County · code 19007
Appanoose CountyIowa
Appanoose County is a county in Iowa, formed in 1843 and seated in Centerville.
- Founded1843
- County seatCenterville
- Named forAppanoose
- Land area497 sq mi + 19 sq mi water
- Population12,317 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped21,671 checked 15 October 2026
Where it is
Appanoose on the map of Iowa
Iowa has 99 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Formed in 1843 from Van Buren County
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Appanoose County was created by Iowa Territory on February 17, 1843, from Van Buren County. Initially unorganized and attached to Van Buren County for judicial and administrative purposes, Appanoose was attached to Davis County in 1844 and fully organized in 1846, when Decatur and Wayne counties were attached to it for those same purposes. Appanoose became an official county of the state of Iowa on December 28, 1846, when Iowa achieved statehood. In February 1847, Appanoose lost territory to the creation of four new counties—Fremont, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor—from an unorganized area that had been attached to it.
- 1843Appanoose County created Appanoose created by Iowa Territory from Non-County Area 5 attached to Van Buren; Appanoose not fully organized, attached to Van Buren "for judicial, revenue, and election purposes". · Iowa Terr. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 34, sec. 2/p. 132
- 1844
- 1846Changed Appanoose fully organized, detached from Davis; Decatur and Wayne attached to Appanoose "for election, revenue, and judicial purposes"; Non-County Area 5 detached from Davis, attached to Appanoose "for election, revenue, and judicial purposes." · Iowa Terr. Laws 1845-1846, ch. 60, secs. 1, 15/pp. 55-58
- 1846Became part of Iowa Appanoose became an Iowa county when the state of Iowa was created from Iowa Territory. · U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 1[1847]/p. 117
- 1847Lost territory Appanoose lost all of attached Non-County Area 5 to creation of Fremont, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. · Iowa Acts 1846-1847, ch. 83, secs. 1-4/p. 100
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- 1843Appanoose County created Appanoose created by Iowa Territory from Non-County Area 5 attached to Van Buren; Appanoose not fully organized, attached to Van Buren "for judicial, revenue, and election purposes". · Iowa Terr. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 34, sec. 2/p. 132
- 1844
- 1846Changed Appanoose fully organized, detached from Davis; Decatur and Wayne attached to Appanoose "for election, revenue, and judicial purposes"; Non-County Area 5 detached from Davis, attached to Appanoose "for election, revenue, and judicial purposes." · Iowa Terr. Laws 1845-1846, ch. 60, secs. 1, 15/pp. 55-58
- 1846Became part of Iowa Appanoose became an Iowa county when the state of Iowa was created from Iowa Territory. · U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 1[1847]/p. 117
- 1847Lost territory Appanoose lost all of attached Non-County Area 5 to creation of Fremont, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. · Iowa Acts 1846-1847, ch. 83, secs. 1-4/p. 100
- 1847Changed Missouri implicitly overlapped Appanoose when it claimed, before the U.S. Supreme Court, a state boundary with Iowa 10 miles north of the present boundary.U.s.· Landers, 647; Thomas, 268-269
- 1849Changed Missouri's implicit overlap of Appanoose ended when the U.S. Supreme Court set the Iowa-Missouri boundary at its present location (no change).U.s.· Landers, 647-648; Thomas, 269-270
- 1850Changed Decatur fully organized, detached from Appanoose. · Swisher, "Organization of Counties," 574
- 1851Changed Wayne fully organized, detached from Appanoose. · Swisher, "Organization of Counties," 576
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Appanoose
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Fallback
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 21,671 parcels from Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (statewide parcels, mirrored by the University of Iowa). Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey. This copy is a fallback, not the county's own: use it as a guide and check the official record.
edited 10 May 2024 · checked 15 October 2026 -
Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Appanoose County yet.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Appanoose by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Who to ask before you build, dig or sell
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.
Zoning and code
County government
- County government
The official website of Appanoose County.
See your own lot on these maps
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Questions
Common questions about Appanoose County
- When was Appanoose County founded?
- Appanoose County was founded in 1843, formed from Van Buren County, and named after Appanoose.
- What is the county seat of Appanoose County?
- The county seat of Appanoose County is Centerville.
- Is there an online parcel map for Appanoose County?
- Yes. Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (statewide parcels, mirrored by the University of Iowa) publishes a parcel map of 21,671 parcels, rated fallback here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Appanoose County's boundary or name changed?
- Appanoose County was created in 1843 from Van Buren County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 7 later changes, chiefly involving Davis County, Decatur County and Wayne County.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Appanoose County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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