Missouri
Territory: 1803–1821
Statehood: 10 Aug 1821
24th state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Iowa
South: Arkansas
East: Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
West: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Capital: Jefferson City
Largest city: Kansas City
Map: Missouri, 1852 (click map to enlarge), Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Counties: Original counties as listed in the 1820 Missouri Constitution, Schedule, Sect. 7, p. 31: Cape Girardeau, Cooper, Franklin, Howard, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Montgomery, New Madrid, Pike, St. Charles, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Washington, and Wayne. Missouri County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 114.
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910, Missouri State Archives
Missouri Birth Index, 1920-2015
Missouri Census Records and Tax Lists, Missouri State Archives
Missouri County Records on Microfilm,
Missouri State Archives
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1969,
Missouri State Archives
Missouri Death Index, 1968-2015
Missouri Land Records,
Missouri State Archives
Missouri Manuscript Collections,
Missouri State Archives
Missouri Military Records,
Missouri State Archives
St. Louis Genealogical Society (StLGS)
St. Louis Obituary Index, St. Louis Public Library Digital Collection
St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections
Additional Websites
Butler County
Genealogy and Local History, Poplar Bluff Public Library
Nodaway County
Nodaway County, Missouri GenWeb
Maps
Missouri Maps, Library of Congress
Missouri Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Missouri County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Record Sets-State Level
Missouri Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Missouri Record Sets (Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of Missouri
A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, William Monks, 1907.
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Missouri
Community History Archive Newspapers: Missouri
Small Town Newspapers
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Missouri Digital Newspaper Project, The State Historical Society of Missouri
Manuscripts
Missouri Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Missouri Manuscripts, Library of Congress