Cole County, MissouriEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

This Missouri-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List.

United States Missouri Cole County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Cole County Courthouse
301 E High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: 573.634.9106 

Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1821;
Probate Judge has probate records from 1821; Recorder Deeds
has marriage and land records from 1821^[1]

History

Parent County

1820--Cole County was created 16 November 1820 from Cooper County. County seat: Jefferson City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

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

Record Loss

Jefferson City, MO Cole County Courthouse Fire

Jefferson City, Mo., March 14. -- The Cole County courthouse was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The records which were in fireproof vaults were not damaged. The building was insured for $70,000. The cost of replacing the structure, it was stated today would be $100,000, though the original cost was $59,000.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 15 Mar 1918
(source:GenDisasters)

Places/Localities

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Cole County, Missouri County seat: Jefferson City Townships Clark · Jefferson · Liberty · Marion · Moreau · Osage Cities Jefferson City · Lohman · Russellville · Saint Martins · Saint Thomas · Taos Villages Centertown · Wardsville Unincorporated Communities Apache Flats · Bass · Brazito · Cole Junction · Decatur · Elston · Eugene · Henley · Hickory Hill · Honey Creek · Marion · Millbrook · Osage Bend · Osage Bluff · Osage City · Payne Ford · Plummer · Schubert · Scott · Scrivner · Scruggs · Stringtown Historical Communities Belleville · Burlington · Teal Neighboring Counties Boone · Callaway · Miller · Moniteau · Osage

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

Resources

Cemeteries

• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has burial records for Jefferson City National Cemetery and other Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries around the country.

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Maps of townships (Histopolis)

The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Cole 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 on Cole County residents as well as residents from surrounding counties.

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 

Cole County Historical Society
109 Madison Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573)-635-1850
Website: http://www.colecohistsoc.org/

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Jefferson City 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), Cole County, Missouri. Page 399 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).