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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Part of the Louisiana Purchase, 1803; Louisiana Territory, 1805; renamed Missouri Territory, 1812

STATEHOOD
1821

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Various, 1821–1876 (many are lost or incomplete)

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1830

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1910

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1948

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services
Bureau of Vital Records
Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-6387