The County History ArchiveAmerican local and family history published before 1931
States

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County histories and directories from 49 states, listed county by county and city by city. Family histories are listed by family name on their own page.

49states
853counties
4140books
2,414,440pages
All states

Largest collections first

Massachusetts619 books · 302,799 pages188 county histories, 431 directoriesIndiana418 books · 278,737 pages156 county histories, 262 directoriesNew York388 books · 226,579 pages190 county histories, 198 directoriesPennsylvania336 books · 206,326 pages265 county histories, 71 directoriesOhio309 books · 200,247 pages232 county histories, 77 directoriesNorth Carolina268 books · 112,147 pages26 county histories, 242 directoriesIowa239 books · 136,415 pages209 county histories, 30 directoriesIllinois231 books · 124,086 pages164 county histories, 67 directoriesMichigan176 books · 75,180 pages88 county histories, 88 directoriesNew Jersey169 books · 96,303 pages76 county histories, 93 directoriesCalifornia161 books · 160,070 pages76 county histories, 85 directoriesMissouri89 books · 63,615 pages76 county histories, 13 directoriesKansas68 books · 35,262 pages52 county histories, 16 directoriesWisconsin63 books · 43,353 pages56 county histories, 7 directoriesVirginia58 books · 22,993 pages38 county histories, 20 directoriesConnecticut56 books · 38,647 pages46 county histories, 10 directoriesMaryland56 books · 30,833 pages31 county histories, 25 directoriesNew Hampshire47 books · 30,720 pages31 county histories, 16 directoriesMinnesota43 books · 33,298 pages36 county histories, 7 directoriesMaine41 books · 26,474 pages30 county histories, 11 directoriesWest Virginia34 books · 17,775 pages32 county histories, 2 directoriesGeorgia29 books · 25,871 pages13 county histories, 16 directoriesVermont27 books · 21,669 pages19 county histories, 8 directoriesNebraska25 books · 13,322 pages25 county historiesKentucky22 books · 5,925 pages14 county histories, 8 directoriesRhode Island21 books · 10,045 pages3 county histories, 18 directoriesColorado18 books · 15,561 pages3 county histories, 15 directoriesTennessee18 books · 8,021 pages14 county histories, 4 directoriesTexas18 books · 9,960 pages13 county histories, 5 directoriesFlorida17 books · 8,950 pages3 county histories, 14 directoriesSouth Carolina15 books · 6,444 pages13 county histories, 2 directoriesWashington13 books · 8,780 pages12 county histories, 1 directoryUtah11 books · 5,519 pages11 directoriesAlabama7 books · 2,768 pages2 county histories, 5 directoriesNevada6 books · 1,497 pages2 county histories, 4 directoriesArkansas5 books · 436 pages2 county histories, 3 directoriesMississippi5 books · 1,730 pages4 county histories, 1 directorySouth Dakota5 books · 3,623 pages4 county histories, 1 directoryNorth Dakota4 books · 1,397 pages2 county histories, 2 directoriesDistrict of Columbia3 books · 2,673 pages3 directoriesOklahoma3 books · 2,450 pages2 county histories, 1 directoryWyoming3 books · 986 pages3 directoriesIdaho2 books · 625 pages2 directoriesArizona1 book · 129 pages1 directoryDelaware1 book · 43 pages1 county historyLouisiana1 book · 669 pages1 directoryMontana1 book · 1,056 pages1 directoryNew Mexico1 book · 102 pages1 directoryOregon1 book · 410 pages1 directory