Dent County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Dent County

Guide to Dent County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and court records; Clerk Magistrate Court has probate records; County Recorder land records

Parent County
1851--Dent County was created 10 February 1851 from Crawford and Shannon Counties. County seat: Salem

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
For a list of record loss in Missouri counties see: Missouri Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties
Crawford • Iron • Phelps • Reynolds • Shannon • Texas •

Biographies

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

Court

 * Marriage records, Dent County, Missouri : book "A," 1851-1870 and abstracts of wills "A," 1866-1893 at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

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


 * Map of Dent County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Dent County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Dent County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * - 32nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company A
 * - 32nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company D

Births

 * 1883-1884 - Dent County Birth Index 1883-1884. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1851-1878 - Dent County Marriage Books A and B Index 1851-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1878-1885 - Dent County Marriage Books C and D Index 1878-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Marriage records, Dent County, Missouri : book "A," 1851-1870 and abstracts of wills "A," 1866-1893 at Ancestry.com ($)

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1884 - Dent County Death Index 1883-1884. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers