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United States Missouri Callaway County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Callaway County Courthouse
10 E 5th Street
Fulton, MO 65251-1700
Phone: 573.642.0730

County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1888;
County Recorder has marriage and land records; Clerk
Ciruit Court has divorce records; Probate Judge has
probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1820--Callaway County was created 25 November 1820 from Montgomery County. County seat: Fulton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Callaway County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Audrain
• Boone
• Cole
• Montgomery
• Osage

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Callaway County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Callaway 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 Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news that included residents from Callaway 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
• Fulton 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), Callaway 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).