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Delaware County, Iowa

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14historic places

—earliest paper

1837formed

17,488pop. 2020

53cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Manchester, Dundee, Strawberry Point.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Backbone State Park Historic District	Strawberry Point	District	1991
Backbone State Park, Cabin-Bathing Area (Area A)	Dundee	District	1990
Backbone State Park, Picnicking, Hiking & Camping Area (Area B)	Dundee	District	1990
Backbone State Park, Richmond Springs (Area C)	Dundee	District	1990
Bay Settlement Church and Monument	Delhi	Site	1977
Delaware County Courthouse	Manchester	Building	1981
Hoag, J. J., House	Manchester	Building	1976
Kirkpatrick, Robert Round Barn	Coggon	Building	2005
Lincoln Elementary School	Manchester	Building	2002
McGee School	Manchester	Building	1999
Old Lenox College	Hopkinton	District	1974
Saints Peter and Paul Church	Petersburg	Building	1995
Spring Branch Butter Factory Site	Manchester	Site	1974
Suckow, Ruth, House	Earlville	Building	1977

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Delaware was formed in 1837 (1837-12-21) from Dubuque.

DELAWARE created by Wisconsin Territory from DUBUQUE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Delaware County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
168	11,024	17,950	19,185	18,183	18,487	17,734	18,483	18,933	18,404	17,488

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

53 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 53 of 53 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allison Cemetery	42.40416	-91.29181
Baileys Ford Cemetery	42.43423	-91.41005
Buck Creek Cemetery	42.33644	-91.34247
Calvary Cemetery	42.32634	-91.47894
Coffins Grove Cemetery	42.49915	-91.52959
Edgewood Cemetery	42.6366	-91.38744
Evergreen Cemetery	42.42575	-91.33863
Fairview Cemetery	42.47895	-91.26182
Forestville Cemetery	42.5998	-91.52943
Golden Prairie Cemetery	42.36108	-91.42307
Grant View Cemetery	42.5827	-91.33291
Greenwood Cemetery	42.48611	-91.57618
Grove Creek Cemetery	42.30129	-91.31466
Hopkinton Cemetery	42.34214	-91.23874
Hutson Cemetery	42.56697	-91.39982
Lillibridge Cemetery	42.44305	-91.39181
Livingston Cemetery	42.32754	-91.24362
Mead Cemetery	42.52471	-91.44194
Milo Township Cemetery	42.39226	-91.37819
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.36168	-91.14759
Oak Hill Cemetery	42.63913	-91.19252
Oakland Cemetery	42.49832	-91.45626
Peace Lutheran Cemetery	42.36157	-91.46122
Pine View Cemetery	42.48812	-91.34104
Platt Cemetery	42.59774	-91.15827
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	42.29649	-91.4991
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	42.60008	-91.49881
Plum Creek Cemetery	42.43435	-91.26248
Portable Cemetery	42.40138	-91.42706
Reynolds Cemetery	42.56249	-91.54182
Rock Prairie Cemetery	42.50584	-91.40305
Rockville Cemetery	42.41815	-91.14472
Roe Cemetery	42.56723	-91.40115
Saint Albert Cemetery	42.6047	-91.58792
Saint Francis Cemetery	42.48788	-91.13542
Saint Johns Cemetery	42.43106	-91.33455
Saint Joseph Cemetery	42.48006	-91.26206
Saint Joseph's Cemetery	42.5828	-91.3342
Saint Marks Cemetery	42.63742	-91.3888
Saint Mary Cemetery	42.48506	-91.57719
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.49713	-91.45854
Saint Patrick Cemetery	42.62412	-91.19333
Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery	42.5545	-91.20847
Sand Creek Cemetery	42.4423	-91.51879
Sand Springs Cemetery	42.31916	-91.17101
Sands Farm Cemetery	42.38888	-91.37571
Silver Creek Cemetery	42.36932	-91.57883
Spring Branch Cemetery	42.46949	-91.40254
Spring Hill Cemetery	42.5746	-91.55264
Stanger Farm Cemetery	42.56943	-91.59321
Thorpe Union Cemetery	42.56373	-91.47057
Willard Cemetery	42.36416	-91.21993
Zion Cemetery	42.63805	-91.24997

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Almoral Siding	42.51638	-91.27264

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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