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Missouri: Individual County Chronologies
John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant
ADAIR created from Non-County Area 24. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 37/pp. 36�)
Non-County Area 24 detached from MACON, attached to ADAIR "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 40)
SCHUYLER created from Non-County Area 24, attached to ADAIR; SCHUYLER not fully organized, attached to ADAIR "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 46)
ADAIR lost attached Non-County Area 24 to creation of PUTNAM; PUTNAM not fully organized, attached to ADAIR "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 24 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 44�)
SCHUYLER fully organized, detached from ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 22�/pp. 33�)
PUTNAM fully organized, detached from ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 43�)
ALLEN (see ATCHISON)
ANDREW created from Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 4/p. 33)
Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) detached from BUCHANAN, attached to ANDREW "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 40)
ANDREW lost attached Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) to creation of NODAWAY; NODAWAY not fully organized, attached to ANDREW "for civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 31 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 43)
ANDREW lost attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of DE KALB; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 40)
NODAWAY fully organized, detached from ANDREW. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 1�pp. 30�)
ARKANSAS (Ark.)
ARKANSAS (Ark.) created from NEW MADRID and Non-County Area 1; ARKANSAS included parts of present Arkansas and a small area of Texas. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
ARKANSAS (Ark.) lost to creation of CLARK (Ark.), HEMPSTEAD (Ark.), and PULASKI (Ark.), and lost to Non-County Area 1 and the Quapaw Indian Reservation. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
ARKANSAS (Ark.) became an Arkansas Territory county when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
ASHLEY (see TEXAS)
ALLEN (now ATCHISON) created from HOLT; ALLEN not fully organized, attached to HOLT "for all civil and military purposes." (History of Holt and Atchison Counties, 101, 285; Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 34�)
ALLEN renamed ATCHISON; ATCHISON fully organized, detached from HOLT; ATCHISON exchanged with HOLT. Overlap area created along ATCHISON's eastern border when NODAWAY's boundaries are redefined. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 29�/pp. 34�)
Area of overlap between ATCHISON and NODAWAY assigned to NODAWAY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 71�/pp. 143�4)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended ATCHISON's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
ATCHISON lost to NODAWAY. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 386�7)
ATCHISON gained from NODAWAY. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 464)
ATCHISON lost to NODAWAY. (Mo. Laws 1860�61, loc., p. 382)
AUDRAIN
AUDRAIN created from RALLS, Non-County Area 3, and Non-County Area 17; AUDRAIN not fully organized, parts attached to CALLAWAY, MONROE, and RALLS "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
AUDRAIN fully organized, detached from CALLAWAY, MONROE, and RALLS; AUDRAIN's boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 44�)
AUDRAIN gained from MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 41)
BARRY created from GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
BARRY lost to POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 44)
BARRY lost to creation of NEWTON, Non-County Area 29, and Non-County Area 30; Non-County Area 29 attached to BARRY "for civil and military purposes." A portion of BARRY and NEWTON overlapped until 28 March 1845. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 19�)
BARRY lost attached Non-County Area 29 to creation of DADE; Non-County Area 29 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 10/pp. 33�)
BARRY lost to creation of LAWRENCE; LAWRENCE not fully organized, parts of LAWRENCE attached to BARRY and DADE "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 39)
LAWRENCE fully organized, detached from BARRY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 7�pp. 31�)
Area of overlap between BARRY and NEWTON assigned to BARRY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 29�/p.137)
BARRY's western boundary defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 34�)
BARTON created from JASPER. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 49�)
BATES created from JACKSON, LAFAYETTE, and Non-County Area 16; BATES not fully organized, attached to JACKSON "for all civil and military purposes". (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 3/p. 50)
BATES detached from JACKSON, attached to VAN BUREN (now CASS) "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 44�)
BATES gained from Non-County Area 30; Non-County Area 30 eliminated. BATES fully organized, detached from VAN BUREN (now CASS). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 34�/p. 36)
BATES gained from VAN BUREN (now CASS). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 46)
Boundary between BATES and CEDAR defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., pp. 17�)
BATES lost to creation of VERNON (original, extinct). (Atcheson, 133�4; History of Vernon Co., 192�3; Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 188�9; Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
Creation of VERNON (original, extinct) ruled unconstitutional by state supreme court; BATES regained part of VERNON (original, extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
BATES gained from CASS. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 11�)
BATES lost to creation of VERNON. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 17�)
BATES's southern boundary defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 36�)
BENTON created from ST. CLAIR, Non-County Area 16, and Non-County Area 20. Non-County Area 20 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 41�)
Non-County Area 16 detached from CRAWFORD, attached to BENTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 47)
BENTON lost attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of KINDERHOOK (now CAMDEN); Non-County Area 16 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 28/pp. 35�)
BENTON lost to creation of HICKORY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 16�/pp. 32�)
BENTON lost to PETTIS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 42)
BENTON lost to ST. CLAIR (the area gained by ST. CLAIR was incorrectly included as part of BENTON in the state's Revised Statutes until 1939). (Mo. Laws 1889, p. 66; Mo. Laws 1939, pp. 635�6, 653�4; Mo. Vernon's 1949, pp. 13�)
BOLLINGER created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, STODDARD, and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 193�4)
BOLLINGER's boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 237�8)
BOLLINGER gained from STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 304; Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes 1949, 4:15)
BOLLINGER exchanged with WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
BOONE created from HOWARD; Non-County Area 5 attached to BOONE 揻or all legislative, judicial, and military purposes.� (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
BOONE gained all of Non-County Area 5; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 36, sec. 1/p. 58)
BOONE gained from Non-County Area 3. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 18/pp. 237�8)
BUCHANAN created from Non-County Area 12. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) attached to BUCHANAN "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 21�)
BUCHANAN lost parts of attached Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) to creation of ANDREW and NODAWAY (original) [now HOLT]. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 1, 4/pp. 32�)
BUTLER created from WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 25�)
BUTLER lost to RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1862�63, loc., p. 56)
BUTLER gained from RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 409)
BUTLER exchanged with CARTER. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
BUTLER exchanged with RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 21�; Mo. Laws 1874, adj. sess., gen., p. 28)
Boundaries of BUTLER, STODDARD, and WAYNE clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1883, pp. 55�)
CALDWELL created from Non-County Area 7. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 46�)
CALLAWAY created from Non-County Area 3; remainder of Non-County Area 3 detached from MONTGOMERY and attached to CALLAWAY for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 29, secs. 1, 8/pp. 52�)
CALLAWAY lost part of attached Non-County Area 3 to BOONE; unattached Non-County Area 9 added to Non-County Area 3 (attached to CALLAWAY) "for all purposes, civil, and military." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 25/pp. 240�1)
CALLAWAY lost part of attached Non-County Area 3 to creation of AUDRAIN. AUDRAIN not fully organized, part attached to CALLAWAY 揻or all civil and military purposes.� (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
AUDRAIN fully organized, detached from CALLAWAY. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 44�)
CALLAWAY lost attached Non-County Area 3 to BOONE; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, sec. 40/p. 138)
KINDERHOOK (now CAMDEN) created from MORGAN, PULASKI, and Non-County Area 16. Non-County Area 16 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 28/pp. 35�)
KINDERHOOK renamed CAMDEN. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 38)
CAMDEN gained from MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 39�)
CAMDEN lost to MILLER. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 50, 91/pp. 140,146)
CAMDEN lost to creation of LACLEDE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 28�)
CAMDEN boundaries redefined, creating an overlap with MILLER. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 49, 75 /pp. 471�2, 483)
Jurisdiction of 13 December 1855 overlap between CAMDEN and MILLER awarded to MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
CAMDEN exchanged with MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1875, gen., pp. 30�)
Cape Girardeau District (see CAPE GIRARDEAU)
Cape Girardeau District (now CAPE GIRARDEAU) created within the District of Louisiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51�; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283�9; Violette, 46�)
Cape Girardeau District (now CAPE GIRARDEAU) lost to New Madrid District (now NEW MADRID). (Terr. Papers U.S., 13:541�2; Gov. Proc. 7 June 1806)
Cape Girardeau District (now CAPE GIRARDEAU) gained from New Madrid District (now NEW MADRID). (Ford, 5�
Cape Girardeau District became CAPE GIRARDEAU County; CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when its western boundary was redefined as the boundary of the "Osage Purchase". (Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95[1812]/pp. 743�7; Royce, 676�7, pls. 112, 144)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to NEW MADRID, STE. GENEVIEVE, and WASHINGTON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to creation of MADISON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 229, secs. 1, 8/pp. 576�0)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to creation of WAYNE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567�1)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 9, secs. 1�p. 11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU gained from SCOTT. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 4/p. 232)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to creation of STODDARD; STODDARD not fully organized, attached to CAPE GIRARDEAU "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 59, secs. 1�pp. 71�)
CAPE GIRARDEAU exchanged with STODDARD; STODDARD fully organized, detached from CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 39�)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to SCOTT. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 28, 84/pp. 137, 145�6)
CAPE GIRARDEAU exchanged with PERRY. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU lost to creation of BOLLINGER. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 193�4)
CAPE GIRARDEAU gained from STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1852�53, pub., p. 72; Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 329�0)
CAPE GIRARDEAU exchanged with SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1864�65, adj. sess., spec., pp. 310�1)
CARROLL created from Non-County Area 7; Non-County Area 18 created from Non-County Area 7 and attached to CARROLL "for all civil, judicial and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 24, secs. 1, 5/pp. 46�)
CARROLL lost part of attached Non-County Area 18 to creation of LIVINGSTON; remainder of Non-County Area 18 detached from CARROLL and attached to LIVINGSTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 50�)
CARTER created from RIPLEY and SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 314�6)
CARTER gained from SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
CARTER exchanged with BUTLER and WAYNE, lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
VAN BUREN (now CASS) created from JACKSON and LAFAYETTE; VAN BUREN not fully organized, attached to JACKSON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 2/p. 50)
VAN BUREN (now CASS) lost to creation of JOHNSON. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
VAN BUREN (now CASS) gained from JACKSON; VAN BUREN fully organized, detached from JACKSON. BATES attached to VAN BUREN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 44�)
BATES fully organized, detached from VAN BUREN (now CASS). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 34�/p. 36)
VAN BUREN (now CASS) lost to BATES. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 46)
VAN BUREN (now CASS) lost to creation of DONALDSON (extinct); DONALDSON not fully organized, part attached to VAN BUREN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 17)
VAN BUREN renamed CASS. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 20�)
Creation of DONALDSON (extinct) repealed; CASS regained part of DONALDSON (extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 32)
CASS lost to creation of VERNON (original, extinct). (Atcheson, 133�4; History of Vernon Co., 192�3; Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 188�9; Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
Creation of VERNON (original, extinct) ruled unconstitutional by state supreme court; CASS regained part of VERNON (original, extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
CASS lost to BATES. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 11�)
CEDAR created from DADE and ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 49�/p. 37)
Boundary between CEDAR and BATES defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., pp. 17�)
CHARITON created from HOWARD and PIKE; Non-County Area 6 attached to CHARITON "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
CHARITON lost to Non-County Area 6; part of Non-County Area 7 detached from RAY and attached to CHARITON. Attachment was "for all purposes, civil and military." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 19/p. 238)
CHARITON gained from Non-County Area 6. Non-County Area 6 detached from CHARITON and attached to RANDOLPH "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 29, secs. 1� 7/pp. 42�, and ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 44)
CHARITON lost to creation of LIVINGSTON. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 50�)
CHARITON lost to LINN. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 49)
CHRISTIAN created from GREENE, TANEY, and WEBSTER. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 321�3)
CLARK (Ark.)
