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United States Missouri Ozark County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Ozark County Courthouse
PO Box 416;
Gainesville, MO 65655-0416;
Phone: 417.6798.3516 

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce and court records;
County Clerk has County Community minutes; Probate
Court has probate records; Recorder Deeds has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1841--Ozark County was created 29 January 1841 from Taney county. The name was changed to Decatur in 1843 and back to Ozark in 1845. County seat: Gainesville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Ozark 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

• Baxter County, Arkansas
• Douglas
• Fulton County, Arkansas
• Howell
• Marion County, Arkansas
• Taney

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Ozark County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

• 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), Ozark County, Missouri. Page 404 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).