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United States Missouri Clark County

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

	Missouri Online Records

_Clark County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 16, 1836
County Seat	kahoka
Courthouse
Address	Clark County Courthouse 111 E Court Street Kahoka, MO 63445-1268 Phone: 660.727.3283 Clark County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court,
and  land records from 1836^[1]

History

Parent County

1836--Clark County was created 16 December 1836 from Lewis County. County seat: Kahoka ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Clark 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

• Hancock County, Illinois
• Knox
• Lee County, Iowa
• Lewis
• Scotland
• Van Buren County, Iowa

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Clark County, Missouri (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

• Map of Clark County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Clark County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1883 - Clark County Birth Index 1883. Batch C514776 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1887 - Clark County Birth Index 1883-1887. Batch C514775 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1836-1895 - Clark County Marriage Index 1836-1895. Batch M514771 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1856-1872 - Clark County Marriage Index 1856-1872. Batch M514772 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1872-1881 - Clark County Marriage Index 1872-1881. Batch M514773 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1881-1885 - Clark County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch M514774 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 - Clark County Death Index 1883. Batch B514777 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clark County, Missouri. Page 399 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 3.6} 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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