Missouri Counties

A listing of the 120 counties and independent cities in Missouri. The list also shows which counties were carved up to produce new counties.
Adair
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Kirksville
Post Offices
Andrew
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Savannah
Post Offices
Atchison
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Rockport
Post Offices
Audrain
Est: Dec 17, 1836
County Seat: Mexico
Post Offices
Barry
Est: Jan 5, 1835
County Seat: Cassville
Post Offices
Barton
Est: Dec 12, 1855
County Seat: Lamar
Post Offices
Bates
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Butler
Post Offices
Benton
Est: Jan 3, 1835
County Seat: Warsaw
Post Offices
Bollinger
Est: Mar 1, 1851
County Seat: Marble Hill
Post Offices
Boone
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Columbia
Post Offices
Buchanan
Est: Dec 31, 1838
County Seat: Saint Joseph
Post Offices
Butler
Est: Feb 27, 1849
County Seat: Poplar Bluff
Post Offices
Caldwell
Est: Dec 29, 1836
County Seat: Kingston
Post Offices
Callaway
Est: Nov 25, 1820
County Seat: Fulton
Post Offices
Researcher(s): kchsoc@coin.org
Camden
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Camdenton
Post Offices
Cape Girardeau
Est: Oct 1, 1812
County Seat: Jackson
Post Offices
Carroll
Est: Jan 2, 1833
County Seat: Carrollton
Post Offices
Carter
Est: Mar 10, 1859
County Seat: Van Buren
Post Offices
Cass
Est: Mar 3, 1835
County Seat: Harrisonville
Post Offices
Cedar
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Stockton
Post Offices
Chariton
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Keytesville
Post Offices
Christian
Est: Mar 8, 1859
County Seat: Ozark
Post Offices
Clark
Est: Dec 16, 1836
County Seat: Kahoka
Post Offices
Clay
Est: Jan 2, 1822
County Seat: Liberty
Post Offices
Clinton
Est: Jan 2, 1833
County Seat: Plattsburg
Post Offices
Cole
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Jefferson City
Post Offices
Cooper
Est: Feb 1, 1819
County Seat: Boonville
Post Offices
Crawford
Est: Jan 23, 1829
County Seat: Steelville
Post Offices
Dade
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Greenfield
Post Offices
Dallas
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Buffalo
Post Offices
Daviess
Est: Dec 29, 1836
County Seat: Gallatin
Post Offices
De Kalb
Est: Feb 25, 1845
County Seat: Maysville
Post Offices
De Witt
Name given to area later Pulaski County
Limited P.O. info listed
Dent
Est: Feb 10, 1851
County Seat: Salem
Post Offices
Dodge
Now in Iowa, included Putnam County area
Limited P.O. info listed
Douglas
Est: Oct 29, 1857
County Seat: Ava
Post Offices
Dunklin
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Kennett
Post Offices
Franklin
Est: Jan 1, 1819
County Seat: Union
Post Offices
Gasconade
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Hermann
Post Offices
Gentry
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Albany
Post Offices
Greene
Est: Jan 2, 1833
County Seat: Springfield
Post Offices
Grundy
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Trenton
Post Offices
Harrison
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Bethany
Post Offices
Researcher(s): g2h@msn.com
Henry
Est: Dec 13, 1834
County Seat: Clinton
Post Offices
Hickory
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Hermitage
Post Offices
Holt
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Oregon
Post Offices
Howard
Est: Mar 1, 1816
County Seat: Fayette
Post Offices
Howell
Est: Mar 2, 1857
County Seat: West Plains
Post Offices
Iron
Est: Feb 17, 1857
County Seat: Ironton
Post Offices
Jackson
Est: Dec 15, 1826
County Seat: Independence
Post Offices
Jasper
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Carthage
Post Offices
Jefferson
Est: Jan 1, 1819
County Seat: Hillsboro
Post Offices
Johnson
Est: Dec 13, 1834
County Seat: Warrensburg
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Knox
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Edina
Post Offices
Laclede
Est: Feb 24, 1849
County Seat: Lebanon
Post Offices
Lafayette
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Lexington
Post Offices
Lawrence
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Mount Vernon
Post Offices
Lewis
Est: Jan 2, 1833
County Seat: Monticello
Post Offices
Lincoln
Est: Jan 1, 1819
County Seat: Troy
Post Offices
Linn
Est: Jan 6, 1837
County Seat: Linneus
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Livingston
