Holt County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Holt County

Holt County; 100 W Nodaway St; Oregon, MO 64473; Ph. 660.446.3303 Details: (Formerly Nodaway Co. Name changed to Holt 15 Feb 1841. Courthouse burned 30 Jan 1965; most rec undamaged) (Co Clk has incomplete b &amp; d rec 1883-1893, m, div &amp; land rec from 1841; Clk Cir Ct has ct rec from 1841; Pro Judge has pro rec from 1849)

Parent County
1841--Holt County was created 29 January 1841 from the Platte Purchase. County seat: Oregon

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Holt 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

 * Andrew
 * Atchison
 * Doniphan County, Kansas
 * Nemaha County, Nebraska
 * Nodaway
 * Richardson County, Nebraska

Cemeteries

 * Mount Hope Cemetery, Mound City BillionGraves

Maps

 * Map of Holt County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Holt County.

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

Newspapers
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) Nearly 2,000 issues between 1880 and 1921 have been digitized and are fully searchable online at the Library of Congress, Chronicling America website.

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.