The Monroe County Historical Society is a nonprofit corporation, with perpetual duration, founded September 11, 1967. The purposes of the Society shall be of a nonprofit nature and shall be exclusively historical, scientific, educational and charitable.
The leading purposes shall be to record, collect, receive, preserve, study, exhibit and share things pertaining to county history.
Contributions to the society are tax deductible.

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• Research Center
• Museum
• View Our Catalog
• Online Archive
• Surname Index - Online Archive
• "Monroe County . . . Then and Now 1831-2006"
• Monroe County Research Guide
• Monroe County Quarterly
• Monroe County MoGenWeb - off site
• ParisMo.net - off site
• Monroe County Message Board - off site
• Monroe County Mailing List - off site
• Missouri Division of Tourism - off site