The famous person R.H. Moore is associated with one of more of the Tama County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Tama County places including Clinton Bridge and Iron Works, Joe Seda, Paul N. Kingsley, George Bridge Company King, John Ames, Illinois Steel Company, Marshalltown Bridge and Iron Works, Andrew A. Jones, P.B. McCullough and George Conant. Prominent architectural styles found in Tama Country are Italianate, Romanesque and Bungalow/Craftsman.