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United States Missouri Bollinger County

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Bollinger County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 1, 1851
County Seat	Marble Hill
Courthouse
Address	Bollinger County Courthouse 204 High Street Marble Hill, MO 63764-0046 Phone: 573.238.2126 Bollinger County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records 1882-1892; Clerk
Circuit Court has court records and Registrar has marriage,
divorce and land records; Ciruit Judge has probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1851--Bollinger County was created 1 March 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Stoddard and Wayne Counties.
County seat: Marble Hill ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Bollinger 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

• Cape Girardeau
• Madison
• Perry
• Stoddard
• Wayne

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Interactive map of Bollinger County townships (Histopolis)

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Bollinger County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

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

• Family History Library Catalog
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Bollinger County, Missouri. Page 397 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).