Dade County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Dade County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Recorder has marriage records from 1867 and land records; Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce records from 1867; Probate Judge has probate and court records.

Parent County
1841 Dade County was created 29 January 1841 from Greene County. County seat: Greenfield

Boundary Changes

 * 29 Jan 1841 Dade created from Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32. Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840–1841, pub., sec. 10/pp. 33–34)


 * 24 Feb 1843 Dade lost to creation of Lawrence; Lawrence not fully organized, parts attached to Barry and DADE "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842–1843, pub., p. 39)


 * 14 Feb 1845 Dade lost to creation of Cedar. Lawrence fully organized, detached from Dade. (Mo. Laws 1844–1845, secs. 49–51/p. 37)

Visit the Newberry Library Historical State and County Boundary Maps.

For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1863 The courthouse was destroyed October 6, 1863. Some records were destroyed.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




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

Neighboring Counties
Barton •  Cedar  •  Greene  •  Jasper  •  Lawrence  •  Polk

Biographies

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

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Dade County Historical Society (Greenfield, Missouri). History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri present : from the earliest time to the present, including a department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business, professional, and private records; besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, etc., etc.. Chicago, Illinois : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)


 * Young, A. J. History of Dade County and her people : from the earliest settlements to the present time. Greenfield, Mo. : Pioneer Historical Co., 1917.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Index Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Dade County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Dade County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Dade County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — images

Regiments

Service men in Dade County, Missouri served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Dade County, Missouri:
 * - 6th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F
 * - 6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company E
 * - 6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company L
 * - 7th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E
 * - 7th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company I

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * The Dade County Library has microfilm of extant newspapers published in the County from 1867 forward. This includes communites such as Greenfield, Lockwood and Everton.

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 - 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1867 Dade County Birth Index 1851-1867. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 Dade County Birth Index 1883. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883 - 1884 Dade County Birth Index 1883-1884. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1863 - 1876 Dade County Marriage Index 1863-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1867 - 1871 Dade County Marriage Index 1867-1871. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Marriage records, Dade County, Missouri at Ancestry.com $

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 Dade County Death Index 1883. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883 - 1884 Dade County Death Index 1883-1884. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies


 * Dade County Genealogy Society P.O. Box 155 Greenfield, MO 65661 Email: [mailto:admin@dademogensoc.net admin@dademogensoc.net]


 * Dade County Library 209 South Main Street Greenfield, MO 65661 Email: [mailto:dadecolibrary@yahoo.com dadecolibrary@yahoo.com]