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  The county was organized Feb. 14, 1845, (from St. Clair County on the north and Dade County on the south) and was given the name of Cedar. With all of the counties in the surrounding areas being named for prominent state or national figures, one might wonder why a county would be named for a creek which had received its name for the evergreen trees which  grew in abundance nearby. The theory has been advanced that the name Cedar carried no controversial issue in the political history of the country, and thus was agreeable to all concerned.  The original county seat was called Lancaster.  In 1847 the names was changed to Fremont, in honor of the "Pathfinder", but in 1856 Gen. Fremont became the Republican candidate for President, and the following winter the Democratic Legislature changed the name to Stockton, in honor of Commodore Richard Stockton, of the navy, who had arrested Fremont during the Mexican War, and sought to have him disgraced.

According to the 2000, Census Cedar County has a population of 13,733 residents.

The Cedar County Courthouse at Stockton, Missouri

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See the Cedar County Family Group Sheets submitted, so far

 Follow this link to submit your Family Group Sheets for your Cedar County folks.

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 The Family Group Sheet Project Submission Form

Tornado Photos, 4 May 2003

Cemetery List,  Remember these are only partial lists, that have been contributed for this web site.

  Some have Links to pictures of the cemetery and headstones.

The Cedar County Section of Goodspeed.
Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed.

Cedar County Newspapers Online

 [Cedar County places we've never been.....and a few we have] 

The 1900, 1910, 1920 Census now online.  Start here:

Head of Household 1850 Cedar Co.
 

One of my favorite links for the Ozarks region:>~<

The Turnbo Manuscripts by Silas Claiborne Turnbo, courtesy of the Springfield Greene County Library.  Use your browser's back button to return!

    Check out the web site for the: Sunday edition of the Springfield News-Leader, includes Gloria Bogart Carter's genealogy column, send your queries, no charge.
    To place a query in the column, send it to Gloria with your snail mail address; your email address and/or telephone number can be included at your discretion.

Gloria Bogart Carter
733 S. Farm Road 89
Springfield, MO 65802-9525
417-869-7060
[email protected]
 

Cedar County Historical Society,      P O Box 111, Stockton,  MO 65785

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Tri-County Genealogical Society

Other Helpful Links

USGenWeb Archives--Cedar County

Having problems finding your ancestors place of burial, you might find it here: Search Find A Grave

  Cedar County Library  

Personal pages with Cedar County connections.    

My Present Past -- Jerico Springs, a good link    (Off site link)

The GAULDING Family Home Page

The KENNEDY Family web page

FOREVER SEARCHIN -- Jones, O'Neal, Broyles, Fidler, Griffin and many others...

The Lorain Beeler Axup Family Home Page

Aunt Sissie's Cousins in Common Homepage : BRIM--MANLEY--THOMPSON

THE ANDERSON-RENFRO FAMILY HOME PAGE--MITCHELL

If you would like a link to your family web site listed here?      Me!

Reference Books and Lookup Volunteers Needed - If you have books or other reference sources for Cedar County and are willing to do lookups on a voluntary basis, please let the page coordinator know.  Please include your email address.  Thanks!

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 USGenWeb Archives Search Engine

1895 Atlas of Cedar County, be patient it loads slow.

1930 Plat Book, published by W.W. Hickson, and Co. in 1930 and held in the Special Collections Department of Ellis Library at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Township Map of Cedar County  -  Linked to cemetery locations

Please contact me, Kay Griffin Snow if you have a desire to add your data to the Cedar Co. MOGenWEb Project database.  If you would like to host a county yourself, contact MOGenWeb Project State Coordinator Larry Flesher or assistant coordinator, Denise Woodside

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