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Monona County, Iowa

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
11historic places
—earliest paper
1851formed
8,751pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Moorhead, Onawa, Mapleton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Iowa is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Monona titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Garretson Outlet BridgeWhitingStructure1999
Ingemann Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and CemeteryMoorheadBuilding2012
Jones Creek Watershed Historic DistrictMoorheadDistrict1991
Mann School No. 2MoorheadBuilding2001
Monona County CourthouseOnawaBuilding1981
Onawa IOOF Opera HouseOnawaBuilding1990
Onawa Public LibraryOnawaBuilding1979
Round Barn, Cooper TownshipMapletonBuilding1986
South Jordan CemeteryMoorheadSite2021
Trinity Memorial Episcopal ChurchMapletonBuilding1990
Whiting, Newell A., HouseOnawaBuilding1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monona was formed in 1851 (1851-01-15) from unknown / original county.

MONONA created from Non-County Area 9 attached to POLK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Monona County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

18k9,5358321860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8329,05517,98017,12518,23816,30313,91611,69210,0208,751

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

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

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Belvidere Cemetery42.00797-95.92603
Bethesda Cemetery41.92479-95.91625
Bisbee Cemetery42.02277-95.93362
Center Cemetery42.09279-95.87039
Clark Cemetery42.1302-96.18865
Fairview Cemetery42.18796-96.28992
Graceland Cemetery41.92635-96.09972
Grant Cemetery42.17672-95.92229
Harrison Cemetery42.11427-96.21391
Hartliben Cemetery42.19657-95.67094
Heisler Cemetery42.18165-95.76899
Hite Cemetery42.13921-96.20485
Jordan Cemetery42.00767-95.84912
Kennebec Cemetery42.07109-95.92945
Mount Hope Cemetery42.1572-95.78166
Onawa Cemetery42.01872-96.08946
Preparation Canyon Cemetery41.88115-95.90536
Putman Cemetery42.02336-95.75048
Saint Clair Cemetery42.05886-95.70917
Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery42.15554-95.78166
Saint Marys Cemetery42.05831-95.70972
Soldier Cemetery41.95117-95.78022
Spring Valley Cemetery41.91318-95.83674
Whiting Cemetery42.14832-96.14557
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Maple Landing42.09221-96.21363

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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