Henry County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Henry County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has marriage and land records from 1830 and military discharge records; County Clerk has divorce and court recorders; Associate Circuit Court has probate records; County Museum has birth and burial records

Parent County
1834--Henry County was created 13 December 1834from Lafayette County. County seat: Clinton. Henry County was originally named Rives County. It was renamed Henry County in 1841.

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Henry 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

 * Bates
 * Benton
 * Cass
 * Johnson
 * Pettis
 * St. Clair

Maps

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Map of Henry County townships (Histopolis)

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

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that sometimes included Henry County residents.

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
 * Clinton 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.