Cole County, Missouri Genealogy

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Parent County
1820--Cole County was created 16 November 1820 from Cooper County. County seat: Jefferson City

Record Loss
Jefferson City, MO Cole County Courthouse Fire

Jefferson City, Mo., March 14. -- The Cole County courthouse was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The records which were in fireproof vaults were not damaged. The building was insured for $70,000. The cost of replacing the structure, it was stated today would be $100,000, though the original cost was $59,000.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 15 Mar 191 (source:GenDisasters)

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Callaway
 * Miller
 * Moniteau
 * Osage

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Jefferson City

Maps
Maps of townships (Histopolis)

The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books for all Missouri counties including Cole County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

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 Cole County residents as well as residents from surrounding counties. Some libraries provide free access to this database under the name Access Newspaper Archive.

Deaths

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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.