Saline County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Saline County

Parent County
1820--Saline County was created 25 November 1820 from Cooper and Howard Counties. County seat: Marshall

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Saline 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

 * Carroll
 * Chariton
 * Cooper
 * Howard
 * Johnson
 * Lafayette
 * Pettis

Maps
Map of Saline County townships (Histopolis)

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

Deaths

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

Web Sites

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