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United States Missouri Cass County

Cass County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 3, 1835
County Seat	Harrisonville
Courthouse
Address	Cass County Courthouse 102 E Wall Street Harrisonville, Mo 64701 Phone: 816.380.8102 Cass County Website

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth records 1861-1896
and court records from 1843; Recorder of Deeds
has marriage, divorce and land records;
Associate Division has probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

1835--Cass County was created 3 March 1855 from Jackson County. County seat: Harrisonville. ^[2] It was originally named Van Buren County. Its name was changed to Cass County in 1848.

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Cass 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

• Bates
• Henry
• Jackson
• Johnson
• Johnson County, Kansas
• Miami County, Kansas

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

A History and directory of Cass County, Missouri containing a history of the county, its towns, commercial interests, etc. by A.L. Weber (1908) is available online free from Google Books.

Maps

• Map of Cass County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

• 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), Cass 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).