Woodbury County, Iowa History and Genealogy

Woodbury County is situated on the western border of the State, in the third tier from the north line. It is twenty-four miles north and south, by from thirty to thirty-six miles east and west, embracing a superficial area of about 832 square miles, or 432,480 acres. About 146,000 acres of this land is Missouri River bottom, of great fertility, and unsurpassed for agricultural and grazing purposes. This bottom is from six to ten miles in width and mostly above high water mark in the Missouri River. Although apparently nearly level, it is dry and susceptible of easy tillage. The soil is a deep loam, with a sufficient proportion of siliceous material to render it retentive of moisture, while it seldom remains for any length of time so wet as to prevent the farmer from giving attention to his crops. Read More...

Additional Woodbury County Resources Character of the Land Lewis and Clark in Woodbury County Sioux City Platted The Courts Town of Sioux City Sioux City Railroad Interests Sioux City Boating Business Sioux City as a Distributing Point New Homes Land Interest Sioux City Post Office Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa Foundry, Machine Shops, and Gas Works Sioux City Pork Packing Sioux City Water Company The St. Paul Shops Miscellaneous Manufactories The Button Factory Sioux City Citizens Association Officers 1873 Officers 1874 Chamber of Commerce Merchants Exchange Officers 1877 Officers 1878 Officers 1979 Sioux City Board of Trade Officers July 1881 Officers November 1881 Indian Antiquities Indian War