Clinton County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Clinton County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1833 and military records from 1919; Probate Judge has probate records

Parent County
1833--Clinton County was created 2 January 1833 from Clay County. County seat: Plattsburg

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Clinton County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss
COUNTY BUILDING DAMAGED

PLATTSBURG, Mo. (AP) - Fire destroyed the top floor of the 80-year-old Clinton County Courthouse here Friday, but county officials say most government records were saved. ... The sheriff said he lost all of his arrest records and a two-way radio system. ... County Collector Carl Joson said the county's tax records could be salvaged because they were kept in a vault, but everything in the office except his brass spittoon was destroyed. ...

The Daily Capital News, Jefferson City, MO 15 Jun 1974 (source:GenDisasters)

Places/Localities

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

Populated Places
Cameron, Missouri. Population over 9,000 (this includes the prison.)

Neighboring Counties

 * Buchanan
 * Caldwell
 * Clay
 * Dekalb
 * Platte
 * Ray

Cemeteries
Cameron Memory Gardens. East of Cameron on Grand Avenue or "Old 36 Hwy" This is Cameron's newest Cemetery.

Church
Cameron First Baptist Church.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cameron.

Local Histories
The History of Clinton County, Missouri: containing a history of the County ... (1881) is available online free from Google Books.

A Portrait and biographical record of Buchanan and Clinton counties, Missouri containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens... (1893) is available online free from Google Books. The first part of the book contains biographies of the U.S. presidents. The second part, starting on p.111, contains biographies Buchanan and Clinton county residents.

Maps

 * Interactive map of Clinton County townships (Histopolis)


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

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
 * Cameron 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.