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United States Missouri Knox County

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Knox County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 14, 1845
County Seat	Edina
Courthouse
Address	Knox County Courthouse 107 N 4th Street Edina, MO 63537 Phone: 660.397.2184 Knox County Website

County Courthouse

County Recorder has marriage, divorce, land records
Associate Circuit Judge has probate and court recorder;
Hisorical Society in Courthouse has birth and death
records 1883-1890^[1]

History

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The county is named for General Henry Knox (1750-1806), Revolutionary War hero, and the nation's first Secretary of War.^[2]

Parent County

1845--Knox County was created 14 February 1845 from Scotland County. County seat: Edina ^[3]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Knox 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

• Adair
• Clark
• Lewis
• Macon
• Scotland
• Shelby

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Interactive map of Knox County townships (Histopolis)

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

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), Knox County, Missouri. Page 401 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Henry Knox," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).