Atchison County, Missouri Genealogy
- This article is about a northwestern Missouri County. For other uses, see Atchison.
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Missouri, United States Genealogy Atchison County
Contents
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Atchison County
P.O. Box 280
Rock Port, MO 64482
Telephone: (660) 744-6214
History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1843--Atchison County was created 23 February 1843 from Holt County. County seat: Rock Port[1] Atchison County was originally named Allen County when it was formed in 1843. It was renamed Atchison, County in 1845.
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
See an interactive map of Atchison County border changes at N2Genealogy.com.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
- The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
- Fremont County, Iowa Genealogy
- Holt
- Nemaha County, Nebraska Genealogy
- Nodaway
- Otoe County, Nebraska Genealogy
- Page County, Iowa Genealogy
- Richardson County, Nebraska Genealogy
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Fairfax BillionGraves
- Cemeteris of Atchison County
Census[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Atchison County, Missouri Genealogy census records online, see: Missouri Census.
Church[edit | edit source]
Court[edit | edit source]
Land[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri compendium of national biography (1901) is available online free from Google Books. Part I contains biographies of national celebrities. Part II (starts on p.219) contains biographies of Atchison and Nodaway county residents.
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Map of Atchison County townships (Histopolis)
- The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Atchison County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
Migration[edit | edit source]
Early migration routes to and from Atchison County, Missouri Genealogy for European and African American settlers included:
- Missouri River
- Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon[2]
- California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California[3]
- Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah[4]
Military[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Births[edit | edit source]
Marriages[edit | edit source]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
Societies and Libraries
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Family History Centers
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Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map I" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at
(accessed 18 July 2011).
- ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
- ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