CLARK (Ark.) created from ARKANSAS (Ark.) and Non-County Area 1; included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
CLARK (Ark.) became an Arkansas Territory county when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
CLARK created from Non-County Area 19. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 47�)
Non-County Area 26 created from Non-County Area 19, attached to CLARK "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 48�)
Missouri legislature extended CLARK's boundary line north of the commonly accepted boundary between Missouri and Iowa Territory (the Indian boundary line established in 1816); the extension overlapped Iowa's VAN BUREN, and created a dispute finally settled in Iowa's favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1849. Iowa maintained control of the area throughout the dispute. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 22)
CLARK lost attached Non-County Area 26 to creation of SCOTLAND. Non-County Area 26 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 32/p. 36)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Iowa and Missouri, dating from 15 December 1838, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended CLARK's overlap of the Iowa county of VAN BUREN. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
CLAY created from RAY and Non-County Area 7. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 60�)
CLAY lost to creation of Non-County Area 12; Non-County Area 12 attached to CLAY 揻or civil and military purposes.� (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 28/pp. 241�2)
CLAY lost part of attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of CLINTON; remainder of Non-County Area 12 detached from CLAY and attached to CLINTON "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 25, secs. 1, 6/pp. 47�)
Non-County Area 28 created from unorganized federal territory, and attached to CLAY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 49; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 86[1836]/p. 34, and res. 2, p. 802)
CLAY lost attached Non-County Area 28 to creation of PLATTE; Non-County Area 28 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
CLINTON created from Non-County Area 12; remainder of Non-County Area 12 detached from CLAY and attached to CLINTON "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 25, secs. 1, 6/pp. 47�)
Non-County Area 12, attached to CLINTON, gained from unorganized federal territory. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 49; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 86[1836]/p. 34, and res. 2, p. 802)
CLINTON lost part of attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of BUCHANAN and PLATTE. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
CLINTON lost part of attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah). (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 21�)
CLINTON lost part of attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of GENTRY; GENTRY not fully organized, attached to CLINTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 41)
CLINTON lost attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of DE KALB; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 36)
GENTRY fully organized, detached from CLINTON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 4�p. 31)
COLE created from COOPER. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 16, secs. 1, 11/pp. 31�)
COLE gained from Non-County Area 21, and lost to creation of MILLER. Non-County Area 21 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 53�)
COLE lost to creation of MONITEAU. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 35�/p. 35)
COLE lost to MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
COLE gained from MILLER. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
COOPER created from HOWARD. (Mo. Terr Laws 1818�19, ch. 233, secs. 1, 10/pp. 594�8)
COOPER lost to creation of COLE, LILLARD (extinct), and SALINE. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 16, secs. 1, 11/pp. 31� and ch. 10, secs. 1, 6/pp. 13�)
COOPER lost to creation of MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 52�)
COOPER lost to creation of PETTIS. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
COOPER lost to SALINE. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 9, 69/pp. 134,143)
CRAWFORD created from Non-County Area 8. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 23)
CRAWFORD gained from WAYNE and Non-County Area 11, lost to creation of Non-County Area 16. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 21)
Non-County Area 16 attached to CRAWFORD "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, ch. 93, p. 115)
CRAWFORD lost part of attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 26, sec. 1/p. 49)
CRAWFORD lost to creation of MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 52�)
CRAWFORD lost part of attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of BATES and another part to creation of ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 3/p. 50)
CRAWFORD lost to creation of PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 31, sec. 1/pp. 54�)
CRAWFORD lost small portion of attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of RIVES (now HENRY). (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
CRAWFORD lost part of attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of BENTON. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 41�)
CRAWFORD lost part of attached Non-County Area 16 to creation of POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
CRAWFORD lost part of attached Non-County Area 16 to PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
CRAWFORD lost to creation of SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 54�)
CRAWFORD lost to PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 54)
CRAWFORD gained from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1842�42, pub., p. 44)
CRAWFORD lost to creation of DENT. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 183�6)
CRAWFORD gained all of DENT; DENT eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 34�)
CRAWFORD lost to re-creation of DENT. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 37�)
CRAWFORD lost to IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., p. 55)
CRAWFORD gained from IRON and PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 406�7)
CRAWFORD lost to creation of PHELPS. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 397�8)
CRAWFORD lost to IRON. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
CRAWFORD gained from GASCONADE and IRON. (Mo. Laws 1869, gen., pp. 9�)
CRAWFORD lost to IRON (the area gained by IRON was incorrectly included as part of CRAWFORD in the state's Revised Statutes until 1929). (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1929, p. 3200)
DADE created from Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32. Non-County Area 29 and Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 10/pp. 33�)
DADE lost to creation of LAWRENCE; LAWRENCE not fully organized, parts attached to BARRY and DADE "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 39)
DADE lost to creation of CEDAR. LAWRENCE fully organized, detached from DADE. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 49�/p. 37)
NIANGUA (now DALLAS) created from Non-County Area 32; Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 16/p. 34)
NIANGUA renamed DALLAS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 25�)
DALLAS lost to WEBSTER. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 40�)
DAVIESS
DAVIESS created from Non-County Area 7; remainder of Non-County Area 7 detached from RAY and attached to DAVIESS "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 46�)
DAVIESS lost part of attached Non-County Area 7 to RAY. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 25)
DAVIESS lost attached Non-County Area 7 to creation of HARRISON; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. HARRISON not fully organized, attached to DAVIESS "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
HARRISON fully organized, detached from DAVIESS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 10�, 46/pp. 33, 46)
DECATUR (see OZARK)
DE KALB created from Non-County Area 12; DE KALB not fully organized, not attached. Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 36)
DE KALB fully organized for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 40�)
DENT created from CRAWFORD and SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 183�6)
DENT lost to CRAWFORD; DENT eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 34�)
DENT re-created from CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 37�)
DENT gained from TEXAS. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 44�)
DENT gained from SHANNON. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 58, 93/pp. 476�7, 490)
DENT lost to IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., p. 55)
DENT gained from TEXAS. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 474)
DENT exchanged with REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
DENT gained from REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 24�)
DENT lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen.,/pp. 25�)
DODGE (extinct)
DODGE (extinct) created from PUTNAM, Non-County Area 23, and Non-County Area 36; DODGE not fully organized, attached to PUTNAM "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 23 and Non-County Area 36 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended DODGE's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
DODGE (extinct) fully organized, detached from PUTNAM. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 27�)
DODGE (extinct) lost to PUTNAM; DODGE eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1852�53, pub., pp. 72�)
DONALDSON (extinct)
DONALDSON (extinct) created from JACKSON, JOHNSON, LAFAYETTE, and VAN BUREN (now CASS); DONALDSON not fully organized, parts attached to JACKSON, JOHNSON, LAFAYETTE, and VAN BUREN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 17)
Creation of DONALDSON (extinct) repealed; parts reverted to JACKSON, JOHNSON, LAFAYETTE, and CASS; DONALDSON eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 32)
DOUGLAS created from OZARK. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 288�9)
DOUGLAS gained from WEBSTER. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 280)
DOUGLAS gained from TANEY. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 280)
DOUGLAS lost to HOWELL. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp.16�)
DOUGLAS lost to TEXAS. (Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., gen., pp. 33�)
DOUGLAS gained from TEXAS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 22�)
DUNKLIN
DUNKLIN created from STODDARD; DUNKLIN not fully organized, attached to STODDARD "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 36)
DUNKLIN fully organized, detached from STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 20, 48/pp. 33, 36)
DUNKLIN gained from NEW MADRID. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 36)
DUNKLIN gained from STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1852�53, pub., p. 72; Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 329�0)
DUNKLIN boundary with STODDARD incorrectly defined as that existing prior to 18 February 1853; definition corrected on 4 March 1857 [no change]. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, sec. 59/p. 477)
DUNKLIN / STODDARD boundary change of 18 February 1853 "revived and reenacted" (repealing DUNKLIN's boundary description in Revised Statutes, enacted 13 December 1855) [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 329�0)
FRANKLIN created from ST. LOUIS. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 225, secs. 1, 8/pp. 562�6)
FRANKLIN lost to creation of GASCONADE and Non-County Area 8. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 28, secs. 1� 5/pp. 51�)
