Clark County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Clark County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court, and land records from 1836

Parent County
1836--Clark County was created 16 December 1836 from Lewis County. County seat: Kahoka

Boundary Changes
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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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
Hancock County, Illinois •  Knox  •  Lee County, Iowa  •  Lewis  •  Scotland  •  Van Buren County, Iowa  •

Biography

 * All of the family biographies from the 1887 History of Clark County, Missouri by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free online on My Genealogy Hound

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present...family records. St. Louis : Goodspeed, 1887.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Map of Clark County townships (Histopolis)


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

Civil War

 * - 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company C :- 1st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia Cavalry (Union), Company K :- 2nd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E :- 2nd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F :- 2nd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company K :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company A :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company B :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company D :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company F :- 69th Battalion, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A :- 69th Battalion, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B :- 69th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company E :- 69th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company H :- 69th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company I :- 69th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company G :- 69th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company F

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 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - Clark County Birth Index 1883. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883-1887 - Clark County Birth Index 1883-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1802-1969 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1750-1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1805-2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 - Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1836-1895 - Clark County Marriage Index 1836-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1856-1872 - Clark County Marriage Index 1856-1872. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1872-1881 - Clark County Marriage Index 1872-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Clark County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

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

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * Clark County Historical Society, P.O. Box 202, 252 N Morgan Str, Kahoka, MO 63445; Ph: (660) 727-1072


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