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

	Missouri Online Records

Dade County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1841
County Seat	Greenfield
Courthouse
Address	Dade County Courthouse Main Street Greenfield, MO 65661 Phone: 417.637.2724 Dade County Website

County Courthouse

County Recorder has marriage records from 1867 and land records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1867; Probate Judge
has probate and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1841--Dade County was created 29 January 1841 from Greene County. County seat: Greenfield ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• 29 Jan 1841 Dade created from Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32. Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840–1841, pub., sec. 10/pp. 33–34)

• 24 Feb 1843 Dade lost to creation of Lawrence; Lawrence not fully organized, parts attached to Barry and DADE "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842–1843, pub., p. 39)

• 14 Feb 1845 Dade lost to creation of Cedar. Lawrence fully organized, detached from Dade. (Mo. Laws 1844–1845, secs. 49–51/p. 37)

Visit the Newberry Library Historical State and County Boundary Maps.

See an interactive map of Dade 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

• Barton
• Cedar
• Greene
• Jasper
• Lawrence
• Polk

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

• Map of Dade County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

• The Dade County Library has microfilm of extant newspapers published in the County from 1867 forward. This includes communites such as Greenfield, Lockwood and Everton.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1851-1867 - Dade County Birth Index 1851-1867. Batch C514853 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883 - Dade County Birth Index 1883. Batch C514856 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1884 - Dade County Birth Index 1883-1884. Batch C514854 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1863-1876 - Dade County Marriage Index 1863-1876. Batch M514851 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1867-1871 - Dade County Marriage Idnex 1867-1871. Batch M514852 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 - Dade County Death Index 1883. Batch B514855 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1884 - Dade County Death Index 1883-1884. Batch B514857 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Dade County Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 155
Greenfield, Missouri 65661

admin@dademogensoc.net

Dade County Library
209 South Main Street
Greenfield, Missouri 65661

dadecolibrary@yahoo.com

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.
• Dade County Community Tree - A restricted Work - in - Progress - http://www.dademogensoc.net
  
• Dade County Genealogy Society - Available March 1, 2011 - http://www.dademogensoc.org
• Biographies from The History of Dade 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), Dade 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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