Texas County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Texas County

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

County Courthouse
Recorder Deeds has marriage records from 1855 and land records from 1845; Clerk ciruit Court has divorce and court recordsc from 1855; Associate Circuit Court has probate records from 1850

Parent County
1843--Texas County was created 17 February 1843 from Shannon and Wright Counties. County seat: Houston. Texas County went by the name of Ashley County from 1843 to 1845.

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Texas County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Dent
 * Douglas
 * Howell
 * Laclede
 * Phelps
 * Pulaski
 * Shannon
 * Wright

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Texas County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Texas County townships (Histopolis)


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

Marriages

 * 1850-1855 - Texas County Marriage Index 1850-1855. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1855-1882 - Texas County Marriage Index 1855-1882. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Texas County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883 - Texas County Death Index 1883. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Houston Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

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