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United States Missouri Barton County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Barton County Courthouse
1004 Gulf Street
Lamar, MO 64759
Phone: 417.682.3529

County Clerk has birth records 1883-1897 and death records 1883-1899;

Recorder Deeds has divorce and land records; Probate Court has probate
records; Magistrate Court, division 2, has court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1855--Barton County was created 12 December 1855 from Jasper County. County seat: Lamar ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Barton 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

• Cedar
• Crawford County, Kansas
• Dade
• Jasper
• Vernon

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Barton County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Barton County communities.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

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), Barton County, Missouri. Page 397 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).