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United States Missouri Butler County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Butler County Courthouse
100 N Main Street
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Phone: 573.686.8050

Recorder of  Deeds has marriage and land records from 1849;
Probate court has probate records from 1849; County Clerk
has birth and death records 1883-1893^[1]

History

Parent County

1849--Butler County was created 27 February 1849 from Wayne County. County seat: Poplar Bluff ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Butler 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

• Carter
• Clay County, Arkansas
• Dunklin
• Ripley
• Stoddard
• Wayne

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Directories

Butler County, Missouri Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Butler County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Butler 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
• Poplar Bluff 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), Butler County, Missouri. Page 398 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).