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United States Missouri Lawrence County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Lawrence County Courthouse
PO Box 309
Mount Vernon, MO 65712
Phone: 417.466.2638 

Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records from 1846;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1846;
Probate Judge has probate records from 1846^[1]

History

Parent County

1845--Lawrence County was created 14 February 1845 from Barry and Dade Counties. County seat: Mount Vernon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Lawrence 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

• Barry
• Christian
• Dade
• Greene
• Jasper
• Newton
• Stone

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Lawrence County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Lawrence 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 and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Lawrence 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
• Aurora 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), Lawrence County, Missouri. Page 402 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).