Mo Co., Origins                                                                              

 

Adair created 29Jan1841 from Macon                                                                    

Allen created 1843 from Holt                                                                                   

Andrew created 29Jan1841 from Platte Purchase                                                  

Ashley created 17Feb1843 from Shannon & Wright                                              

Atchison renamed 14Feb1845 from Allen                                                               

Audrain created 17Dec1836 from Callaway, Monroe & Ralls                              

 

Barry created 05Jan1835 from Greene                                                                   

Barton created 12Dec1855 from Jasper                                                                 

Bates created 29Jan1841 from VanBuren                                                              

Benton created 03Jan1835 from Pettis & Greene                                                  

Bollinger created 01Mar1851 from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard & Wayne

Boone created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                                

Buchanan created 31Dec1838 from Platte Purchase                                              

Butler created 27Feb1849 from Wayne                                                                  

 

Caldwell created 29Dec1836 from Ray                                                                   

Callaway created 25Nov1820 from Boone, Howard & Montgomery                    

Camden renamed 23Feb1843 from Kinderhook                                                     

Cape Girardeau created 01Oct1812 Original                                                         

Carroll created 02Jan1833 from Ray                                                                      

Carter created 10Mar1859 from Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley & Shannon  

Cass renamed  19Feb1849 from VanBuren                                                            

Cedar created 14Feb1845 from Dade & St.Clair                                                   

Chariton created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                

Christian created 08Mar1859 from Greene, Taney & Webster                            

Clark created 16Dec1836 from Lewis                                                                     

Clay created 02Jan1822 from Ray                                                                          

Clinton created 02Jan1833 from Clay                                                                     

Cole created 16Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                    

Cooper created 17Dec1818 from Howard                                                               

Crawford created 23Jan1829 from Gasconade                                                       

 

Dade created 29Jan1841 from Barry & Polk                                                         

Dallas renamed 16Dec1844 from Niangua                                                 

Daviess created 29Dec1836 from Ray                                                                    

Decatur renamed 29Jan1841 from Ozark                                                               

DeKalb created 25Feb1845 from Clinton                                                                

Dent created 10Feb1851 from Crawford & Shannon                                             

Douglas created 29Oct1857 from Ozark                                                                 

Dunklin created 14Feb1845 from Stoddard                                                

 

Franklin created 11Dec1818 from St.Louis                                                

 

Gasconade created 25Nov1820 from Franklin                                                       

Gentry created 14Feb1845 from Clinton                                                                 

Greene created 02Jan1833 from Crawford & Wayne                                            

Grundy created 29Jan1841 from Livingston                                                           

 

Harrison created 14Feb1845 from Daviess                                                            

Henry renamed 15Oct1841 from Rives                                                                   

Hickory created 14Feb1845 from Benton & Polk                                                  

Highland created 17Feb1843 Linn County                                                  

Holt renamed 14Feb 1841 from Nodaway                                                               

Howard created 23Jan1816 from St.Charles & St.Louis                                       

Howell created 02Mar1857 from Oregon                                                               

 

Iron created 17Feb1857 from Madison, Reynolds, St.Francois, Washington & Wayne

 

Jackson created 15Dec1826 from Lillard                                                               

Jasper created 29Jan1841 from Barry                                                                    

Jefferson created 08Dec1818 from St. Louis & St.Genevieve                              

Johnson created 13Dec1834 from Lillard                                                               

 

Kinderhook created 29Jan1841 from Benton, Morgan & Pulaski            

Knox created 14Feb1845 from Scotland                                                                 

 

Laclede created 24Feb1849 from Camden, Pulaski & Wright                               

Lafayette renamed 16Feb1825 from Lillard                                                           

Lawrence created 14Feb1845 from Barry & Dade                                    

Lewis created 02Jan1833 from Marion                                                                   

Lillard created 16Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                 

Lincoln created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                          

Linn created 06Jan1837 from Chariton                                                                   

Livingston created 06Jan1837 from Carroll                                                

 

Macon created 06Jan1837 from Chariton & Randolph                                         

Madison created 14Dec1818 from Cape Girardeau & St.Genevieve                   

Maries created 02Mar1855 from Osage & Pulaski                                               

Marion created 23Dec1826 from Ralls                                                                   

McDonald renamed  01Jan1847 from Seneca                                                        

Mercer created 14Feb1845 from Grundy                                                               

Miller created 06Feb1837 from Cole & Pulaski                                                     

Mississippi created 14Feb1845 from Scott                                                             

Moniteau created 14Feb1845 from Cole & Morgan                                              

Monroe 06Jan1831 from Ralls                                                                                

Montgomery created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                 

Morgan created 05Jan1833 from Cooper                                                               

 

