary's - Lycurgus Catholic Church
2096 Highway 76 N., Waukon, IA 52172,
(563) 568-2818

St Mary's Rectory
590 Waterloo Creek Dr., Dorchester, IA 52140, (563) 568-2818

St Patrick's Catholic Church
101 2nd SW, Waukon, IA 52172, (563) 568-7643

St Paul's Lutheran Church
116 E Military Rd., Postville, IA 52162,
(563) 864-7643

St Paul's United Methodist Church
27 2nd Ave NW, Waukon, IA 52172,
(563) 568-3678

St Peter's Christian Community Church
(formerly St. Peter's United Church of Christ)
337 1st St SE New Albin, IA, (563) 544-4449
Website

St Pius Cherry Mound Church
699 State Forest Rd Waterville, IA, (563) 535-7143

Salem United Church of Christ
1097 Pole Line Rd., Waukon, IA 52172,
(563) 568-3062

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
706 1st Ave NW, Waukon, IA 52172,
(563) 568-3815

United Methodist Church
490 Center St., Lansing, IA 52151, (563) 538-4352

Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church
169 Dorchester Dr., Dorchester, IA, (563) 492-3806

Waterville Lutheran Church
101 Main St Waterville, IA, (563) 535-7784

Zalmona Presbyterian Church
371 Highway 9 Waukon, IA, (563) 568-3875

Zion United Church of Christ
113 1st St NE, Waukon, IA 52172, (563) 568-3598

Funeral Homes
Lansing Burke-Thornburg Funeral Home 490 Main St. Lansing, IA 52151 (563)538-4141	Postville Schutte-Grau Funeral Service 214 E. Tilden; PO Box 9 Postville, IA 52162 (563)864-7252 website
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

Town & Chamber of Commerce websites
Waukon 101 West Main Street Waukon, IA 52172 (563) 568-4110 e-mail website	Postville South Lawler Street, P.O. Box 875 Postville, IA 52162 (563) 864-7247 website
Lansing Area c/o Allamakee Co. Economic Development P.O. Box 156 Lansing, Iowa 52151 1-877-865-1598 (563) 568-2624 e-mail Chamber of Commerce sponsored website

- 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
DOT Maps - all kinds of Iowa maps, including county and town maps - click here ~this useful resouce contributed by Errin Wilker
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.
Round Barns & more - by Dale Travis - website Very Interesting!
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 e-mail 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
Iowa State Archives A digital archive of the USGenWeb Project website	Iowa City Directories misc. towns website
USGenWeb IAArchives Allamakee Co.