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United States Missouri Osage County

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Osage County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1841
County Seat	Linn
Courthouse
Address	Osage County Courthouse 106 E Main Street Linn, MO 65501 Phone: 573.897.2139 Osage County Website

County Courthouse

Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records from 1841;
probate courth has probate records from 1841; County
Clerk has birth and death records^[1]

History

Osage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was named for the Osage River. As of 2000, the population was 13,062. Its county seat is Linn[1]. The center of population of Missouri is located in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia^[2]

Parent County

1841--Osage County was created 29 January 1841 from Gasconade County. County seat: Linn ^[3]

Boundary Changes

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

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Cities

Belle · Bland · Chamois · Linn · Meta · Westphalia

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Osage County, Missouri County seat: Linn Townships Benton · Crawford · Jackson · Jefferson · Linn · Washington Cities Belle · Bland · Chamois · Linn · Meta · Westphalia Villages Argyle · Freeburg Unincorporated Communities Aud · Babbtown · Bonnots Mill · Byron · Cooper Hill · Crook · Deer · Folk · Frankenstein · Freedom · Fuersville · Gascondy · Hope · Judge · Koeltztown · Koenig · Loose Creek · Luystown · Mint Hill · Potts · Rich Fountain · Ryors · Saint Aubert Historical Communities Adolph · Arou · Castle Rock · Cote Sans Dessein · Daggetts Ford · Dingley · Flora · French Village · Isbell · Lake Ford · Lisletown · Van Buren Neighboring Counties Callaway · Cole · Gasconade · Maries · Miller

Osage County Historical Society has information on historic places from Gasconade, Maries & Osage Counties including sources and links to historic maps. Also see: The Ramsay Place Names File for Osage County. (State Historical Society of Missouri)

Resources

Cemeteries

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 Osage 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 residents from Osage 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

Osage County Historical Society
P.O. Box 402
Linn, MO 6505
573-897-2932
Website: http://www.osagecounty.org/

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), Osage County, Missouri. Page 403 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).