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- Statehood: 1821; some counties were established before Missouri became a state
- COUNTIES: Click one of the counties below to see all plantations/ workplaces in that county.
County | Year Est. | Details |
Adair | 1841 | from Macon County |
Andrew | 1841 | from part of the Platte Purchase |
Atchison | 1843 | from Holt County, part of the Platte Purchase |
Audrain | 1831 | from Callaway, Monroe and Ralls counties |
Barry | 1835 | from Greene County |
Barton | 1855 | from Jasper County |
Bates | 1841 | from Van Buren (now Cass) County |
Benton | 1835 | from Pettis and Greene counties |
Bollinger | 1851 | from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard, and Wayne counties |
Boone | 1820 | from Howard County |
Buchanan | 1838 | from part of the Platte Purchase |
Butler | 1849 | from Wayne County |
Caldwell | 1836 | from Ray County |
Callaway | 1821 | from Boone, Howard, and Montgomery counties |
Camden | 1841 | from Benton, Morgan, and Pulaski counties |
Cape Girardeau | 1812 | one of the five original counties |
Carroll | 1833 | from Ray County |
Carter | 1859 | from Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, and Shannon counties |
Cass | 1833 | from Jackson County |
Cedar | 1845 | from Dade and St. Clair counties |
Chariton | 1821 | from Howard County |
Christian | 1859 | from Greene, Taney and Webster counties |
Clark | 1836 | from Lewis County |
Clay | 1822 | from Ray County |
Clinton | 1833 | from Clay County |
Cole | 1820 | from Cooper County |
Cooper | 1818 | from Howard County |
Crawford | 1829 | from Gasconade County |
Dade | 1841 | from Barry and Polk counties |
Dallas | 1841 | from Polk County |
Daviess | 1836 | from Ray County |
DeKalb | 1843 | from Clinton County |
Dent | 1851 | from Crawford and Shannon counties |
Douglas | 1857 | from Ozark County |
Dunklin | 1843 | from Stoddard County |
Franklin | 1818 | from St. Louis County |
Gasconade | 1821 | from Franklin County |
Gentry | 1841 | from Clinton County |
Greene | 1833 | from Crawford and Wayne counties |
Grundy | 1839 | from Livingston County |
Harrison | 1843 | from Daviess County |
Henry | 1834 | from Lillard (now Lafayette) County |
Hickory | 1845 | from Benton and Polk counties |
Holt | 1841 | from Part of the Platte Purchase |
Howard | 1816 | from St. Charles and St. Louis counties |
Howell | 1857 | from Oregon County |
Iron | 1857 | from Madison, Reynolds, St. Francois, Washington and Wayne counties |
Jackson | 1826 | from Lillard (now Lafayette) County |
Jasper | 1841 | from Barry County |
Jefferson | 1818 | from St. Louis and Sainte Genevieve counties |
Johnson | 1834 | from Lillard (now Lafayette) County |
Knox | 1843 | from Scotland County |
Laclede | 1849 | from Camden, Pulaski, and Wright counties |
Lafayette | 1821 | from Cooper County |
Lawrence | 1843 | from Barry and Dade counties |
Lewis | 1833 | from Marion County |
Lincoln | 1818 | from St. Charles County |
Linn | 1837 | from Chariton County |
Livingston | 1837 | from Carroll County |
Macon | 1837 | from Chariton and Randolph counties |
Madison | 1818 | from Cape Girardeau and Sainte Genevieve counties |
Maries | 1855 | from Osage and Pulaski counties |
Marion | 1826 | from Ralls County |
McDonald | 1847 | from Newton County |
Mercer | 1845 | from Grundy County |
Miller | 1837 | from Cole and Pulaski counties |
Mississippi | 1842 | from Scott County |
Moniteau | 1845 | from Cole and Morgan counties |
Monroe | 1831 | from Ralls County |
Montgomery | 1818 | from St. Charles County |
Morgan | 1833 | from Cooper County |
New Madrid | 1812 | one of the five original counties |
Newton | 1838 | from Barry County |
Nodaway | 1843 | from Andrew County, the Platte Purchase |
Oregon | 1841 | from Ripley County |
Osage | 1841 | from Gasconade County |
Ozark | 1841 | from Taney County |
Pemiscot | 1851 | from New Madrid County |
Perry | 1821 | from Sainte Genevieve County |
Pettis | 1833 | from Cooper and Saline counties |
Phelps | 1857 | from Crawford County |
Pike | 1818 | from St. Charles County |
Platte | 1838 | from Part of the Platte Purchase |
Polk | 1835 | from Greene County |
Pulaski | 1833 | from Crawford County |
Putnam | 1843 | from Adair and Sullivan counties |
Ralls | 1821 | from Pike County |
Randolph | 1829 | from Chariton and Ralls counties |
Ray | 1820 | from Howard County |
Reynolds | 1845 | from Shannon County |
Ripley | 1831 | from Wayne County |
Saint Charles | 1812 | one of the five original counties |
Saint Clair | 1841 | from Rives (now Henry) County |
Saint Francois | 1821 | from Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, and Washington counties |
Saint Louis City | 1876 | from St. Louis County in 1876 when city residents voted to secede from the county |
Saint Louis | 1812 | one of the five original counties |
Saline | 1820 | from Cooper County |
Schuyler | 1843 | from Adair County |
Scotland | 1841 | from Clark, Lewis, and Shelby counties |
Scott | 1822 | from New Madrid County |
Shannon | 1837 | from Ripley County |
Shelby | 1835 | from Marion County |
Ste. Genevieve | 1812 | one of the five original counties |
Stoddard | 1835 | from New Madrid County |
Stone | 1851 | from Taney County |
Sullivan | 1843 | from Linn County |
Taney | 1837 | from Greene County |
Texas | 1843 | from Shannon and Wright counties |
Vernon | 1851 | from Bates County |
Warren | 1833 | from Montgomery County |
Washington | 1813 | from Sainte Genevieve County |
Wayne | 1818 | from Cape Girardeau and Lawrence counties |
Webster | 1855 | from Greene County |
Worth | 1861 | from Gentry County |
Wright | 1841 | from Pulaski County |