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United States Missouri Camden County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Camden County Courthouse
1 Court Circuit
Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: 573.346.4440

County Records has marriage and divorce records from 1902;
Probate Judge has probate records from 1902; Clerk Circuit Court
has court records from 1902; Tompkins Abstract Office has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1841--Camden County was created 29 January 1841 from Benton and Pulaski Counties. County seat: Camdenton. ^[2] Camden County was originally named Kinderhook County. It was renamed in 1843.

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Camden 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

Towns:

Branch
Camdenton
Climax Springs
Hurricane Deck
Kaiser
Lake Ozark
Linn Creek
Macks Creek
Montreal
Osage Beach
Richland
Stoutland
Sunrise Beach
Village of Four Seasons

Unincorporated Communities:

Branch
Hurricane Deck
Kaiser
Montreal

Townships:

Adair
Auglaize
Jackson
Jasper
Kiheka
Niangua
Osage
Osceola
Pawhuska
Russell
Warren

Neighboring Counties

• Benton
• Dallas
• Hickory
• Laclede
• Miller
• Morgan
• Pulaski

Resources

Cemeteries

These sites contain lists of many of the cemeteries in Camden, as well as photographs and lists of burials.

http://camden.mogenweb.org/cemeteries.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moccga/

Census

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

Church

Camden County Missouri contained many churches over the years. Many small local churches were created and disbanded over the years. Known churches currently include.

Missionary Baptist Churches in Mack's Creek

The first known  congregation was originally organized in September 1873 and held meetings in private homes and in the Mack's Creek School House until August 1880. For some reason this group disbanded in 1880. Founding members included Ben Allison, Martha Allison, Alfred Catron, Sarah Catron, Lucinda Catron, George Catron, George Heffner,  and Elders Joe Miller, L.J. Tatum, and W.W. Palmer.

The same month this congregation disbanded, another Missionary Baptist Church was formed in Mack's Creek. This church continued until 1886. Known members were Elders J.M. Russell, J.M. Stincipher, and William West, as well as members J.E. Fowler and A.W. Kain.

The present  Mack's Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized on January 24, 1910.

There were eight different Baptist meetings in and around Macks Creek.

Source: "The Builders, A History of Mack's Creek 1872-1972." Mack's Creek Lions Club

Other Camden County Churches:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jgood/churches_camden.html

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Camden County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Camden 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 Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Camden 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 

• The Camden County Genealogical Association was formed in 2004 and meets the third Saturday of every other month at the Camden County Library in Camdenton.

Camden County Genealogical Association
Post Office Box 3316 
Camdenton, MO 65020

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Osage Beach 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. http://camden.mogenweb.org/
• More Camden County Missouri: Local History information, marriage records, photographs, newspapers, and family information http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jgood/
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Camden County, Missouri. Page 398 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).