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United States Missouri Oregon County

[[ This article is about the southern county of Missouri. For other uses, see Oregon (disambiguation). 

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History  2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.9 Naturalization 4.10 Newspapers 4.11 Probate 4.12 Schools 4.13 Taxation 4.14 Vital Records 4.14.1 Births 4.14.2 Marriages 4.14.3 Deaths 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

Oregon County Courthouse
PO Box 324
Alton, MO 65606
Phone: 417.778.7475 

Clerk Cicuit Court has court has marriage, divorce, marriage and court records;
Probate Judge has probate records; Recorder Deeds has land records^[1]

History 

Parent County

1845--Oregon County was created 14 February 1845 from Ripley County. County seat: Alton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Oregon County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Oregon County, Missouri. Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser is available from the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
Also, the State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Populated Places

• Oregon County, Missouri Townships.
• Oregon County, Missouri lists Geography, Adjacent counties, major highways, history, education, public schools, demographics, cities and towns.
• Oregon County, Missouri. Details for Oregon County,
• Oregon County Place Names, 1928-1945.

Neighboring Counties

• Carter
• Fulton County, Arkansas
• Howell
• Randolph County, Arkansas
• Ripley
• Shannon
• Sharp County, Arkansas

Resources

Cemeteries

• Oregon County, Missouri Cemeteries.
• Falling Springs Cemetery.
• The Tombstone Transcription Project.
• USGenWeb Archives Cemetery Records Oregon County, Missouri.

Census

• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850
• United States Census, 1850
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census, 1860
• United States Census 1860
• United States Census, 1870
• United States Census 1870
• United States Census, 1880 (no images)
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census, 1900
• United States Census 1900
• United States Census, 1920 (no images)
• United States Census 1920

Church

Topographic Map Church Features in Oregon County, Missouri.

Court

• Many Court records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Land

• Oregon County, Missouri Land Patents: 1831-1969.
• BLM Land Patent Search.
• Many Land records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Local Histories

• Oregon County, Missouri Published Books.
• Oregon County Missouri. This lists collections in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla that del in some manner with Oregon County.
• Many History records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Maps

• 1895 U. S. Atlas of Oregon County Missouri.
• 1990 Federal Census Map of Oregon County Missouri.

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

Military

• Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861-1866.
• Oregon County, Missouri World War II Casualties Army and Air Force.
• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. $
• U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. $
• U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. $

Naturalization

• Many Naturalization records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Newspapers

• Oregon County, Missouri Newspapers.
• Oregon County, Missouri Newspaper Clippings.
• Oregon County Newspapers.

Probate

• Oregon County, Missouri Probate Records. Index to Probate Records A-F.
• Many Probate records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Schools

• Oregon County, Missouri Schools.

Taxation

Vital Records

Many vital records records for Oregon County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and may be available through Inter-Library loan. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Births

• Ancestry's Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 ($) has Oregon County records for 1883-1889, 1891, and 1895.

Marriages

• Oregon County Missouri Marriage Index, 1845-1885, Ripley County 1833-1849. (Oregon County was organized on February 14, 1845, from Ripley County).

• Ancestry ($) has the following records available:

• Missouri Marriage Records, 1766-1983 ($).
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1851-1900 ($).
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 ($).

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  They also have the Missouri Birth and Death Records Database, Pre-1910 that has transcriptions of original records. This database is a work in progress and is far from complete.
• Ancestry's Missouri Death Records, 1834-1910 ($) has Oregon county records for 1883-1889.

Societies and Libraries

• The Oregon County Genealogical Society

    C/O Courthouse

    P.O. Box 324

   Alton, Missouri 65606

• Oregon County 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
• Genealogy Trails, Oregon County, Missouri.
• Oregon County, Missouri Genealogy Forum.
• Oregon County, Missouri Genealogy and History.
• Oregon County, Missouri Funeral Homes.
• Linkpendium Oregon County Genealogy and Family History.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Oregon 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).

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