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United States Missouri Boone County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Boone County Courthouse
600 E Broadway
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: 573.874.7345

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1810 ^[1]

History

Parent County

1820--Boone County was created 16 November 1820 from Howard County. County seat: Columbia ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Boone County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

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

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Audrain
• Callaway
• Cole
• Cooper
• Howard
• Moniteau
• Randolph

Resources

Cemeteries

Columbia Cemetery, Columbia BillionGraves

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

A History of Boone County, Missouri Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages... (1882) is available online free from Google Books.

Maps

• Map of Boone County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Boone 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 Boone County

• December 28, 1861 = Mount Zion Church^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has Jefferson City newspapers and Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Boone County communities.
  
• Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886. Searchable online at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Digital Collections as part of the Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers.

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.
  

Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886. Searchable online at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Digital Collections as part of the Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Columbia 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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Boone fckLRCounty, 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)