Jasper County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Jasper County

Jasper County; 302 S Main St; Carthage, MO 64836-1696; Ph. 417.358.0441 Details: (Courthouse destroyed in 1863; rec has been removed &amp; were returned in 1865; Courthouse burned in 1883; no mention of fate of rec) (Co Clk has b rec 1883-1900 &amp; d rec 1883-1891; Redr Deeds has m &amp; land rec; Pro Judge has pro &amp; ct rec)

History
The county is named after Sergeant William Jasper (c1750-1779).

Parent County
1841--Jasper County was created 29 January 1841 from Newton County. County seat: Carthage

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Jasper County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss
An EF5 tornado struck the southern part of the city in May 2011, it is possible some record loss did occur as some locations where records may have been kept or stored were hit by the twister.

Places/Localities

 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 for all Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties

 * Barton
 * Cherokee County, Kansas
 * Crawford County, Kansas
 * Dade
 * Lawrence
 * Newton

Cemeteries
Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin BillionGraves. May contain some interments of those killed by the tornado in 2011.

Local Histories
A history of Jasper County, Missouri, and its people by Joel T. Livingston (1912) Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available online free from Google Books.

The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901) by Hon. Malcolm G. McGregor is available online free from Google Books. This book has biographical sketches of county residents. A name index is provided on page 5 of the book.

Maps

 * Map of Jasper County townships (Histopolis)


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

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Jasper County


 * July 5, 1861 = Carthage

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Jasper County communities.

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
 * Joplin 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.
 * Jasper County Web Site
 * Jasper County Web Site