Est: Jan 6, 1837
County Seat: Chillicothe
Post Offices
Macon
Est: Jan 6, 1837
County Seat: Macon
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Madison
Est: Jan 1, 1819
County Seat: Fredericktown
Post Offices
Maries
Est: Mar 2, 1855
County Seat: Vienna
Post Offices
Marion
Est: Dec 23, 1826
County Seat: Palmyra
Post Offices
Mc Donald
Est: Mar 3, 1849
County Seat: Pineville
Post Offices
Researcher(s): alan@mophil.org
Mercer
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Princeton
Post Offices
Miller
Est: Feb 6, 1837
County Seat: Tuscumbia
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Mississippi
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Charleston
Post Offices
Moniteau
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: California
Post Offices
Monroe
Est: Jan 6, 1831
County Seat: Paris
Post Offices
Montgomery
Est: Jan 1, 1819
County Seat: Montgomery City
Post Offices
Morgan
Est: Jan 5, 1833
County Seat: Versailles
Post Offices
New Madrid
Est: Oct 1, 1812
County Seat: New Madrid
Post Offices
Newton
Est: Dec 31, 1838
County Seat: Neosho
Post Offices
Niangua
Name chg’d to Dallas
Limited P.O. info listed
Nodaway
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Maryville
Post Offices
Oregon
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Alton
Post Offices
Osage
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Linn
Post Offices
Ozark
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Gainesville
Post Offices
Pemiscot
Est: Feb 19, 1851
County Seat: Caruthersville
Post Offices
Perry
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Perryville
Post Offices
Pettis
Est: Jan 26, 1833
County Seat: Sedalia
Post Offices
Phelps
Est: Nov 13, 1857
County Seat: Rolla
Post Offices
Pike
Est: Feb 1, 1819
County Seat: Bowling Green
Post Offices
Platte
Est: Dec 31, 1838
County Seat: Platte City
Post Offices
Polk
Est: Jan 5, 1835
County Seat: Bolivar
Post Offices
Pulaski
Est: Jan 19, 1833
County Seat: Waynesville
Post Offices
Putnam
Est: Feb 28, 1845
County Seat: Unionville
Post Offices
Ralls
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: New London
Post Offices
Randolph
Est: Jan 23, 1829
County Seat: Huntsville
Post Offices
Ray
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Richmond
Post Offices
Reynolds
Est: Feb 25, 1845
County Seat: Centerville
Post Offices
Ripley
Est: Jan 5, 1833
County Seat: Doniphan
Post Offices
Rives
Name chg'd to Henry
Limited P.O. info listed
Saint Charles
Est: Oct 1, 1812
County Seat: Saint Charles
Post Offices
Saint Clair
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Osceola
Post Offices
Saint Francois
Est: Dec 19, 1821
County Seat: Farmington
Post Offices
Saint Louis
Est: Oct 1, 1812
County Seat: Clayton
Post Offices
Saint Louis (City)
Est: Oct 1, 1876
County Seat: Saint Louis
Post Offices
Saline
Est: Jan 1, 1821
County Seat: Marshall
Post Offices
Schuyler
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Lancaster
Post Offices
Scotland
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Memphis
Post Offices
Scott
Est: Mar 1, 1822
County Seat: Benton
Post Offices
Shannon
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Eminence
Post Offices
Shelby
Est: Jan 2, 1835
County Seat: Shelbyville
Post Offices
Ste. Genevieve
Est: Oct 1, 1812
County Seat: Ste. Genevieve
Post Offices
Stoddard
Est: Jan 2, 1835
County Seat: Bloomfield
Post Offices
Stone
Est: Feb 10, 1851
County Seat: Galena
Post Offices
Sullivan
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Milan
Post Offices
Taney
Est: Jan 6, 1837
County Seat: Forsyth
Post Offices
Texas
Est: Feb 14, 1845
County Seat: Houston
Post Offices
Van Buren
Name chg'd to Cass
Limited P.O. info listed
Vernon
Est: Feb 27, 1855
County Seat: Nevada
Post Offices
Warren
Est: Jan 5, 1833
County Seat: Warrenton
Post Offices
Researcher(s): g2h@msn.com
Washington
Est: Nov 1, 1813
County Seat: Potosi
Post Offices
Wayne
Est: Feb 1, 1819
County Seat: Greenville
Post Offices
Webster
Est: Mar 3, 1855
County Seat: Marshfield
Post Offices
Worth
Est: Feb 25, 1861
County Seat: Grant City
Post Offices
Wright
Est: Jan 29, 1841
County Seat: Hartville
Post Offices
All town names are entered but date information is complete for about 6628 places or 99.3% of all POs that ever existed. Check back, info is added periodically.

List updated: 02 Jan 2008 19:21

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