Linn County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Linn County

Parent County
1837--Linn County was created 6 January 1837 from Chariton County. County seat: Linneus

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Linn 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

 * Adair
 * Chariton
 * Grundy
 * Livingston
 * Macon
 * Sullivan

Cemeteries
rootsweb has a great list of Linn County cemeteries with directions.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molinn/lccem.html

Maps

 * Map of Linn County townships (Histopolis)


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

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Chillicothe newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Linn 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.