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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,777. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was organized in 1842 as Niangua County and then renamed in 1844 for George M. Dallas, who served as Vice President under James K. Polk.
Dallas County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1841 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1867 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1850 | 3,648
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1860 | 5,892
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1870 | 8,383
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1880 | 9,263
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1890 | 12,647
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1900 | 13,903
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1910 | 13,181
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1920 | 12,033
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1930 | 10,541
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1940 | 11,523
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1950 | 10,392
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1960 | 9,314
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1970 | 10,054
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1980 | 12,096
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1990 | 12,646
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Dallas County, Missouri, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~modallas/
There is a Goodspeed's local history for this county, written in 1889, available free and searchable at:
[1]
Searchable death certificates, with images, for deaths between 1910 and 1957, are available free online at [2]
Searchable birth and death records for pre-1910 births/stillbirths/deaths are available free online at [3]
Both of the above databases are from the Missouri State Archives.
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