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United States Missouri Cedar County

Guide to Cedar County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Missouri Online Records

Cedar County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 14, 1845
County Seat	Stockton
Courthouse
Address	Cedar County Courthouse 113 South Street PO Box 158 Stockton, MO 65785-0126 Phone: 417.276.3514 Cedar County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1845, probate and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1845--Cedar County was created 14 February 1845 from Dade and St. Clair Counties. County seat: Stockton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Cedar County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Benton
• Dade
• Polk
• St. Clair
• Vernon

Resources

African American

• 1865-1872 - Cedar County Colored Marriage Index 1865-1872. Batch M515233 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Cedar County, Missouri census records online, see: Missouri Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Cedar County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Cedar County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  
• Map of 1904 Cedar County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1828-1869 - Cedar County Birth Index 1828-1869. Batch C515231 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1889 - Cedar County Birth Index 1883-1889. Batch C515234 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1845-1883 - Cedar County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1845-1883. Batch M515231 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1881-1885 - Cedar County Marriage Books D thru F Index 1881-1885. Batch M515232 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

• 1883-1889 - Cedar County Death Index 1883-1889. Batch B515235 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Stockton Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Biographies from The History of Cedar County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cedar County, Missouri. Page 398 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/5a/Igimissouria.pdf.

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