Howell County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Howell County

Guide to Howell County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1895 and death records 1883-1893; Circuit Clerk and Recorder Deeds has marriage, divorce, court and land land records; Associate Circuit Court has probate records

Parent County
1857--Howell County was created from Oregon and Ozark Counties. County seat: West Plains

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Missouri counties see: Missouri Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities

 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Douglas • Fulton County, Arkansas • Oregon • Ozark • Shannon • Texas
 * Baxter County, Arkansas

Cemeteries

 * Gill Cemetery, Mountain View BillionGraves
 * New Salem Cemetery, Mountain View BillionGraves

Local Histories
A history of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas being an account of the early settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and times of peace (1907) by William Monks a resident of Howell County is available free online from Google Books.

Maps

 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Howell County townships (Histopolis)


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

Military
Community and Conflict: the Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks, Howell County.

Marriages

 * 1867-1881 - Howell County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1867-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Howell County Marriage Book 1 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885 - Howell County Marriage Book 2 Index 1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers



 * West Plains Missouri Family History Center 2800 Christie Dr, West Plains, MO 65775 United States Location Map

Web Sites

 * Howell County, MO History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Missouri Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Missouri Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.