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Taylor CountyIowa

Taylor County is a county in Iowa, with its seat in Bedford. It was created on February 24, 1847, from Appanoose County and named after Zachary Taylor.

  • Founded1847
  • County seatBedford
  • Named forZachary Taylor
  • Land area532 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
  • Population5,896 2020 Census
  • Parcels mapped16,474 checked 15 October 2026
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RinggoldPage Bedford Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Taylor on the map of Iowa

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Counties of Iowa · Taylor highlighted

History

Formed in 1847 from Appanoose County

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Taylor County was created from Non-County Area 5 attached to Appanoose County on February 24, 1847, but was not fully organized at that time. Ringgold County was attached to Taylor for revenue, election, and judicial purposes in 1853, then fully organized and detached in 1855.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

  1. 1847
    Taylor County created Taylor created from Non-County Area 5 attached to Appanoose; Taylor not fully organized, not attached.
    from Appanoose
    · Iowa Acts 1846-1847, ch. 83, secs. 1-4/p. 100
  2. 1847
    Changed Missouri implicitly overlapped Taylor when it claimed, before the U.S. Supreme Court, a boundary with Iowa 10 miles north of the present boundary.
    U.s.
    · Landers, 647; Thomas, 268-269
  3. 1849
    Changed Missouri's implicit overlap of Taylor ended when U.S. Supreme Court set the Iowa-Missouri boundary at its present location (no change).
    U.s.
    · Landers, 647-648; Thomas, 269-270
  4. 1851
    Changed Taylor fully organized. · Swisher, "Organization of Counties," 576
  5. 1853
    Changed Ringgold attached to Taylor "for revenue, election, and judicial purposes".
    Ringgold
    · Iowa Acts 1852-1853, ch. 8, sec. 19/p. 19
  6. 1855
    Changed Ringgold fully organized, detached from Taylor.
    Ringgold
    · Iowa Acts 1854-1855, ch. 37, secs. 1, 8/pp. 50-51; Iowa Acts 1856-1857, ch. 16, secs. 1-2/pp. 13-14

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Taylor

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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Taylor by the Census

Population
5,896 2020 Census count
Housing units
2,885 2020 Census count
Land area
532 square miles
Water area
2.8 square miles
People per sq mi
11 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Rules and offices

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Questions

Common questions about Taylor County

When was Taylor County founded?
Taylor County was founded in 1847, formed from Appanoose County, and named after Zachary Taylor.
What is the county seat of Taylor County?
The county seat of Taylor County is Bedford.
Is there an online parcel map for Taylor County?
Yes. Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (statewide parcels, mirrored by the University of Iowa) publishes a parcel map of 16,474 parcels, rated fallback here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Taylor County's boundary or name changed?
Taylor County was created in 1847 from Appanoose County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 4 later changes, chiefly involving Ringgold County and U.s. County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Taylor 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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