FRANKLIN lost to creation of Non-County Area 11; Non-County Area 11 attached to FRANKLIN "for administrative and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 14, sec. 9/pp. 16�)
FRANKLIN lost to WASHINGTON and Non-County Area 11. Non-County Area 11, attached to FRANKLIN, gained from WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 9/p. 234)
FRANKLIN lost part of attached Non-County Area 11 to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 21)
FRANKLIN lost attached Non-County Area 11 to CRAWFORD; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 79, 84/pp. 144, 147)
GASCONADE created from FRANKLIN; Non-County Area 8 attached to GASCONADE "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 28, secs. 1� 5/pp. 51�)
GASCONADE gained from Non-County Area 8. (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 13�)
Non-County Area 8 gained from LILLARD (extinct), WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 1. Non-County Area 8 attached to GASCONADE "for all purposes, civil and military." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 24/p. 240)
GASCONADE lost attached Non-County Area 8 to creation of CRAWFORD; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 23)
GASCONADE lost to creation of OSAGE. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 40/p. 37)
GASCONADE lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1869, gen., pp. 9�)
GENTRY created from Non-County Area 12; GENTRY not fully organized, attached to CLINTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 41)
GENTRY lost to creation of Non-County Area 34; GENTRY fully organized, detached from CLINTON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 4�p. 31)
Non-County Area 34 attached to GENTRY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 44)
GENTRY lost attached Non-County Area 34 to creation of WORTH; Non-County Area 34 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1860�61, loc., pp. 470�3)
GENTRY's boundary defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., pp. 408�9)
GREENE created from Non-County Area 16. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 26, sec. 1/p. 49)
ST. CLAIR created from LAFAYETTE, Non-County Area 15, and Non-County Area 16; ST. CLAIR not fully organized, attached to GREENE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 4/p. 51)
GREENE lost to creation of BARRY and POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
GREENE lost to PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
ST. CLAIR detached from GREENE, attached to RIVES (now HENRY) "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1843�35, priv. and loc., p. 47)
GREENE lost to POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 44)
GREENE lost to creation of TANEY and WHITE (extinct), and lost to Non-County Area 22; TANEY and WHITE (extinct) not fully organized, attached to GREENE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 46)
GREENE boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 49�)
GREENE gained from TANEY. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 36)
GREENE gained from OZARK and WRIGHT, lost to TANEY. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 15)
GREENE lost to creation of WEBSTER. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 16)
GREENE lost to WEBSTER. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 40�)
GREENE lost to creation of CHRISTIAN. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 321�3)
GRUNDY
GRUNDY created from Non-County Area 18; GRUNDY not fully organized, attached to LIVINGSTON "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 22)
GRUNDY fully organized, detached from LIVINGSTON. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 13/p. 34)
Non-County Area 18 detached from LIVINGSTON, attached to GRUNDY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 39)
GRUNDY lost attached Non-County Area 18 to creation of MERCER; Non-County Area 18 eliminated. MERCER not fully organized, attached to GRUNDY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
MERCER fully organized, detached from GRUNDY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 21, 41/pp. 33�, 36)
HARRISON created from Non-County Area 7; HARRISON not fully organized, attached to DAVIESS "for civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
HARRISON fully organized, detached from DAVIESS. HARRISON lost to creation of Non-County Area 35; Non-County Area 35 attached to HARRISON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 10�, 46/pp. 33, 46)
HARRISON gained all of Non-County Area 35; Non-County Area 35 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., p. 63)
HEMPSTEAD (Ark.)
HEMPSTEAD (Ark.) created from ARKANSAS (Ark.) and Non-County Area 1; included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
HEMPSTEAD (Ark.) became an Arkansas Territory county when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
RIVES (now HENRY) created from LAFAYETTE and a small portion of Non-County Area 16. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
RIVES renamed HENRY. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., pp. 40�)
HENRY lost to ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 425)
HICKORY created from BENTON and POLK. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 16�/pp. 32�)
HIGHLAND (see SULLIVAN)
NODAWAY (original) [now HOLT] created from Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 1/pp. 32�)
NODAWAY (original) renamed HOLT. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 39)
HOLT lost to creation of ALLEN (now ATCHISON); ALLEN not fully organized, attached to HOLT "for all civil and military purposes." (History of Holt and Atchison Counties, 101, 285; Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 34�)
HOLT exchanged with ATCHISON; ATCHISON fully organized, detached from HOLT. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 29�/pp. 34�)
HOLT boundaries defined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 349)
HOWARD created from ST. CHARLES and ST. LOUIS. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1815�16, ch. 162, secs. 1, 8/pp. 460�4)
HOWARD lost to creation of COOPER. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 233, secs. 1, 10/pp. 594�8)
HOWARD lost to creation of BOONE, CHARITON, RAY, Non-County Area 5, Non-County Area 6, and Non-County Area 7; and lost to Non-County Area 2. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
Island in Missouri River (first island below Booneville) assigned to HOWARD [not mapped]. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, priv., p. 229)
HOWELL created from OREGON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 51�)
HOWELL gained from DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
HOWELL gained from OZARK. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
IRON created from MADISON, REYNOLDS, ST. FRANCOIS, WASHINGTON, and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
IRON gained from CRAWFORD, DENT, and WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., p. 55)
IRON lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 406�7)
IRON gained from CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
IRON lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 24�)
IRON lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1869, gen., pp. 9�)
IRON gained from REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
IRON gained from CRAWFORD (the area gained by IRON was incorrectly included as part of CRAWFORD in the state's Revised Statutes until 1929). (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
JACKSON created from LILLARD (extinct); JACKSON not fully organized, attached to LAFAYETTE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, secs. 16, 30/pp. 237, 242)
JACKSON fully organized, detached from LAFAYETTE. (Mo. Laws 1826�27, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 30�)
JACKSON lost to creation of BATES and VAN BUREN (now CASS); BATES and VAN BUREN not fully organized, attached to JACKSON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, secs. 2�p. 50)
JACKSON lost to VAN BUREN (now CASS); VAN BUREN and BATES detached from JACKSON. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 44�)
JACKSON lost to creation of DONALDSON (extinct); DONALDSON not fully organized, part attached to JACKSON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 17)
Creation of DONALDSON (extinct) repealed; JACKSON regained part of DONALDSON (extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 32)
JASPER created from Non-County Area 30; Non-County Area 30 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 7/p. 33)
JASPER gained from NEWTON. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, priv., pp. 229�0)
JASPER lost to creation of BARTON. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 49�)
JEFFERSON created from ST. LOUIS and STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 220, secs. 1, 10/pp. 554�8)
JEFFERSON lost to creation of ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 28�)
JEFFERSON gained from STE. GENEVIEVE, lost to WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 8/p. 234)
Boundary between JEFFERSON and STE. GENEVIEVE clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 17, sec. 3/pp. 24�; and Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 34, sec. 2/p. 57)
JEFFERSON lost to STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 32�)
Boundary between JEFFERSON and STE. GENEVIEVE defined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 361)
JEFFERSON's and STE. GENEVIEVE's boundaries defined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., gen., pp. 32�)
JOHNSON created from VAN BUREN (now CASS) and LAFAYETTE. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
JOHNSON lost to creation of DONALDSON (extinct); DONALDSON not fully organized, part attached to JOHNSON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 17)
Creation of DONALDSON (extinct) repealed; JOHNSON regained part of DONALDSON (extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 32)
KINDERHOOK (see CAMDEN)
KNOX created from SCOTLAND; KNOX not fully organized, attached to SCOTLAND "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 46�)
KNOX fully organized, detached from SCOTLAND. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 26�/p. 34)
LACLEDE created from CAMDEN, PULASKI, and Non-County Area 37. Non-County Area 37 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 28�)
LAFAYETTE created from LILLARD (extinct). JACKSON created from LILLARD (extinct); JACKSON not fully organized, attached to LAFAYETTE "for all civil and military purposes". (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, secs. 16, 30/pp. 237, 242)
LAFAYETTE lost to creation of BATES, ST. CLAIR, and VAN BUREN (now CASS). (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, secs. 2�pp. 50�)
LAFAYETTE lost to creation of JOHNSON and RIVES (now HENRY). (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
LAFAYETTE lost to creation of DONALDSON (extinct); DONALDSON not fully organized, part attached to LAFAYETTE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 17)
Creation of DONALDSON (extinct) repealed; LAFAYETTE regained part of DONALDSON (extinct) that it previously held. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 32)
LAWRENCE (original)
LAWRENCE (original) created from NEW MADRID; included parts of present Missouri and Arkansas. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1814�15, ch. 128, secs. 1, 9/pp. 354�7)
LAWRENCE (original) lost to creation of WAYNE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567�1)
LAWRENCE (original) lost all territory south of the parallel of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
LAWRENCE (original) lost to WAYNE; LAWRENCE (original) eliminated. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 10/pp. 234�5)
LAWRENCE created from BARRY, DADE, and overlap area assigned to both BARRY and NEWTON. LAWRENCE not fully organized, parts attached to BARRY and DADE "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 39)
