Madison County, Missouri Genealogy

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History
Madison County, Missouri was organized 14 December 1818 by a legislative act which became effective 1 January 1819. The county was named after President James Madison.

Parent County
1818--Madison County was created 14 December 1818 from Cape Girardeau and Ste. Genevieve Counties. County seat: Fredericktown

Neighboring Counties

 * Bollinger
 * Iron
 * Perry
 * St. Francois
 * Wayne

Church

 * Tong, H.F., Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri. St. Louis: National Baptist Publishing Company, 1888. (Google Books link with complete text)

Local Histories

 * Douglass, Robert Sidney, History of Southeast Missouri, Vol. 1. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. (Google Books link with complete text)

Web Sites

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