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| Name | Pottawattamie |
| Alt names | Pottawatomie | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Pottawattamie | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 41.333°N 95.533°W |
| Located in | Iowa, United States (1848 - ) |
| See also | Adair, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Adams, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Audubon, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Carroll, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cass, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Guthrie, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Harrison, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mills, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Montgomery, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Shelby, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Union, Iowa, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Pottawattamie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 93,158 in the 2010 census, an increase from 87,704 in the 2000 census [1][2] and is the second largest county by area in Iowa. The Pottawattamie county seat is located at Council Bluffs. It is one of three Iowa counties in the eight-county Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county takes its name from the Potawatomi Native American tribe.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1846 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1876 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 7,828
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| 1860 | 4,968
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| 1870 | 16,893
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| 1880 | 39,850
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| 1890 | 47,430
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| 1900 | 54,336
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| 1910 | 55,832
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| 1920 | 61,550
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| 1930 | 69,888
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| 1940 | 66,756
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| 1950 | 69,682
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| 1960 | 83,102
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| 1970 | 86,991
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| 1980 | 86,561
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| 1990 | 82,628
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/
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