Boone County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Boone County

Parent County
1820--Boone County was created 16 November 1820 from Howard County. County seat: Columbia

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

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Audrain
 * Callaway
 * Cole
 * Cooper
 * Howard
 * Moniteau
 * Randolph

Maps

 * Map of Boone County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Boone 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 and Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Boone County communities.

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.