Source Information

Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:

Susan Easton Black, Harvey Bischoff Black, Sarah Allen and Rebecca Allen. Annotated Record of the United States Federal Census Iowa, Pottawattamie County 1850. Private donor.

About Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850

Pottawattamie County lies on Iowa’s western edge, bordered by the Missouri River, and was organized in 1848. This annotated census for 1850 Pottawattamie County was created by Susan Easton Black, Harvey Bischoff Black, Sarah Allen, and Rebecca Allen. The authors used a number of different sources to flesh out biographical details, including later censuses and LDS church membership records. These additional sources provide details for the individuals listed in the census well beyond 1850.

Entries for individuals vary depending on information available, but you might learn the following:

  • name
  • age
  • gender
  • occupation
  • birth date and place
  • death date
  • father’s name
  • mother’s name
  • marriage date and place
  • spouse name
  • children’s names