LAWRENCE fully organized, detached from BARRY and DADE. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 7�pp. 31�)
LEWIS created from Non-County Area 10; Non-County Area 19 created from Non-County Area 10 and attached to LEWIS "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 28, secs. 1, 6/pp. 51�)
LEWIS lost part of attached Non-County Area 19 to creation of CLARK. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 47�)
LEWIS lost part of attached Non-County Area 19 to creation of MACON and Non-County Area 24. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
LEWIS lost parts of attached Non-County Area 19 to creation of Non-County Area 26 and Non-County Area 27. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 48�)
LEWIS lost attached Non-County Area 19 to creation of SCOTLAND; Non-County Area 19 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 32/p. 36)
LILLARD (extinct)
LILLARD (extinct) created from COOPER and Non-County Area 1. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 10, secs. 1, 6/pp. 13�)
LILLARD (extinct) lost to creation of JACKSON and LAFAYETTE, and lost to Non-County Area 8; LILLARD (extinct) eliminated. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 16, 30/pp. 237�2)
LINCOLN created from ST. CHARLES. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 228, secs. 1, 8/pp. 572�6)
LINCOLN exchanged with WARREN. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 30�)
LINCOLN gained from MONTGOMERY. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 34)
LINN created from Non-County Area 6; Non-County Area 23 created from Non-County Area 6 and attached to LINN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, p. 52)
LINN gained from LIVINGSTON and Non-County Area 18. Non-County Area 23, attached to LINN, gained from Non-County Area 18. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 53)
LINN lost part of attached Non-County Area 23 to creation of HIGHLAND (now SULLIVAN); HIGHLAND not fully organized, attached to LINN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 37�)
LINN lost part of attached Non-County Area 23 to creation of PUTNAM. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 44�)
SULLIVAN fully organized, detached from LINN. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 19, 43/pp. 33, 36)
Non-County Area 23 detached from LINN, attached to SULLIVAN 揻or civil and military purposes.� (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
LINN gained from CHARITON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 49)
LINN lost to LIVINGSTON. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 17)
LIVINGSTON created from CHARITON, Non-County Area 6, and Non-County Area 18; remainder of Non-County Area 18 detached from CARROLL and attached to LIVINGSTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 50�)
LIVINGSTON lost to LINN. LIVINGSTON lost part of attached Non-County Area 18 to LINN and Non-County Area 23. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 53)
LIVINGSTON lost part of attached Non-County Area 18 to creation of GRUNDY; GRUNDY not fully organized, attached to LIVINGSTON "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 22)
LIVINGSTON gained from LINN. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 17)
SENECA (now McDONALD) created from NEWTON; SENECA not fully organized, attached to NEWTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
SENECA renamed McDONALD and fully organized, detached from NEWTON. McDONALD gained from NEWTON. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 30�)
McDONALD gained from NEWTON. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
MACON created from RALLS, Non-County Area 6, Non-County Area 10, and Non-County Area 19; Non-County Area 24 (created from Non-County Area 6) attached to MACON "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
MACON lost part of attached Non-County Area 24 to creation of ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 37/pp. 36�)
Non-County Area 24 detached from MACON, attached to ADAIR "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 40)
MADISON created from CAPE GIRARDEAU and STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 229, secs. 1, 8/pp. 576�0)
MADISON exchanged with SHANNON, gained all of Non-County Area 14. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 41)
MADISON lost to REYNOLDS and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 34�)
MADISON lost to creation of IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
MARIES
MARIES created from OSAGE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 13�)
MARIES lost to creation of PHELPS. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 397�8)
MARIES exchanged with PHELPS. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 371�2)
MARIES lost to PHELPS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
MARION created from RALLS; MARION not fully organized, attached to RALLS "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1822, ch. 38, secs. 1�pp. 61�)
MARION lost to RALLS; MARION fully organized, detached from RALLS; Non-County Area 10 detached from RALLS, attached to MARION "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1826�27, ch. 31, secs. 1� 8/pp. 40�)
MARION lost part of attached Non-County Area 10 to creation of MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 15, secs. 1, 6/pp. 21�)
MARION lost part of attached Non-County Area 10 to creation of LEWIS and Non-County Area 19. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 28, secs. 1, 6/pp. 51�)
MARION lost part of attached Non-County Area 10 to creation of SHELBY. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 40)
MARION lost attached Non-County Area 10 to creation of MACON; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
MARION gained from MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 42)
MERCER created from Non-County Area 18; MERCER not fully organized, attached to GRUNDY "for civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 18 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended MERCER's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
MILLER created from COLE, PULASKI, and Non-County Area 21; Non-County Area 21 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 53�)
MILLER boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 23)
MILLER lost to CAMDEN. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 39�)
CAMDEN boundaries redefined, creating an overlap with MILLER. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 58, 93/pp. 476�7, 490)
MILLER gained from MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 495)
MILLER gained from COLE; MILLER gained undisputed jurisdiction of 13 December 1855 overlap with CAMDEN. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
MILLER exchanged with CAMDEN. (Mo. Laws 1875, gen., pp. 30�)
MILLER lost to COLE. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
MISSISSIPPI created from SCOTT; MISSISSIPPI not fully organized, attached to SCOTT "for all civil, criminal, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 42)
MISSISSIPPI fully organized, detached from SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 21, 41/pp. 33�, 36)
MISSISSIPPI lost to SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 33)
MISSISSIPPI gained from SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., p. 63)
Boundaries between MISSISSIPPI and SCOTT and between MISSISSIPPI and NEW MADRID defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 273, 439�0)
MISSISSIPPI exchanged with SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 411)
MISSISSIPPI exchanged with NEW MADRID. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
MONITEAU
MONITEAU created from COLE and MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 35�/p. 35)
MONROE created from RALLS and Non-County Area 10. Non-County Area 17 attached to MONROE "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 15, secs. 1, 6/pp. 21�)
MONROE lost attached Non-County Area 17 to creation of AUDRAIN.; Non-County Area 17 eliminated. AUDRAIN not fully organized, part attached to MONROE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
AUDRAIN fully organized, detached from MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 44�)
MONROE lost to SHELBY. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 47)
MONROE lost to MARION and AUDRAIN. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 42)
MONTGOMERY created from ST. CHARLES; Non-County Area 3 attached to MONTGOMERY "for judicial, probate, administration and county purposes." (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 230, secs. 1, 8/pp. 580�4)
MONTGOMERY lost part of attached Non-County Area 3 to creation of CALLAWAY; remainder of Non-County Area 3 detached from MONTGOMERY and attached to CALLAWAY for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 29, secs. 1, 8/pp. 52�)
MONTGOMERY lost to creation of WARREN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 95, sec. 1/pp. 126�8)
MONTGOMERY lost to LINCOLN. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 34)
MORGAN created from COOPER, CRAWFORD, and Non-County Area 15. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 52�)
MORGAN lost to creation of PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 31, sec. 1/pp. 54�)
MORGAN lost to creation of PETTIS. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
MORGAN gained from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 15)
MORGAN lost to creation of KINDERHOOK (now CAMDEN). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 28/pp. 35�)
MORGAN lost to creation of MONITEAU. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 35�/p. 35)
MORGAN lost to MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 495)
New Madrid District (see NEW MADRID)
New Madrid District (now NEW MADRID) created within the District of Louisiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51�; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283�9; Violette, 46�)
New Madrid District (now NEW MADRID) gained from Cape Girardeau District (now CAPE GIRARDEAU). (Terr. Papers U.S., 13:541�2; Gov. Proc. 7 June 1806)
New Madrid District (now NEW MADRID) lost to Cape Girardeau District (now CAPE GIRARDEAU). (Ford, 5�
New Madrid District became NEW MADRID County; NEW MADRID lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when its western boundary was redefined as the boundary of the "Osage Purchase". (Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95[1812]/pp. 743�7; Royce, 676�7, pls. 112, 144)
NEW MADRID gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU, lost to creation of ARKANSAS (Ark.). (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
NEW MADRID lost to creation of LAWRENCE (original). (Mo. Terr. Laws 1814�15, ch. 128, secs. 1, 9/pp. 354�7)
NEW MADRID lost to creation of WAYNE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567�1)
NEW MADRID exchanged with Arkansas Territory when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
NEW MADRID lost to creation of SCOTT. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 28, secs. 1, 8/pp. 32�)
Boundary between NEW MADRID and SCOTT redefined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1822, ch. 9, secs. 1�p. 15)
NEW MADRID lost to creation of STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 59, secs. 1�pp. 71�)
NEW MADRID exchanged with STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 39�)
Boundary between NEW MADRID and SCOTT defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 25�)
NEW MADRID lost to STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 44)
NEW MADRID lost to DUNKLIN. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 36)
NEW MADRID lost to creation of PEMISCOT. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 190�2)
NEW MADRID lost to STODDARD. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 79, 94/pp. 484�5, 490�1)
Boundaries between NEW MADRID and MISSISSIPPI and between NEW MADRID and SCOTT defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 273, 439�0)
NEW MADRID exchanged with MISSISSIPPI. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
