Mississippi County was named for the mighty Mississippi River
and was formed in 1845 from Scott County.

Aids for the researcher

• Slave Data
• Books for Sale and Loan
• Epidemic
• Chart Glossary
• Occupations
• List of Wars
• Pension Records
• Bureau of Land Management
• Guide to Mississippi County Microfilm
• Microfilm in Missouri Archives

Pioneers

• John Bartouch
• Gage Family
• Krauss Family
• Lee Family
• Nelson Family
• Phillips Family
• Sanders Family
• James and Virginia Fugate
• John J. Combs
• Henshaw Family

Photos and Post Cards

• Court House 1935
• Jail 1935
• Old Post Cards from
  Mississippi County

Charlestown Photos

• East Prairie abt. 1890
• South Main Street 1911
• Telephone Switchboard
• Hardware Store
• Wm A. Wyatt and H.B. Heggie
• Main Street abt 1909
• Jecko Building
• The Ward Place built 1866
• Clarkston Home
• Deer Hunt abt 1940
• Eaves and Skaggs 1953

East Prairie

• Union Warehouse and Grain
  Stephen Newell
• Loading Freight Car
  Stephen Newell
• School in East Prairie abt. 1911
  Stephen Newell
• Poplar Bluff Train Station
  (Butler county)
  Stephen Newell
• Fassett Garage, Charleston
  Bill Small
• Fassett Garage Ad, Charleston
  Bill Small
• Esther Dyer, Woodridge School Teacher
  Vicki Sams Corrick
• Miller School 1919
  Vicki Sams Corrick
• Miller School List 1919
  Vicki Sams Corrick

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USGenWeb Archives (tm)

• Mississippi County Archives
• USGenWeb Archives-MO Search
• USGenWeb Archives Project
• GoodSpeed Biography

Cemeteries

• Mississippi County Cemeteries
• Little Vine - Big. Opening
• Veterans' Tombstones
• Help Locating a Cemetery
• Veterans' Inscriptions
• National Cemetery Administration

Census

• USGenWeb Census Project
  Mississippi County, MO
• Index of 1850 Census Images
  Mississippi County, MO

1880 Federal Census

• 1880 Census Text

Townships

Township Map

• Tywappity
• Ohio
• Long Prairie
• Mississippi
• Wolf Island
• James Bayou
• St. James.

Towns and Villages

• ANNISTON,
• BERTRAND
• BIRDS POINT
• CHARLSTON
• DOGWOOD
• DORENA
• EAST PRAIRIE
• WHITING
• WILSON CITY
• WOLF ISLAND
• WYATT

Maps

• Missouri Map
• Mississippi County
  Location in MO
• Mississippi County
• 1841
• 1860
• Township Map
• Plat Book of
  Mississippi County, MO

Queries/Surnames

• Queries
• Surnames
• Migrations

Other Records

• Death - unofficial
• Family Register
• Look Ups
• Marriage Records
• Reunions
• Researchers Sites,
  Mississippi County
• Schools

Military

• Dates of Wars
• Civil War (Union) Vets and Widows
• Civil War Search Site
• WW II Mississippi County
• WW II Vets Site
• National Archives
• Vietnam Mississippi County

Newspaper Articles

• Murders
• Lee Family
• Charleston 1870
• Douglas Henshaw, murdered

MOGenWeb

• Missouri County Table

Missouri State
Genealogical Association Journal
Table of Contents 1981-2008

SURROUNDING COUNTIES
New Madrid County, MO - Scott County, MO - Alexander County, IL
Carlisle County, KY - Hickman County, KY - Fulton County, KY

Mississippi County Researchers

Please let me know if there is something I can help you with.� If you have information or pictures to contribute, please contact Me so I can share the information with others
If you see any errors on these pages or can contribute information (such as lookups)
or wish to adopt Mississippi County,
please let me know.  Larry Flesher - lflesher@yahoo.com, temporary coordinator

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