Place:Putnam, Missouri, United States

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NamePutnam
Alt namesDodgesource: Family History Library Catalog
Dodge Countysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS29025743
Putnamsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.483°N 93.017°W
Located inMissouri, United States     (1845 - )
See alsoDodge, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Linn, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Macon, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Putnam County is a county located in North Central Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,681. Its county seat is Unionville. The county was organized February 28, 1845 and named for Israel Putnam, a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.

Putnam County was established February 28, 1845 from parts of Adair and Sullivan counties. The following year a portion of Putnam was removed to form of Dodge County. Both Putnam and Dodge extended nearly nine miles further north until an 1851 ruling by the Supreme Court on a border dispute with Iowa assigned the contested land to Iowa. Both counties were left with less than the statutory minimum area for a county as set by the state legislature, so Dodge County was dissolved and its area added to Putnam.

In its early years, the county seat changed frequently, often with contentious debate. Putnamville, Bryant Station (both no longer in existence), and Hartford all served until a central location called Harmony, later renamed Unionville, was chosen.

In the 1860 U.S. Census Putnam County had 9,240 residents, with eighteen sawmills and three flour mills. Coal had been an abundant since its earliest settlement. Following the arrival of the Burlington & Southwestern Railway in 1873, coal mining became a major industry, especially in the east of the county. At one time three railroads crossed Putnam county: the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; and the Iowa and St. Louis. Putnam County lost over two-thirds of its population between the years 1900 and 2000 (see census data below), when the United States changed from a rural to an urban country.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1845 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1847 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1849 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1855 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1878 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 1,636
1860 9,207
1870 11,217
1880 13,555
1890 15,365
1900 16,688
1910 14,308
1920 13,115
1930 11,503
1940 11,327
1950 9,166
1960 6,999
1970 5,916
1980 6,092
1990 5,079


Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Putnam County, Missouri, United States


Research Tips

External links

www.rootsweb.com/~moputnam/


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