Polk County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Polk County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder hasa marriage from 1835 and land records from 1836 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1857; Probate Judge has probate records from 1947

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



Neighboring Counties
Cass •  Clay  •  Johnson  •  Johnson County, Kansas  •  Lafayette  •  Ray  •  Wyandotte County, Kansas

Biographies

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

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records

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)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Map of 1904 Polk County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * - 15th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company A :- 15th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company F :- 15th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company L :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company K :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company B :- 2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company B :- 5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company D :- 7th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company D :- 7th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F :- 7th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company L :- 8th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company E :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G :- 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H :- 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company K

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 $
 * 1829-1885 - Polk County Birth Index 1829-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and 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 $
 * 1836-1874 - Polk County Marriage Index 1836-1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1885 - Polk County Marriage Index 1874-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Marriage records, Polk County, Missouri at Ancestry.com $

Deaths

 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - Polk County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Genealogical Society
Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc. 120 E. Jackson P. O. Box 632 Bolivar, Missouri 65613 Phone: (417) 777-2820 Website Facebook

Library
Polk County Library 1690 W. Broadway Bolivar, MO 65613 Phone: (417) 326-4531 Website: http://www.polkcolibrary.org/default.htm

Family History Centers

 * Bolivar Missouri Family History Center 1575 E Mount Gilead Rd Bolivar MO 65613 United States Location Map