Missouri: Bibliography and Sources
Missouri Atlas of Historical County
Boundaries
John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko,
Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research
Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz,
ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant.
Copyright The Newberry Library 2005
Atkeson, W.O. History of Bates
County, Missouri. Topeka, Kans.: Historical Publishing Co., 1918.
Barns, Chancy R., ed. The
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs
of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot
Spring Counties, Arkansas, Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a
Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same, a Brief
Descriptive History of Each of the Counties above Named, and Numerous Biographical
Sketches of Their Prominent Citizens. Chicago, 1889.
Campbell, Robert Allen. Campbell’s
Gazetteer of Missouri: From Articles Contributed by Prominent Gentlemen in
Each County of the State, and Information Collected and Collated from Official
and Other Authentic Sources, by a Corps of Experienced Canvassers. St.
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“Colton’s New Map of Missouri,
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“Colton’s New Map of Missouri,
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J.H. Colton, 1860.
Conard, Howard L., ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready
Reference. 6 vols. New York: Southern History Co., 1901.
Cramer, Rose Fulton. Wayne
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Curry, J. E., comp. A Reminiscent
History of Douglas County, Missouri, 1857–1957. Springfield: Elkins-Swyers
Co., n.d.
DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of
Historical County Boundaries: Iowa. Ed. John H. Long. New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons, 1998.
“Division of Missouri by Counties in
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Dubester, Henry J. State
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Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States. 1948. Reprint.
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Ellinghouse, Cletis R., ed. Old
Reynolds. Ellington, Mo.: Reynolds County Courier, 1978.
Fairbanks, Jonathan and Clyde Edwin
Tuck. Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri: Early and Recent History
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Indianapolis: A.W. Bowen and Co., 1915.
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“First Five Counties of Missouri
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(1975–1976): 402.
Foley, William E. A History of
Missouri, 1673–1820. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1971.
Foley, William E. “The American
Territorial System: Missouri’s Experience.” Missouri Historical Review 65
(1970–1971): 403–426.
Ford, Royal E. History of Scott
County, Missouri. Oak Ridge, Mo.: Royal E. Ford, 1939.
Garrison, Milton. “History of
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(1935–1936): 47–56.
Halliburton, William H. History
of Arkansas County, Arkansas, 1541 to 1875. N.p., n.d.
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Hempstead County Genealogical
Society, comp. Book BB, Wills, Marriages, Pre-Emptions, Estrays, Etc.:
Hempstead County, Arkansas, 1821–1845. Hope, Ark.: Hempstead County
Genealogical Society, 1993.
Hempstead, Fay. A Pictorial
History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890. St. Louis, 1890.
History of Boone County, Missouri. St. Louis, 1882.
History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan,
Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage Counties, Missouri. 1889. Reprint. Easley, S.C.:
Southern Historical Press, 1978.
History of Franklin, Jefferson,
Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties, Missouri. Chicago, 1888.
History of Greene County, Missouri,
Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources,
Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages. St. Louis, 1883.
History of Henry and St. Clair
Counties, Missouri: Containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities,
Towns, Etc., Etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local
Statistics, History of Missouri, Map of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Etc. St. Joseph, 1883.
History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar,
Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri. Chicago, 1889.
History of Holt and Atchison
Counties, Missouri, Containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities,
Towns, Etc., Etc. St.
Joseph, 1882.
History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas,
Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri. Chicago, 1889.
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and
Scotland Counties, Missouri. 1887. Reprint. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co.,
1981.
History of Lincoln County, Missouri:
From the Earliest Time to the Present. Chicago, 1888.
History of Newton, Lawrence, Barry
and McDonald Counties, Missouri. 1888. Reprint. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1982
History of St. Charles, Montgomery
and Warren Counties, Missouri. 1885. Reprint. St. Louis: Paul V.
Cochrane, 1969.
History of Southeast Missouri:
Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St.
Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot,
Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron. Chicago, 1888.
History of Vernon County, Missouri,
Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources,
Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages, Together with a
Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Vernon
County—Its Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent
Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and
Reminiscences. St.
Louis, 1887.
History Publishing Company. History
of Holt County, Missouri: From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of
the Year 1916. St. Joseph: Midland Printing Co., n.d.
Hodes, Frederick Anthony. The
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Nineteenth Century. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1973.
Hyde, William, and Howard L. Conard,
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Biography for Ready Reference. 4 vols. New York, 1899.
Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of
Greene County, Missouri. N.p., 1876.
Ingenthron, Elmo. The Land of
Taney: A History of an Ozark Commonwealth. Point Lookout, Mo.: School of
the Ozarks Press, 1974.
Kane, Joseph Nathan. American
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Population, Historical Data, and Published Sources. 3d ed. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1972.
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Landers, Frank E. “The Southern
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Loberg, David L. The Mapping of
Arkansas, 1541–1900. Little Rock: University of Arkansas, 1976.
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Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788–1980. 5 vols. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1984
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of Session Laws. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complemented by Pollack
(below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.
MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List
of Statutes of States of the United States of America, Including Revisions,
Compilations, Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence: Oxford Press, 1937.
The most complete guide to state codes through 1937.
“Map of That Part of the State of
Missouri which Lies on the Left Bank of the Missouri River and West of the
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Society, 1926.
Missouri. Laws of a Public and
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the Territory of Missouri, and of the State of Missouri, Up to the Year 1824. 2
vols. Jefferson City, 1842. Volume 2, differently titled, publishes Missouri
state laws passed between 1824 and 1836.
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Missouri. Laws of the State of
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Missouri. The Annotated Statutes
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31, 1906. 5 vols. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1906.
Missouri. The Revised Statutes of
the State of Missouri, 1879. 2 vols. Compiled by John A. Hockaday et al.
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Missouri. The Revised Statutes of the State of
Missouri, 1909. 3
vols. Compiled by John C. Brown, Homer Hall, and David H. Harris. Jefferson
City: Hugh Stephens Printing Co., 1910.
Missouri. The Revised Statutes of
the State of Missouri, 1929. 2 vols. Compiled by M. E. Casey et al.
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Missouri, 1939. 3
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Missouri, Revised and Digested by the Eighteenth General Assembly, During the
Session of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Four and One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Fifty-Five; To which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United
States and of the State of Missouri with an Appendix, Including Certain Local
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Missouri. Vernon’s Annotated Missouri
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Co., 1952. Cited as Mo. Vernon’s.
“Missouri”
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Missouri Supreme Court. Reports
of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Vols.
1–, 1821–. St. Louis, 1843. Cited as Mo. Reports.
Missouri
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Geographical Society of New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and
interstate boundary disputes.
“Platte County’s Early History.” Missouri
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National Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in MacDonald’s 1935
compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws
through 1935.
Rabenhorst, Thomas D., and Carville
V. Earle, eds. Historical U.S. County Outline Map Collection, 1840–1980. Baltimore:
Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Baltimore County), 1984. A
portfolio of redrawn federal maps; no supporting text or documentation.
Rafferty, Milton D. Historical
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Richter, Wendy, ed. Clark County,
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the Archdiocese of St. Louis: In its Various Stages of Development from A.D.
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Royce, Charles
C., comp. “Indian Land
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Bureau of American Ethnology, 1896–1897. Washington, D.C., 1899. The
standard authority in its field; state maps detail all Indian land-cession
treaties with the federal government.
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Saint Louis City and County, From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day:
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of the maps listed here have been reproduced on microfiche by the Library of
Congress.
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for the states
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Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county outline
maps for each state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation of
methodology.
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compilation for its subject.
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