History and Genealogy of Shelby County, Iowa   Welcome to Iowa Genealogy Trails! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it. This county website is in need of a permanent host. If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information page. A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required. John A. McIntosh Cabin At The Shelby County Historical Settlement Note: John A. McIntosh is the 4th great-grandfather of Cathy Danielson   County Information County Seat: Harlan Year Organized: 1851 Square Miles: 591 Named for General Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky Courthouse: 612 Court Street County Courthouse Harlan, IA 51537-1441 Phone: (712) 755-3733     ONLINE DATA Births Biographies Cemeteries Census Data Churches Geographic Features Historical Info Marriages Military Data News Articles Obituaries/Deaths Organizations People Photographs Schools Towns And Villages Townships Website Updates: 17 October 2023: People: Early Settlers - Danish Pioneers; The English Element Among the Pioneers; The Germans; The Irish Element in Shelby County; Miscellaneous Foreign-Born Citizens; The Norweigians; The Scotch and Welsh Elements in Shelby County 15 October 2023: People: Early Settlers - Early Settlement, The Mormans 01 January 2023: News Articles: 5 Year Old Kills Brother Past Updates   We'll be adding data to this site as we can. You can help us to get this site growing by sending in your family's data. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other midwestern websites. Submit your Iowa Obituaries HERE. Regretfully we are unable to perform personal research. Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site   Back to Iowa Genealogy Trails State Site Surrounding Counties Crawford County (north) Audubon County (east) Cass County (southeast) Pottawattamie County (south) Harrison County (west)   Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.