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United States Missouri DeKalb County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

De Kalb County Courthouse
109 W Main Street
P O Box 248;
Maysville, MO 64469-0248
Phone: 816.449.5402 

County Recorder has marriage and divorce records;
County Clerk has birth records 1880-1902; probate
Judge has probate records^[1]

History

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The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.^[2]

Parent County

1845--DeKalb County was created 25 February 1845 from Clinton County. County seat: Maysville ^[3]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of DeKalb 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

• Andrew
• Buchanan
• Caldwell
• Clinton
• Daviess
• Gentry

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Interactive map of DeKalb County townships (Histopolis)

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

Military

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.

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• DeKalb county Missouri USGenWeb project. 2009: site is beginning to add marriages, cemetery records, other historical resources.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), DeKalb County, Missouri. Page 399 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Johann de Kalb," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).