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
County Census Records
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