New Madrid created 01Oct1812 Original                                                               

Newton created 31Dec1838 Barry County                                                             
Niangua created 29Jan1841 from Polk                                                                   

Nodaway (old) created  29Jan1841 from Platte Purchase                          

Nodaway created  14Feb1845 from Andrew                                                           

 

Oregon created 14Feb1845 from Ripley                                                                 

Osage created 29Jan1841 from Gasconade                                                

Ozark created 29Jan1841 from Taney                                                                    

Ozark renamed 22Feb1843 from Decatur                                                               

 

Pemiscot created 19Feb1851 from New Madrid                                                     

Perry created 16Nov1820 from St.Genevieve                                                        

Pettis created 26Jan1833 from Cooper & Saline                                                    

Phelps created 13Nov1857 from Crawford                                                 

Pike created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                               

Platte Purchase in 1836 from Ioway, Sac & Fox Indian lands 28Mar1837 added to MO

Platte created 31Dec1838 from Platte Purchase                                                    

Polk created 05Jan1835 from Greene                                                                     

Pulaski created 19Jan1833 from Crawford                                                 

Putnam created 28Feb1845 from Adair & Sullivan                                    

 

Ralls created 16Nov1820 from Pike                                                            

Randolph created 22Jan1829 from Chariton & Ralls                                            

Ray created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                                    

Reynolds created 25Feb1845 from Shannon                                                           

Rives created 13Dec1834 from Lillard                                                                   

Ripley created 05Jan1833 from Wayne                                                                  

 

St.Charles created 01Oct1812 Original                                                                   

St.Clair created 29Jan1841 from Rives                                                                  

St.Francois created 19Dec1821 from Jefferson, St.Genevieve & Washington

St.Genevieve created 01Oct1812 Original                                                              

St.Louis City created 22Aug1876 St.Louis                                                             

St.Louis created 01Oct1812 Original                                                                      

Saline created 25Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                 

Schuyler created 14Feb1845 from Adair                                                                 

Scotland created 29Jan1841 from Clark, Lewis, & Shelby

Scott created 28Dec1821 from New Madrid                                                           

Seneca created 03Mar1849 from Newton                                                               

Shannon created 29Jan1841 from Ripley                                                                

Shelby created 02Jan1835 from Marion                                                                 

Stoddard created 02Jan1835 from New Madrid                                                     

Stone created 10Feb1851 from Taney                                                                     

Sullivan renamed 14Feb1845 from Highland                                                          

 

Taney created 06Jan1837 from Greene                                                                  

Texas renamed 14Feb1845 from Ashley                                                                 

 

VanBuren created  03Mar1835 from Jackson                                                        

Vernon created 27Feb1855 Bates County                                                              

 

Warren created 05Jan1833 from Montgomery                                                      

Washington created 21Aug1813 from St.Genevieve                                              

Wayne created 11Dec1818 from Cape Girardeau & Lawrence                            

Webster created 03Mar1855 from Greene                                                             

Worth created 08Feb1861 from Gentry                                                                  

Wright created 29Jan1841 from Pulaski                                                                 

 

Timeline                                                                                          

 

Missouri Territory created 30Apr1812                                                                   

 

Cape Girardeau created 01Oct1812 Original                                                         

New Madrid created 01Oct1812 Original                                                               

St.Charles created 01Oct1812 Original                                                                   

St.Louis created 01Oct1812 Original                                                                      

St.Genevieve created 01Oct1812 Original                                                              

 

Washington created 21Aug1813 from St.Genevieve                                              

 

Howard created 23Jan1816 from St.Charles & St.Louis                                       

 

Jefferson created 08Dec1818 from St. Louis & St.Genevieve                              

Franklin created 11Dec1818 from St.Louis                                                

Wayne created 11Dec1818 from Cape Girardeau & Lawrence                            

Lincoln created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                          

Madison created 14Dec1818 from Cape Girardeau & St.Genevieve                   

Montgomery created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                 

Pike created 14Dec1818 from St.Charles                                                               

Cooper created 17Dec1818 from Howard                                                               

 

Chariton created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                

Cole created 16Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                    

Lillard created 16Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                 

Perry created 16Nov1820 from St.Genevieve                                                        

Ralls created 16Nov1820 from Pike                                                            

Ray created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                                    

Boone created 16Nov1820 from Howard                                                                

Callaway created 25Nov1820 from Boone, Howard& Montgomery                     

Gasconade created 25Nov1820 from Franklin                                                       

Saline created 25Nov1820 from Cooper                                                                 

 

Clay created 02Jan1822 from Ray                                                                          

 

Missouri Statehood 10Aug1821