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Office: Grundy County Emergency Management – 706 H Avenue, Suite 2, Grundy Center, IA 50638. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-4:30 PM.
Sheriff: Grundy County Sheriff’s Office – 705 8th Street, Grundy Center, IA 50638 | (319) 824-6933 | Fax (319) 824-5826; Sheriff Kirk Dolleslager. Houses the 14-bed Grundy County Jail; part of the Mid-Iowa multi-county dispatch structure. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-4 PM (emergency 24/7).
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-20 and IA-14 serve Grundy Center, the county seat, in northeastern Iowa, part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area.
Notes: Grundy County was created January 15, 1851, and organized December 25, 1856, named for Felix Grundy, a Tennessee congressman and senator. Grundy Center itself was incorporated April 17, 1877.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Grundy County Courthouse – Grundy Avenue, Grundy Center, IA (built 1891, Romanesque Revival, architects Kramer & Zoll; National Register of Historic Places since 1981).
Notes: Grundy Center’s historic downtown commercial district reflects over 80 years of development tied to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and, later, the automobile age along State Highway 14. The Herbert Quick School House, honoring the Iowa-born novelist, editor, and social reformer Herbert Quick, is preserved as a historic building within Orion City Park. More recently, Grundy Center drew national attention as home to a large-scale cryptocurrency mining facility that opened in 2020, whose roughly 1,700 mining computers reportedly consumed more electricity than all of the town’s homes combined, before the facility was destroyed by fire in January 2025.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Grundy County Veterans Affairs – confirm current contact via grundycountyiowa.gov.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Grundy Center Public Library (Grundy Center) – confirm current address/phone via the county library system.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Grundy County Heritage Center/Ag Hall (featuring the “From Grassland to Granaries” exhibit, a barn, and Native American wickiup display), the Herbert Quick School House in Orion City Park, and the historic Grundy Center commercial district are the county’s premier heritage attractions.
Notes: The Grundy County Fair remains a significant local agricultural tradition. The genuine, surprising story of the county’s crypto-mining facility and its 2025 fire is among the more unusual recent local news items covered in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Grundy County Assessor’s Office – confirm current contact via grundycountyiowa.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
⚠️ No confirmed dedicated Grundy County, Iowa animal shelter was found in current sourcing. Residents should contact the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, (319) 824-6933, for current animal control arrangements.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Grundy County Landfill / Convenience Center – 22580 M Avenue, PO Box 127, Grundy Center, IA 50638. Hours: Mon-Fri 7 AM-3:30 PM.
NOTES: Grundy County is the thirty-ninth county in Iowa’s Round 3 v2 redo, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuine, surprising story of the county’s crypto-mining facility and its 2025 fire is among the more unusual recent local news items covered in this project. ⚠️ Animal services could not be confirmed and are flagged for follow-up rather than smoothed over. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Grundy County County
Grundy County is north-central Iowa’s premium farmland and Black Hawk Creek county – consistently among Iowa’s highest farmland values per acre and the flat corn belt landscape define a county where Grundy Center serves the surrounding agricultural communities in some of the world’s most productive farming territory.
Grundy Center (the county seat, population ~2,700) is Grundy County’s governmental hub on US 175, a north-central Iowa agricultural community whose premium farmland economy and courthouse anchor its identity.
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Grundy County Assessor at 706 G Avenue, Grundy Center, IA 50638, phone 319-824-3491. IA assessed at actual value.
Courts & Legal
Grundy County District Court at 706 G Avenue, Grundy Center, IA 50638, phone 319-824-5229, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT (Court Records, Marriage Licenses)
706 G Ave., Grundy Center, IA 50638
(319) 824-3234
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Grundy County District Court (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Grundy County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Grundy County District Court, 1st Judicial District 706 G Avenue, Grundy Center, IA 50638 (319) 824-5229
Grundy County was created January 15, 1851 and organized December 25, 1856, named for Senator Felix Grundy. The 1891 Grundy County Courthouse (Romanesque Revival, National Register of Historic Places) is the county’s second.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Iowa has its own comprehensive probate code (Iowa Code Chapter 633) and has not formally adopted the Uniform Probate Code. Iowa offers several tracks depending on estate size and complexity:
Distribution by Affidavit (“very small estates”) – for estates where the gross value of personal property is $50,000 or less and there is no real estate, available 40 days after death under Iowa Code § 633.356. A sworn affidavit is presented directly to banks and other institutions. No court filing is required.
Small Estate Administration – a simplified probate process under Iowa Code Chapter 635 for estates with a gross value of $200,000 or less, with reduced notice requirements and court costs compared to full administration.
Regular (Full) Probate – standard administration through the district court for larger or more complex estates, which can be independent (unsupervised) or supervised.
Supervised Administration – closer court oversight, typically used for contested estates.
Step 2: filing for formal probate
File a Petition for Probate of Will and Appointment of Executor (if there’s a will) or a Petition for Administration (if intestate) with the Grundy County District Court.
The court admits the will (if any) and issues Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (intestate) appointing the personal representative.
Publish notice to creditors; under independent administration, creditors generally have 4 months from the date of first publication to file claims.
The personal representative inventories assets, pays valid debts and expenses, and – under independent administration – largely acts without ongoing court check-ins.
After the creditor period closes and debts are paid, the personal representative distributes assets to heirs or beneficiaries.
File a final accounting/final report; the court closes the estate upon approval.
What it costs
Personal representative fees are capped by statute at 3% of the gross value of the probate estate (excluding life insurance) unless services are itemized; attorney fees follow a similar framework.
Recording fees at the county recorder run about $7 for the first page of a document and $5 for each additional page.
Typical timelines: Distribution by Affidavit – a minimum 40-day wait; independent (unsupervised) probate typically closes in 6-12 months, with the 4-month creditor period as the primary timing constraint.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
706 G Ave., Grundy Center, IA 50638
(319) 824-3226
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY AUDITOR (Records, Elections, Finance)
706 G Ave., Grundy Center, IA 50638
(319) 824-3122
ELECTIONS (County Auditor)
706 G Ave., Grundy Center, IA 50638
(319) 824-3122
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Grundy County Health Dept
(319) 824-3263
Iowa DHHS — Region 1
(800) 338-8366
Iowa Medicaid
(800) 338-8366
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
grundycountymemorial.com (Grundy Center — quality critical access hospital)
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Grundy County Public Health – confirm current contact via grundycountyiowa.gov.
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County Facts
County Seat: Grundy Center
Population: 12,500
Area: 503 sq mi
Established: 1851
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