Missouri Towns & Counties

ALL MISSOURI TOWNS AND COUNTIES

Statistics:

• Census of local governments Provides fiscal and labor data for governmental units
• 2000 Population census short-form (100%) data for local areas
• 2000 Population census long-form (sample) data for local areas
• 1997 Economic census for Missouri counties and metro areas
• State of the Cities Data Systems Wide variety of statistics
• Misc. statistics for MO counties and selected cities from Fedstats
• Misc. statistics for MO counties and selected cities from Census QuickFacts
• Misc. social, economic and agricultural statistics for Missouri counties from OSEDA
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Health statistics by county
• DHSS Interactive health statistics tables
• More statistics from Missouri Statistical Gateways

Laws, ordinances, archival records:

• Missouri county and municipal records - All time periods
• Municipal codes and ordinances - Current
• Missouri county records online Mostly county assessor and recorder websites
• Municipal Year Book MERLIN record (see description)

Newspapers:

• Missouri Press Association - List of member newspapers with hotlinks to websites
• State Historical Society of Missouri has back issues of Missouri newspapers on microfilm.  The collection covers all Missouri counties and dates back to 1808.

Books:

• Check MERLIN by looking up town or county name as a subject
• For town and county histories, check card catalog of State Historical Society of Missouri. 

Miscellaneous:

• Community Connection Directory of organizations which offer social services in local Missouri communities
• Missouri Community Listings This comprehensive site contains information and links on all kinds of topics, including statistics, wildlife, traffic, education, government, organizations, obituaries, housing, environment, cemetaries, attractions and geneaology. This page contains information for communities such as cities, villages, towns, townships and unincorporated places. Missouri Counties site includes the same information by county.

Town and County websites:

• Wowworks
• State and Local Government on the Net (scroll to bottom)
• Missouri chambers of commerce directory
• Missouri Municipal League membership directory

Unique information/statistical sites for particular places:

• Columbia and Boone County page
• St. Louis County Factbook, 2002