Platte County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Platte County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1887 and death records 1883-1888; Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records; Probate Judge has probate and court records

Parent County
1838--Platte County was created 31 December 1838 from the Platte purchase. County seat: Platte City

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Platte 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.

Populated Places

 * Camden Point
 * Dearborn
 * Edgerton
 * Farley
 * Ferrelview
 * Houston Lake
 * Iatan
 * Lake Waukomis
 * Northmoor
 * Parkeville
 * Platte City
 * Platte Woods
 * Ridgely
 * Riverside
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake
 * Weston

Neighboring Counties

 * Atchison County, Kansas
 * Buchanan
 * Clay
 * Clinton
 * Leavenworth County, Kansas
 * Wyandotte County, Kansas

Local Histories

 * William McClung Paxton's Annals of Platte County, Missouri, pub 1897, 1182 pages. A digital copy is searchable online using Google Books and FamilySearch (warning: downloads as a large file in a viewer). Also available as.

Maps

 * Map of Platte County townships (Histopolis)


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

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

Deaths

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

Societies and Libraries
Platte County Archives

Platte County Historical Society

Northland Genelogical Society

Mid-Continent Public Libraries in Platte City, Weston, and several locations in Southern Platte County.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Platte City 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.