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United States Missouri Macon County

	Missouri Online Records

Macon County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 6, 1837
County Seat	Macon
Courthouse
Address	Macon County Courthouse 101 E Washington Street Macon, MO 63552-0096 Phone: 660.385.2913 Macon County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1893;
County Recorder has marriage and land records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records; Circuit Court
Division 2, has probate records^[1]

History

The county is named after U.S. Senator Nathaniel Macon (1758-1837).^[2]

Parent County

1837--Macon County was created 6 January 1837 from Randolph County.
County seat: Macon ^[3]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Macon County border 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

• Adair
• Chariton
• Knox
• Linn
• Monroe
• Randolph
• Shelby

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Macon County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Macon 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 Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Macon 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

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), Macon County, Missouri. Page 402 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Nathaniel Macon", Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).