Platte County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Platte 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 birth records 1883-1887 and death records 1883-1888; Recorder of Deeds has marriage and land records; Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce records; Probate Judge has probate and court records.

Parent County
1838 Platte County was created 31 December 1838 from the Platte purchase. County seat: Platte City

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

Populated Places

 * Farley
 * Ferrelview
 * Houston Lake
 * Iatan
 * Lake Waukomis
 * Northmoor
 * Platte Woods
 * Ridgely
 * Riverside
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake
 * Northmoor
 * Platte Woods
 * Ridgely
 * Riverside
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake
 * Riverside
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake

Neighboring Counties
Atchison County, Kansas •  Buchanan  •  Clay  •  Clinton  •  Leavenworth County, Kansas  •  Wyandotte County, Kansas

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Catholic
Deister Settlement


 * 1847 - 1853 Deister Settlement Catholic Church Baptism Index 1847-1853. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston


 * 1847 - 1876 Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston, Baptism Index 1847-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1848 - 1885 Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston, Marriage Index 1848-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

City Directories

 * Kansas City, Missouri City Directories, 1889-91 at Ancestry.com ($)

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * William McClung Paxton's Annals of Platte County, Missouri, pub 1897, 1182 pages. A digital copy is searchable online using Google Books and FamilySearch (warning: downloads as a large file in a viewer). Also available as.
 * Kansas City, Missouri : its history and its people, 1808-1908 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * A civic history of Kansas City, Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)


 * History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; a reliable and detailed history of Clay and Platte Counties - their pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens; general and local statistics of great value, incidents and reminiscences. St. Louis, [Missouri} : National Historical Co., 1885.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Landmark (Platte City, Mo.).Platte County : a special edition of the Weston Chronicle, Weston, Mo., and the Landmark, Platte City Mo., issued in connection with national cornhusking contest, held in Platte County, November 15, 1929. Platte City, Mo. : Landmark, [1929].
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Platte County townships (Histopolis)


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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 from western Missouri to northern California

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911 - 1938 at FamilySearch — index and images

Regiments

Service men in Platte County, Missouri Genealogy 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 Platte County, Missouri:

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

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 $
 * 1850 - 1877 Platte County Birth Index 1850-1877. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1776-1988 - Missouri, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1839 - 1855 Marriage records of Platte County, Missouri, 1839-1855 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1839 - 1882 Platte County Marriage Index 1839-1882. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1881 - 1885 Platte County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 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
 * Platte County Archives
 * Platte County Historical Society


 * Northland Genealogy Society P.O. Box 14121, Parkville, MO 64152 Phone: (816) 741-3981

Mid-Continent Public Libraries in Platte City, Weston, and several locations in Southern Platte County.

Family History Centers

 * Platte City Missouri Family History Center 2700 Ensign Dr, Platte City, MO 64079 United States