History and Genealogy of Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto 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.   County Information Named for the first battlefield victory in the Mexican-American War. County Seat: Emmetsburg Year Organized: 1851 Square Miles: 564 Courthouse: 1010 Broadway Street County Courthouse Emmetsburg, IA 50536-2483 Phone: (712) 852-2924 Fax: (712) 852-3643     ONLINE DATA Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Data Churches Geographical Features Historical Info Marriages, Engagement, Anniversaries & Divorces Military Data News Articles Obituaries/Deaths People Schools Towns And Villages Townships Website Updates: 07 Mar 2020: Obituaries/Deaths: Death Index 1920-1939 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 Emmet County (north) Kossuth County (east) Pocahontas County (south) Clay County (west)   Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.