NEW MADRID exchanged with STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
NEWTON created from BARRY; Portion of BARRY and NEWTON overlapped until 28 March 1843. Non-County Area 30 created from BARRY, attached to NEWTON "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 19�)
NEWTON lost to Non-County Area 30. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 42)
NEWTON lost attached Non-County Area 30 to BATES and to creation of JASPER; Non-County Area 30 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 7/p. 33)
Overlap area assigned to both BARRY and NEWTON lost to creation of LAWRENCE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 39)
Area of overlap between NEWTON and BARRY assigned to BARRY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 29�/p. 137)
NEWTON lost to creation of SENECA (now McDONALD); SENECA not fully organized, attached to NEWTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
NEWTON's eastern boundary defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, priv., p. 230)
NEWTON lost to JASPER. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, priv., pp. 229�0)
SENECA renamed McDONALD and fully organized, detached from NEWTON. NEWTON lost to McDONALD. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 30�)
NEWTON lost to McDONALD. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
NIANGUA (see DALLAS)
NODAWAY (original; see HOLT)
NODAWAY
NODAWAY created from Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah); NODAWAY not fully organized, attached to ANDREW "for civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 31 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 43)
NODAWAY boundaries redefined [overlapped the western part of ATCHISON]; NODAWAY fully organized, detached from ANDREW. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 1�pp. 30�)
Area of overlap between NODAWAY and ATCHISON assigned to NODAWAY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 71�/pp. 143�4)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended NODAWAY's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
NODAWAY gained from ATCHISON. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 386�7)
NODAWAY lost to ATCHISON. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 464)
NODAWAY gained from ATCHISON. (Mo. Laws 1860�61, loc., p. 382)
NODAWAY lost to WORTH. (Mo. Laws 1862�63, p. 57; Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., pp. 193�4)
Non-County Area 1
Non-County Area 1 created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, NEW MADRID, ST. LOUIS, and STE. GENEVIEVE, when their western boundaries were redefined as the boundary of the "Osage Purchase". (Royce, 676�7, pls. 112, 144; Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1)
Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of ARKANSAS (Ark.). (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
Non-County Area 1 gained from ARKANSAS (Ark.), and lost to creation of CLARK (Ark.), HEMPSTEAD (Ark.), and PULASKI (Ark.). (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
Non-County Area 1 lost when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of LILLARD (extinct). (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 10, secs. 1, 6/pp. 13�)
Non-County Area 1 lost to unorganized federal territory when the state of Missouri was created from Missouri Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15:742�4; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 22[1820]/pp. 545�8)
Non-County Area 1 lost to WAYNE and to Non-County Area 8; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 10/pp. 234�5)
Non-County Area 2 created from ST. CHARLES. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
Non-County Area 2 lost to ST. CHARLES. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15: 40�)
Non-County Area 2 exchanged with British North America when a Convention of Commerce between Great Britain and the United States established 49 degrees north latitude, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, as the northern boundary of the United States, and the southern boundary of the British possessions. (Parry, 69: 294�7)
Non-County Area 2 gained from HOWARD and PIKE. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 2 eliminated when the state of Missouri was created from Missouri Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15:742�4; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 22[1820]/pp. 545�8)
Non-County Area 3 created from ST. CHARLES and attached to MONTGOMERY "for judicial, probate, administration and county purposes." (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 230, secs. 1, 8/pp. 580�4)
Non-County Area 3 lost to creation of CALLAWAY; remainder of Non-County Area 3 detached from MONTGOMERY and attached to CALLAWAY for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 29, secs. 1, 8/pp. 52�)
Non-County Area 3 gained all of Non-County Area 9, lost to BOONE. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, secs. 18, 25/pp. 237�8, 240�1)
Non-County Area 3 lost to creation of AUDRAIN. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
Non-County Area 3 lost to BOONE; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, sec. 40/p. 138)
Unattached Non-County Area 4 created from strip of land remaining from former western boundary of CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567�1)
Non-County Area 4 lost to WAYNE; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 10/pp. 234�5)
Non-County Area 5 created from HOWARD and attached to BOONE "for all legislative, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 5 lost to BOONE; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Mo Laws 1821�22, ch. 36, sec. 1/p. 58)
Non-County Area 6 created from HOWARD and PIKE, attached to CHARITON "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 6 gained from CHARITON and Non-County Area 7. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 19/p. 238)
Non-County Area 6 lost to creation of RANDOLPH, and lost to CHARITON; Non-County Area 6 detached from CHARITON and attached to RANDOLPH "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 29, secs. 1� 7/pp. 42�, and ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 44)
Non-County Area 6 lost to creation of LINN, LIVINGSTON, MACON, Non-County Area 23, and Non-County Area 24; lost to Non-County Area 18. Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 50�)
Non-County Area 7 created from HOWARD and attached to RAY "for all legislative, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 7 lost to creation of CLAY. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 60�)
Non-County Area 7 gained from RAY, lost to Non-County Area 6. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 60�)
Non-County Area 7 lost to creation of CARROLL and Non-County Area 18. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 24, secs. 1, 5/pp. 46�)
Non-County Area 7 lost to creation of CALDWELL and DAVIESS; remainder of Non-County Area 7 detached from RAY and attached to DAVIESS "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 46�)
Non-County Area 7 lost to RAY. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 25)
Non-County Area 7 lost to creation of HARRISON; Non County Area 7 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
Non-County Area 8 created from FRANKLIN and attached to GASCONADE "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 28, secs. 1� 5/pp. 51�)
Non-County Area 8 lost to GASCONADE. (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 13�)
Non-County Area 8 gained from LILLARD (extinct), WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 1. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 6/p. 233)
Non-County Area 8 lost to creation of CRAWFORD; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 23)
Non-County Area 9 created from PIKE. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 12, secs. 1, 4/pp. 17�)
Non-County Area 9 eliminated when it became part of Non-County Area 3. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 25/pp. 237�8)
Non-County Area 10
Non-County Area 10 created from RALLS and attached to RALLS "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1822, ch. 38, secs. 1�pp. 61�)
Non-County Area 10 detached from RALLS, attached to MARION "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1826�27, ch. 31, secs. 1� 8/pp. 40�)
Non-County Area 10 lost to creation of MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 15, secs. 1, 6/pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 10 lost to creation of LEWIS and Non-County Area 19. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 28, secs. 1, 6/pp. 51�)
Non-County Area 10 lost to creation of SHELBY. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 40)
Non-County Area 10 lost to creation of MACON; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
Non-County Area 11 created from FRANKLIN and attached to FRANKLIN "for administrative and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 14, sec. 9/pp. 16�)
Non-County Area 11 gained from FRANKLIN and WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws Rev. 1825, ch. 1, sec. 9/p. 234)
Non-County Area 11 lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 21)
Non-County Area 11 lost to CRAWFORD; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 79, 84/pp. 144, 147)
Non-County Area 12 created from CLAY and attached to CLAY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 28/pp. 241�2)
Non-County Area 12 lost to creation of CLINTON; remainder of Non-County Area 12 detached from CLAY and attached to CLINTON "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 25, secs. 1, 6/pp. 47�)
Non-County Area 12 gained from unorganized federal territory. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 49; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 86[1836]/p. 34, and res. 2, p. 802)
Non-County Area 12 lost to creation of BUCHANAN and PLATTE. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
Non-County Area 12 lost to creation of Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah). (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 12 lost to creation of GENTRY. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 41)
Non-County Area 12 lost to creation of DE KALB; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 36)
Non-County Area 13 created from WASHINGTON, attached to WASHINGTON "for administrative and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, secs. 6, 9/pp. 233�4)
Non-County Area 13 lost to RIPLEY; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., secs. 1�pp. 55� and ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 56�)
Non-County Area 14 inadvertently created when WASHINGTON boundaries were reconfigured. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, secs. 6, 9/pp. 233�4)
Non-County Area 14 lost to MADISON; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 41)
Non-County Area 15 created from SALINE, attached to SALINE "for all purposes, civil and military." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 58, sec. 102/pp. 70�)
Non-County Area 15 lost to creation of MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 52�)
Non-County Area 15 lost to creation of ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 4/p. 51)
Non-County Area 15 lost to creation of PETTIS; Non-County Area 15 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
Non-County Area 16 created from CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 21)
Non-County Area 16 gained from WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 19, secs. 1�pp. 26�)
Non-County Area 16 lost to creation of GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 26, sec. 1/p. 49)
Non-County Area 16 lost to creation of BATES and ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 3/p. 50)
Non-County Area 16 lost small portion to creation of RIVES (now HENRY). (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 37�)
Non-County Area 16 lost to creation of BENTON. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 41�)
