County · code 19077
Guthrie CountyIowa
Guthrie County is a county in Iowa, with its seat in Guthrie Center. The county was formed on January 15, 1851.
- Founded1851
- County seatGuthrie Center
- Land area591 sq mi + 2.5 sq mi water
- Population10,623 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped19,530 checked 15 October 2026
Where it is
Guthrie on the map of Iowa
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History
Formed in 1851 from Dallas County
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Guthrie County was created from Dallas County but initially overlapped Dallas's western townships, causing a dispute that was resolved on February 5, 1851. The county was fully organized on October 16, 1851.
- 1851Guthrie County created Guthrie created from Non-County Area 11 attached to Dallas (overlapped western four townships of Dallas, creating a jurisdictional dispute that was corrected 5 February 1851); Guthrie not fully organized, not attached. · Iowa Acts 1850-1851, ch. 9, sec. 17/p. 31
- 1851Gained territory Guthrie gained from Audubon and lost its claim to the area that overlapped Dallas. · Iowa Acts, 1850-1851, ch. 81, sec. 1/pp. 194-195
- 1851Changed Guthrie fully organized. · Swisher, "Organization of Counties," 575
- 1855
- 1855Changed Carroll fully organized, detached from Guthrie. · Swisher, "Organization of Counties," 574
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Guthrie
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 19,530 parcels from Guthrie County. 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.
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Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Guthrie 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
Guthrie 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
Guthrie County's official site
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County government
- County government
The official website of Guthrie County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Guthrie County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Guthrie County
- When was Guthrie County founded?
- Guthrie County was founded in 1851, formed from Dallas County.
- What is the county seat of Guthrie County?
- The county seat of Guthrie County is Guthrie Center.
- Is there an online parcel map for Guthrie County?
- Yes. Guthrie County publishes a parcel map of 19,530 parcels, rated fallback here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Guthrie County's boundary or name changed?
- Guthrie County was created in 1851 from Dallas County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 4 later changes, chiefly involving Carroll County, Audubon County and Dallas County.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Guthrie 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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