Place:Morgan, Missouri, United States

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NameMorgan
Alt namesMorgansource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.417°N 92.867°W
Located inMissouri, United States     (1833 - )
See alsoCamden, Missouri, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Cooper, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Moniteau, Missouri, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aikinsville
Barnett
Boylers Mill
Buck Creek
Cape Galena
Excelsior
Florence
Glensted
Gravois Mills
Laurie
Marvin
Proctor
Pyrmont
Riverview
Rocky Mount
Stover
Syracuse
Versailles
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Morgan County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,565. Its county seat is Versailles. The county was organized January 5, 1833 and named for General Daniel Morgan of the American Revolutionary War.

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History

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Morgan County was organized in 1833 upon separation from Cooper County. It is named in honor of Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. Versailles, with a name referring to the French royal estate near Paris, France, was designated as the county seat and platted in 1854.

Established in 1853 there, the Martin Hotel was visited in the post-Civil War period by both showman and circus entrepreneur P. T. Barnum and outlaw robber Jesse James. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978, it now operates as a museum. In 1858 the Mulhollen Station was a mail stop here for the newly established Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line, which carried goods and mail for several years to San Francisco, California.

The Morgan County Courthouse in Versailles, which has also been listed on the NRHP, was designed with French-style details, such as a mansard roof, in keeping with the origin of the town's name. It burned in 1887. The majority of the records were rescued, and the courthouse was soon rebuilt and restored.

Coal mining was historically an important economic activity in Morgan County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1833 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1833 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1833 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1834 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1841 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 4,407
1850 4,650
1860 8,202
1870 8,434
1880 10,132
1890 12,311
1900 12,175
1910 12,863
1920 12,015
1930 10,968
1940 11,140
1950 10,207
1960 9,476
1970 10,068
1980 13,807
1990 15,574
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~momorgan/

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