Non-County Area 16 lost to creation of POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
Non-County Area 16 lost to PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
Non-County Area 16 lost to creation of KINDERHOOK (now CAMDEN); Non-County Area 16 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 28/pp. 35�)
Non-County Area 17 created from RALLS and attached to MONROE "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 15, secs. 1, 6/pp. 21�)
Non-County Area 17 lost to creation of AUDRAIN; Non-County Area 17 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
Non-County Area 18 created from Non-County Area 7 and attached to CARROLL "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 24, secs. 1, 5/pp. 46�)
Non-County Area 18 gained from Non-County Area 6, lost to creation of LIVINGSTON; Non-County Area 18 detached from CARROLL and attached to LIVINGSTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 50�)
Non-County Area 18 lost to LINN and Non-County Area 23. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 53)
Non-County Area 18 lost to creation of GRUNDY. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 22)
Non-County Area 18 lost to creation of MERCER; Non-County Area 18 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 37)
Non-County Area 19 created from Non-County Area 10; Non-County Area 19 attached to LEWIS "for all civil, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 28, secs. 1, 6/pp. 51�)
Non-County Area 19 lost to creation of CLARK. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 47�)
Non-County Area 19 lost to creation of MACON and Non-County Area 24. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
Non-County Area 19 lost to creation of Non-County Area 26 and Non-County Area 27. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 48�)
Non-County Area 19 lost to creation of SCOTLAND; Non-County Area 19 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 32/p. 36)
Non-County Area 20 created from PETTIS. (Mo. Laws 1833�34, pub., p. 416)
Non-County Area 20 lost to BENTON and ST. CLAIR; Non-County Area 20 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 41�)
Non-County Area 21 created from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
Non-County Area 21 attached to PULASKI "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 47)
Non-County Area 21 lost to creation of MILLER, and lost to COLE; Non-County Area 21 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 53�)
Non-County Area 22 gained from GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 46)
Non-County Area 22 lost to creation of OZARK. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 22/p. 35)
Non-County Area 22 attached to WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 48)
Non-County Area 22 lost to WRIGHT; Non-County Area 22 eliminated. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, sec. 23/p. 136)
Non-County Area 23 created from Non-County Area 6; Non-County Area 23 attached to LINN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 52)
Non-County Area 23 gained from Non-County Area 18. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 53)
Non-County Area 23 lost to creation of HIGHLAND (now SULLIVAN). (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 37�)
Non-County Area 23 lost to creation of PUTNAM. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 44�)
Non-County Area 23 detached from LINN and attached to SULLIVAN "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
Non-County Area 23 lost to creation of DODGE (extinct); Non-County Area 23 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
Non-County Area 24 created from Non-County Area 6 and Non-County Area 19; Non-County Area 24 attached to MACON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, p. 52)
Non-County Area 24 lost to creation of ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 37/pp. 36�)
Non-County Area 24 lost to creation of SCHUYLER. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 46)
Non-County Area 24 lost to creation of PUTNAM; Non-County Area 24 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 44�)
Non-County Area 25 created from WHITE (extinct) and attached to TANEY "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 51�)
Non-County Area 25 lost to TANEY. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 27)
Non-County Area 25 lost to creation of OZARK; Non-County Area 25 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 22/p. 35)
Non-County Area 27 created from Non-County Area 19, attached to SHELBY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 48�)
Non-County Area 28 lost to creation of PLATTE; Non-County Area 28 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
Non-County Area 29 created from BARRY, and attached to BARRY "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 19�)
Non-County Area 29 lost to creation of DADE; Non-County Area 29 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 10/pp. 33�)
Non-County Area 30 created from BARRY, and attached to NEWTON "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 19�)
Non-County Area 30 gained from NEWTON. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 42)
Non-County Area 30 lost to BATES and to creation of JASPER; Non-County Area 30 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 34�/p. 36)
Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) created from Non-County Area 12, and attached to BUCHANAN "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 21�)
Non-County area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) lost to creation of ANDREW and NODAWAY (original) [now HOLT]. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 1, 4/pp. 32�)
Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah) lost to creation of NODAWAY (original, now HOLT). Non-County Area 31 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 43)
Non-County Area 32 created from POLK, attached to POLK "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1848�41, pub., pp. 42�)
Non-County Area 32 lost to creation of DADE and NIANGUA (now DALLAS), and lost to ST. CLAIR; Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 16, 25�/pp. 34�)
Non-County Area 33 created from WRIGHT, attached to WRIGHT "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., pp. 46�)
Non-County Area 33 lost to creation of ASHLEY (now TEXAS); Non-County Area 33 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 35)
Non-County Area 34 created from GENTRY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 4�p. 31)
Non-County Area 34 lost to creation of WORTH; Non-County Area 34 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1860�61, loc., pp. 470�3)
Non-County Area 35 created from HARRISON and attached to HARRISON" for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 10�, 46/pp. 33, 46)
Non-County Area 35 lost to HARRISON; Non-County Area 35 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., p. 63)
Non-County Area 36 created from PUTNAM. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 43�)
Non-County Area 36 attached to SULLIVAN "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
Non-County Area 37 created from WRIGHT, attached to WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 50)
Non-County Area 37 lost to creation of LACLEDE; Non-County Area 37 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 28�)
OREGON created from RIPLEY; OREGON not fully organized, attached to RIPLEY "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 43)
OREGON fully organized, detached from RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 35�/p. 35)
OREGON lost to creation of HOWELL. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 51�)
OREGON lost to SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 413)
OREGON exchanged with RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
OSAGE created from GASCONADE. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 40/p. 37)
OSAGE gained from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 12)
OSAGE lost to creation of MARIES. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 13�)
OSAGE lost to COLE. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., p. 32)
Overlap Area 1
Overlap area created between NODAWAY and ATCHISON when NODAWAY抯 boundaries were redefined. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 1�pp. 30�)
Overlap area between NODAWAY and ATCHISON assigned to NODAWAY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 71�/pp. 143�4)
CAMDEN boundaries redefined, creating an overlap with MILLER. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 49,75 /pp. 471�2, 483)
Overlap area between CAMDEN and MILLER awarded to MILLER. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
Overlap area created between BARRY and NEWTON. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 19�)
Overlap area between BARRY and NEWTON lost to creation of LAWRENCE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 39)
Overlap area between BARRY and NEWTON assigned to BARRY. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 29�/p.137)
OZARK created from RIPLEY, Non-County Area 22, and Non-County Area 25; Non-County Area 25 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 22/p. 35)
OZARK renamed DECATUR; DECATUR boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 43�)
DECATUR renamed OZARK. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 51�)
OZARK lost to GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 15)
OZARK boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 40�)
OZARK lost to creation of DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 288�9)
OZARK lost to HOWELL. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1879, pp. 1015�44)
PEMISCOT
PEMISCOT created from NEW MADRID. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 190�2)
PERRY created from STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 15, secs. 1, 10/pp. 27�)
PERRY gained from STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch.1, sec. 21/p. 239)
PERRY exchanged with CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 18)
PETTIS
PETTIS created from COOPER, MORGAN, ST. CLAIR, SALINE, and Non-County Area 15. Non-County Area 15 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
PETTIS lost to creation of Non-County Area 20. (Mo. Laws 1833�34, pub., p. 416)
PETTIS gained from BENTON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 42)
PHELPS created from CRAWFORD and MARIES. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 397�8)
PHELPS exchanged with MARIES. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 371�2)
PHELPS gained from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 393)
PHELPS gained from MARIES. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
PIKE created from ST. CHARLES. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 231, secs. 1, 8/pp. 585�8)
PIKE lost to creation of RALLS, CHARITON, and Non-County Area 9, and lost to Non-County Area 2. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 12, secs. 1, 4/pp. 17� and ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
PIKE lost to RALLS. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 60, sec. 1/p. 72)
PLATTE created from Non-County Area 28 and Non-County Area 12; Non-County Area 28 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 23�)
POLK created from GREENE, PULASKI, ST. CLAIR, and Non-County Area 16. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
POLK gained from BARRY, GREENE, and ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 44)
POLK lost to creation of Non-County Area 32; Non-County Area 32 attached to POLK "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1848�41, pub., pp. 42�)
POLK lost attached Non-County Area 32 to creation of DADE and NIANGUA (now DALLAS), and lost to ST. CLAIR; Non-County Area 32 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 16, 25�/pp. 34�)
POLK lost to creation of HICKORY. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 16�/pp. 32�)
POLK lost to ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
PULASKI (Ark.)
