Saline County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Saline County

Parent County
1820--Saline County was created 25 November 1820 from Cooper and Howard Counties. County seat: Marshall

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Saline County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Chariton
 * Cooper
 * Howard
 * Johnson
 * Lafayette
 * Pettis

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Antioch Cemetery, Liberty
 * Blue Lick Union Church and Cemetery, Marshall
 * Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Liberty
 * Fairview Cemetery, Marshall
 * Fairview Cemetery, Sweet Springs
 * Heath Creek Cemetery, Blackwater
 * Rose Valley Cemetery, Houstonia
 * Sunset Hill Cemetery, Marshall

Local Histories
A Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri ... (1893) is available online free from Google Books. The first part of the book contains biographies of the U.S. presidents. The second part, starting on p.111, contains biographies Lafayette and Saline county residents.

Maps
Map of Saline County townships (Histopolis)

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

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that sometimes included Saline County residents.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.