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United States Missouri Newton County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Newton County Courthouse
101 S Wood Street
Neosho, MO 64850
Phone: 417.451.8220 

 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1838--Newton County was created 30 December 1838 from Barry County. County seat: Neosho ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Newton County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 for all Missouri Counties.
  

Neighboring Counties

• Barry
• Cherokee County, Kansas
• Jasper
• Lawrence
• McDonald
• Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Resources

Cemeteries

• Hazelgreen Cemetery, Benton BillionGraves
• Neosho Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Neosho BillionGraves

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Newton County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Newton County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battles

The following Civil War Battles was fought in Newton County

September 30, 1862 = Newtonia II[3]

October 28, 1864 = Newtonia I[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Newton 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

Newton County Historical Society and Museum
121 North Washington & McCord
Neosho, Missouri  64850
417-451-4940

http://www.newtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Newton County, Missouri. Page 403 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)