PULASKI (Ark.) created from ARKANSAS (Ark.) and Non-County Area 1; included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
PULASKI (Ark.) became an Arkansas Territory county when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
PULASKI created from CRAWFORD and MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 31, sec. 1/pp. 54�)
PULASKI lost to creation of POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
PULASKI gained from GREENE and Non-County Area 16, exchanged with RIPLEY, lost to MORGAN, and lost to creation of Non-County Area 21 and Non-County Area 22. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
PULASKI gained from CRAWFORD, lost to creation of MILLER, and lost attached Non-County Area 21 to creation of MILLER and to COLE; Non-County Area 21 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 53�, 48�)
PULASKI lost to creation of KINDERHOOK (now CAMDEN) and WRIGHT. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 19, 28/pp. 34�)
PULASKI lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1842�42, pub., p. 44)
PULASKI lost to creation of LACLEDE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 28�)
PULASKI lost to OSAGE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 12)
PULASKI lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1857, adj. sess., loc., pp. 406�7)
PULASKI lost to PHELPS. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 393)
PULASKI's boundaries clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1899, pp. 145�6)
PUTNAM created from Non-County Area 23 and Non-County Area 24; PUTNAM not fully organized, attached to ADAIR "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 24 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 44�)
PUTNAM lost to creation of Non-County Area 36; PUTNAM fully organized, detached from ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., pp. 43�)
PUTNAM lost to creation of DODGE (extinct); DODGE not fully organized, attached to PUTNAM "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended PUTNAM's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
PUTNAM gained all of DODGE; DODGE eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1852�53, pub., pp. 72�)
Quapaw Indian Reservation
Quapaw Indian Reservation not included within any county jurisdiction. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 232a/secs. 1� 5/pp. 589�1)
Quapaw Indian Reservation became part of Arkansas Territory when the United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493�6)
RALLS created from PIKE. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 12, secs. 1, 4/pp. 17�)
RALLS lost to creation of MARION and Non-County Area 10; MARION not fully organized, attached to RALLS "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes"; Non-County Area 10 attached to RALLS "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1822, ch. 38, secs. 1�pp. 61�)
RALLS gained from MARION; MARION fully organized, detached from RALLS; Non-County Area 10 detached from RALLS, attached to MARION "for all military, civil, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1826�27, ch. 31, secs. 1� 8/pp. 40�)
RALLS gained from PIKE. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 60, sec. 1/p. 72)
RALLS lost to creation of RANDOLPH. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 29, secs. 1� 7/pp. 42�, and ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 44)
RALLS lost to creation of MONROE and Non-County Area 16. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 15, secs. 1, 6/pp. 21�)
RALLS lost to creation of AUDRAIN. AUDRAIN not fully organized, part attached to RALLS "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 13, secs. 1�p. 20)
AUDRAIN fully organized, detached from RALLS. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 44�)
RALLS lost to creation of MACON. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
RANDOLPH created from RALLS and Non-County Area 6. Non-County Area 6 detached from CHARITON and attached to RANDOLPH "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 29, secs. 1� 7/pp. 42� and ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 44)
RANDOLPH lost attached Non-County Area 6 to creation of LINN, LIVINGSTON, MACON, Non-County Area 23, and Non-County Area 24; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 51)
RAY created from HOWARD; Non-County Area 7 attached to RAY "for all legislative, judicial, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 14, secs. 1�pp. 21�)
RAY lost to creation of CLAY and lost part of attached Non-County Area 7 to creation of CLAY. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 60�)
RAY lost to Non-County Area 7 and lost part of attached Non-County Area 7 to Non-County Area 6. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 20/pp. 238�9)
RAY lost part of attached Non-County Area 7 to creation of CARROLL and Non-County Area 18. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 24, secs. 1, 5/pp. 46�)
RAY lost part of Non-County Area 7 to creation of CALDWELL and DAVIESS; remainder of Non-County Area 7 detached from RAY and attached to DAVIESS "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 46�)
RAY gained from Non-County Area 7. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 25)
REYNOLDS created from SHANNON and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 41)
REYNOLDS exchanged with WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
REYNOLDS gained from MADISON and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 34�)
REYNOLDS lost to creation of IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
REYNOLDS exchanged with DENT and SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp.16�)
REYNOLDS gained from IRON and SHANNON, and lost to DENT. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 24�)
REYNOLDS gained from CARTER, DENT, and SHANNON, exchanged with WAYNE, lost to IRON. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
RIPLEY created from WAYNE; RIPLEY not fully organized, attached to WAYNE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 19, secs. 1�pp. 26�)
RIPLEY gained from Non-County Area 13; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. RIPLEY fully organized, detached from WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., secs. 1�pp. 55� and ch. 33. sec. 1/pp. 56�)
RIPLEY exchanged with PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 15�)
RIPLEY lost to creation of SHANNON; SHANNON attached to RIPLEY and WASHINGTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 54�)
RIPLEY lost to creation of OZARK; SHANNON fully organized, detached from RIPLEY. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 22, 43�/pp. 35, 37)
RIPLEY lost to creation of OREGON; OREGON not fully organized, attached to RIPLEY "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 43)
RIPLEY's boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 35�)
RIPLEY lost to creation of CARTER, and lost to SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 314�6)
RIPLEY gained from BUTLER. (Mo. Laws 1862�63, loc., p. 56)
RIPLEY lost to BUTLER. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 409)
RIPLEY exchanged with OREGON. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
RIPLEY exchanged with BUTLER. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 21�; Mo. Laws 1874, adj. sess., gen., p. 28)
RIVES (see HENRY)
St. Charles District (see ST. CHARLES)
St. Charles District (now ST. CHARLES) created within the District of Louisiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51�; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283�9; Violette, 46�)
St. Charles District became ST. CHARLES County. (Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95[1812]/pp. 743�7)
ST. CHARLES lost to creation of Non-County Area 2. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
ST. CHARLES gained from Non-County Area 2. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15: 40�)
ST. CHARLES lost to creation of HOWARD. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1815�16, ch. 162, secs. 1, 8/pp. 460�4)
ST. CHARLES lost to creation of LINCOLN, MONTGOMERY, and Non-County Area 3. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 228, secs. 1, 8/pp. 572�6 and ch. 230, secs. 1, 8/pp. 580�4)
ST. CHARLES lost to creation of PIKE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 231, secs. 1, 8/pp. 585�8)
ST. CLAIR lost to creation of PETTIS. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
ST. CLAIR gained from Non-County Area 20, lost to creation of BENTON. Non-County Area 20 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 41�)
ST. CLAIR lost to creation of POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 42�)
ST. CLAIR lost to POLK. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 44)
ST. CLAIR gained from Non-County Area 32; Non-County Area 32 eliminated. ST. CLAIR fully organized, detached from RIVES (now HENRY). (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 25�/p. 35)
ST CLAIR lost to creation of CEDAR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 49�/p. 37)
ST CLAIR gained from POLK. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
ST. CLAIR gained from HENRY. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 425)
ST. CLAIR gained from BENTON (the area gained by ST. CLAIR was incorrectly included as part of BENTON in the state's Revised Statutes until 1939). (Mo. Laws 1889, p. 66; Mo. Laws 1939, pp. 635�6, 653�4; Mo. Vernon's 1949, pp. 13�)
ST. FRANCOIS
ST. FRANCOIS created from JEFFERSON, STE. GENEVIEVE, and WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 28�)
ST. FRANCOIS gained from WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 34, sec. 1/p. 57)
ST. FRANCOIS lost to STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 45)
ST. FRANCOIS lost to creation of IRON and gained from WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
ST. FRANCOIS's boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1875, gen., pp. 32�)
St. Louis District (see ST. LOUIS)
St. Louis District (now ST. LOUIS) created within the District of Louisiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51�; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283�9; Violette, 46�)
St. Louis District became ST. LOUIS County; ST. LOUIS gained from STE. GENEVIEVE and lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when its western boundary was redefined as the boundary of the "Osage Purchase." (Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95[1812]/pp. 743�7; Royce, 676�7, pls. 112, 144)
ST. LOUIS lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 95, secs. 1,11/pp. 285�0; Violette, 78)
ST. LOUIS exchanged with WASHINGTON, lost to STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
ST. LOUIS lost to creation of HOWARD. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1815�16, ch. 162, secs. 1, 8/pp. 460�4)
ST. LOUIS lost to creation of FRANKLIN and JEFFERSON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, chs. 220, 225, pp. 554�8, 562�6)
ST. LOUIS lost to creation of ST. LOUIS CITY. (Hyde and Conard, 4: 1993�96)
ST. LOUIS CITY created from ST. LOUIS county. (Hyde and Conard, 4: 1993�96)
Ste. Genevieve District (see STE. GENEVIEVE)
Ste. Genevieve District (now STE. GENEVIEVE) created within the District of Louisiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51�; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283�9; Violette, 46�)
Ste. Genevieve District became STE. GENEVIEVE County; STE. GENEVIEVE lost to ST. LOUIS, and lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when its western boundary was redefined as the boundary of the "Osage Purchase." (Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599�1; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95[1812]/pp. 743�7; Royce, 676�7, pls. 112, 144)
STE. GENEVIEVE lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 95, secs. 1,11/pp. 285�0; Violette, 78)
STE. GENEVIEVE gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU and ST. LOUIS, lost to WASHINGTON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
STE. GENEVIEVE lost to creation of JEFFERSON and MADISON. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, chs. 220, 229, pp. 554�8, 576�0)
STE. GENEVIEVE lost to creation of PERRY. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 15, secs. 1, 10/pp. 27�)
STE. GENEVIEVE lost to creation of ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 28�)
STE. GENEVIEVE lost to JEFFERSON and PERRY. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 3/pp. 231�2)
Boundary between STE. GENEVIEVE and JEFFERSON clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 17, sec. 3/pp. 24�; Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 34, sec. 2/p. 57)
STE. GENEVIEVE gained from ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 45)
STE. GENEVIEVE gained from JEFFERSON. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 32�)
Boundary between STE. GENEVIEVE and JEFFERSON defined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 361)
