Osage County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Osage County

Parent County
1841--Osage County was created 29 January 1841 from Gasconade County. County seat: Linn

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

Places/Localities
To see a list of places in Osage County, click on [Show], in the bar above.

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

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.

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.

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.