Vernon County Missouri
Genealogy
VERNON COUNTY was organized Feb.
17, 1851, and named in honor of Miles Vernon of Laclede County, a state
senator from 1850 to 1860.
NEVADA, county seat of Vernon County, was
platted in 1855 on the land of Thomas H. Austin and Benjamin Baugh. The name was
given by DeWitt C. Hunter, the county and circuit clerk, after that of Nevada,
California, where he had been a miner. Nevada is a Spanish word meaning "snow
clad". BELLAMY was named for Thomas Bellamy, the first trader at the place.
BRONAUGH was platted in 1866 and named for W. C. Bronaugh, owner of the land.
DEERFIELD was originally REDFIELD P.O. and was platted by Judge David
Redfield, and named by him because it was a favorite hunting ground for the army
officers at Ft. Scott. Redfield settled there around 1838. HALLEYS BLUFF was
named for Anselm Halley. HARWOOD was platted in 1882 by John T. Birdseye for
Charles E. Brown of St. Louis, the owner of the site. MONTEVALLO was originally
laid out on land owned by Joseph Martin in 1850. It was given its name by Rev.
Thomas German, first school commissioner of Vernon county, and was derived from
two Spanish words, "Monte Vallo" meaning "hill" and "valley". The present town
was platted by Samuel Mariatt in 1881 on land one and one half miles southeast
of the former site. MOUNDVILLE takes its name from mounds on which it was laid
out by Harvey Karnes in 1860. SCHELL CITY was laid out in 1871 and named for one
of the original proprietors, Augustus Schell, of New York City. SHELDON was
given the Christian name of Sheldon A. Wright. WALKER was platted in 1870
and named for Hiram F. Walker, an early resident.
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Vernon County
Census Records |
East Nevada Mo.
Genealogy |
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National
Guard
1915-1916 |
Early Land
Sales |
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Slave
Schedules |
1866
Voters |
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African Americans
in Vernon County, Mo. |
Bushwacker
Museum |
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Vernon County
Courthouse |
Vernon Co. Provost
Marshal Records |
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Township
Locations |
My Baker
Family |
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Daily Mail
Newspaper |
Vernon County
Marriages in 1885 |
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Vernon County
Picture Postcards |
The Old Nevada High
School |
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1930 Vernon Co.
Plat Map Book |
BAKER
DNA |
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1921 High School
Yearbook |
Vernon Co. Probate
Records (Tri-County) |
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1936 Tax List
Washington Twp. |
State Hospital
Patient Research |
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Cedar & Vernon
County, MO Genealogical
Society |
The Day Nevada was
Burned |
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1951 Seventh Grade
Class NHS |
1951 Eighth Grade
Class NHS |
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1953 Seventh Grade
Class
NHS |
1953 Eighth Grade
Class NHS |
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