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United States Missouri Mississippi County

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

	Missouri Online Records

Mississippi County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 14, 1845
County Seat	Charleston
Courthouse
Address	Missippi County Courthouse PO Box 304; Charleston, MO 63834-0304 Phone: 573.683.2146 Mississippi County Website

County Courthouse

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

History

Parent County

1845--Mississippi County was created 14 February 1845 from Scott County. County seat: Charleston ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Mississippi County border 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

• Alexander County, Illinois
• Ballard County, Kentucky
• Carlisle County, Kentucky
• Fulton County, Kentucky
• Hickman County, Kentucky
• New Madrid
• Scott

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Mississippi County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War Battle was fought in Mississippi County

• November 7, 1861 = Belmont^[3]
  

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1853-1861 - Mississippi County Birth Index 1853-1861. Batch C515441 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]

Marriages

• 1845-1881 - Mississippi County Marriage Books 1 thru 4 Index 1845-1881. Batch M515441 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]
• 1881-1885 - Mississippi County Marriage Book 5 Index 1881-1885. Batch M515442 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]

Deaths

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

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), Mississippi County, Missouri. Page 403 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. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 9 August 2012)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d8/Igimissourij.pdf.

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