Howell County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Howell County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1895 and death records 1883-1893; Circuit Clerk and Recorder Deeds has marriage, divorce, court and land land records; Associate Circuit Court has probate records

Parent County
1857--Howell County was created from Oregon and Ozark Counties. County seat: West Plains

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Howell 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

 * Baxter County, Arkansas
 * Douglas
 * Fulton County, Arkansas
 * Oregon
 * Ozark
 * Shannon
 * Texas

Cemeteries

 * Gill Cemetery, Mountain View BillionGraves
 * New Salem Cemetery, Mountain View BillionGraves

Local Histories
A history of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas being an account of the early settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and times of peace (1907) by William Monks a resident of Howell County is available free online from Google Books.

Maps

 * Map of Howell County townships (Histopolis)


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

Marriages

 * 1867-1881 - Howell County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1867-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Howell County Marriage Book 1 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885 - Howell County Marriage Book 2 Index 1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

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
 * West Plains Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

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