STE. GENEVIEVE's and JEFFERSON's boundaries defined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., gen., pp. 32�)
SALINE created from COOPER. (Mo. Laws 1820�21, ch. 27, secs. 1, 11/pp. 48�)
SALINE lost to creation of Non-County Area 15; Non-County Area 15 attached to SALINE "for all purposes, civil and military." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 58, sec. 102/pp. 70�)
SALINE lost part of attached Non-County Area 15 to creation of MORGAN. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 52�)
SALINE lost part of attached Non-County Area 15 to creation of ST. CLAIR. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 27, sec. 4/p. 51)
SALINE lost to creation of PETTIS and lost all of attached Non-County Area 15 to creation of PETTIS; Non-County Area 15 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 30, sec. 1/pp. 53�)
SCHUYLER created from Non-County Area 24; SCHUYLER not fully organized, attached to ADAIR "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 46)
SCHUYLER fully organized, detached from ADAIR. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 19, 43/pp. 33, 36)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended SCHUYLER's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
SCOTLAND created from Non-County Area 19, Non-County Area 26, and Non-County Area 27. Non-County Area 19, Non-County Area 26, and Non-County Area 27 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 32/p. 36)
SCOTLAND lost to creation of KNOX; KNOX not fully organized, attached to SCOTLAND "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 46�)
U.S. Supreme Court settled boundary dispute between Missouri and Iowa, dating from 11 February 1839, by rejecting both states' claims, choosing instead the Indian boundary line run and marked by John C. Sullivan in 1816 (the commonly accepted boundary before the dispute arose and the present boundary between the two states). The decision ended SCOTLAND's claim to territory in the state of Iowa [no change]. (Landers, 647�8; Thomas, 269�0)
SCOTT created from NEW MADRID. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 28, secs. 1, 8/pp. 32�)
Boundary between SCOTT and NEW MADRID redefined [no discernible change]. (Mo. Laws 1822, ch. 9, secs. 1�p. 15)
SCOTT gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws 1824�25, pub., ch. 9, secs. 1�p. 11)
SCOTT gained from WAYNE, lost to CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 27/p. 241)
SCOTT lost to creation of STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 59, secs. 1�pp. 71�)
Boundary between SCOTT and NEW MADRID defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., pp. 25�)
SCOTT lost to creation of MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI not fully organized, attached to SCOTT "for all civil, criminal, and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 42)
SCOTT gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1845, secs. 28, 84/pp. 137, 145�6)
SCOTT gained from MISSISSIPPI. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 33)
SCOTT lost to MISSISSIPPI. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., p. 63)
Boundaries between SCOTT and MISSISSIPPI and between SCOTT and NEW MADRID defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 273, 439�0)
SCOTT exchanged with MISSISSIPPI. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 411)
SCOTT exchanged with CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws 1864�65, adj. sess., spec., pp. 310�1)
SCOTT's boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
SENECA (see McDONALD)
SHANNON created from CRAWFORD and RIPLEY; SHANNON attached to RIPLEY and WASHINGTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 54�)
SHANNON fully organized, detached from RIPLEY and WASHINGTON; SHANNON boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 43�/p. 37)
SHANNON lost to creation of ASHLEY (now TEXAS); ASHLEY not fully organized, part attached to SHANNON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 35)
SHANNON exchanged with MADISON. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 41)
TEXAS fully organized, detached from SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 12�/p. 32)
SHANNON lost to WAYNE, and lost to creation of REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 41)
SHANNON gained from TEXAS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 49)
SHANNON lost to creation of DENT. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 183�6)
SHANNON lost to DENT. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 58, 93/pp. 476�7, 490)
SHANNON gained from RIPLEY and lost to creation of CARTER. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 314�6)
SHANNON gained from OREGON. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 413)
SHANNON exchanged with REYNOLDS, lost to CARTER. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
SHANNON lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 24�)
SHANNON lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
SHELBY created from Non-County Area 10. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 40)
SHELBY lost attached Non-County Area 27 to creation of SCOTLAND; Non-County Area 27 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 32/p. 36)
SHELBY gained from MONROE. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 47)
STODDARD created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, NEW MADRID, SCOTT, and WAYNE; STODDARD not fully organized, attached to CAPE GIRARDEAU "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 59, secs. 1�pp. 71�)
STODDARD exchanged with CAPE GIRARDEAU, NEW MADRID, and WAYNE; STODDARD fully organized, detached from CAPE GIRARDEAU. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 39�)
STODDARD gained from NEW MADRID. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., p. 44)
STODDARD lost to creation of DUNKLIN; DUNKLIN not fully organized, attached to STODDARD "for all civil, military, and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 36)
STODDARD lost to creation of BOLLINGER. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 193�4)
STODDARD lost to CAPE GIRARDEAU and DUNKLIN. (Mo. Laws 1852�53, pub., p. 72; Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 329�0)
STODDARD gained from NEW MADRID; STODDARD boundary with DUNKLIN incorrectly defined as that existing prior to 18 February 1853; definition corrected on 4 March 1857 [no change]. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1854�55, ch. 41, secs. 59, 79, 94/pp. 477, 484�5, 490�1)
STODDARD / DUNKLIN boundary change of 18 February 1853 "revived and reenacted" (repealing DUNKLIN's boundary description in Revised Statutes, enacted 13 December 1855) [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, loc., pp. 329�0)
STODDARD lost to BOLLINGER. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, p. 304; Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes 1949, 4:15)
STODDARD exchanged with WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
STODDARD exchanged with NEW MADRID and WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
Boundaries of STODDARD, BUTLER and WAYNE clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1883, pp. 55�)
STONE created from TANEY. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 186�8; Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 15�)
HIGHLAND (now SULLIVAN) created from part of Non-County Area 23; HIGHLAND (now SULLIVAN) not fully organized, attached to LINN "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 37�)
HIGHLAND renamed SULLIVAN; SULLIVAN fully organized, detached from LINN. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 19, 43/pp. 33, 36)
Non-County Area 23 detached from LINN and attached to SULLIVAN "for civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 36 attached to SULLIVAN "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
SULLIVAN lost attached Non-County Area 23 and Non-County Area 36 to creation of DODGE (extinct); Non-County Area 23 and Non-County Area 36 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1846�47, pub., p. 16)
TANEY
TANEY created from GREENE; TANEY not fully organized, attached to GREENE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1843�35, priv. and loc., p. 46)
TANEY fully organized, detached from GREENE; TANEY's boundaries defined [no change]; Non-County Area 25 attached to TANEY "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 51�)
TANEY gained from Non-County Area 25. (Mo. Laws 1838�39, pub., p. 27)
TANEY lost attached Non-County Area 25 to creation of OZARK; Non-County Area 25 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 22/p. 35)
TANEY lost to GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., p. 36)
TANEY lost to creation of STONE. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 186�8; Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 15�)
TANEY gained from GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 15)
TANEY lost to creation of CHRISTIAN. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 321�3)
TANEY lost to DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 280)
ASHLEY (now TEXAS) created from SHANNON, WRIGHT, and Non-County Area 33; ASHLEY not fully organized, parts attached to SHANNON and WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 33 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 35)
ASHLEY renamed TEXAS; TEXAS fully organized, detached from SHANNON and WRIGHT. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 12�/p. 32)
TEXAS lost to SHANNON. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 49)
TEXAS lost to DENT. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 44�)
TEXAS lost to DENT. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 474)
TEXAS gained from DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., gen., pp. 33�)
TEXAS lost to DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 22�)
Unorganized Federal Territory
Non-County Area 2 and most of Non-County Area 1 became unorganized federal territory when the state of Missouri was created from Missouri Territory. The northwestern corner of present Missouri was part of the unorganized federal territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15:742�4; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 22[1820]/pp. 545�8)
The unorganized federal territory gained from Arkansas Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40�)
The unorganized federal territory gained when the western boundary of Arkansas Territory was redefined in a treaty with the Cherokee. (U.S. Stat., vol. 7 [1828]/pp. 311�5; Van Zandt, 119)
Unorganized federal territory lost to Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 12:778�9; U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 98 [1834]/p. 701)
Unorganized federal territory lost to Non-County area 12 and lost to creation of Non-County Area 28, when the northwestern boundary of the State of Missouri was extended to the Missouri River. Unorganized federal territory eliminated from Missouri. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., p. 49; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 86[1836]/p. 34, and res. 2, p. 802)
VAN BUREN (see CASS)
VERNON (original, extinct)
VERNON (original, extinct) created from BATES and CASS. (Atcheson, 133�4; History of Vernon Co., 192�3; Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 188�9; Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
Creation of VERNON (original, extinct) ruled unconstitutional by state supreme court; parts reverted to BATES and CASS. VERNON (original) eliminated. (Mo. Reports 17: 521�9)
VERNON created from BATES. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., pp. 17�)
WARREN created from MONTGOMERY. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 95, sec. 1/pp. 126�8)
WARREN exchanged with LINCOLN. (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., pp. 30�)
WASHINGTON created from ST. LOUIS and STE. GENEVIEVE. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 95, secs. 1,11/pp. 285�0; Violette, 78)
WASHINGTON gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU and STE. GENEVIEVE, exchanged with ST. LOUIS. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813�14, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293�5)
WASHINGTON lost to creation of ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1821�22, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 28�)
WASHINGTON gained from FRANKLIN and JEFFERSON, lost to WAYNE, Non-County Area 8, Non-County Area 11, and Non-County Area 13; inadvertently lost to creation of Non-County Area 14. Non-County Area 13 attached to WASHINGTON "for administrative and judicial purposes." (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1. secs. 6, 9/p. 233�4)
WASHINGTON lost attached Non-County Area 13 to RIPLEY; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., secs. 1�pp. 55�, and ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 56�)
WASHINGTON lost to ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., ch. 34, sec. 1/p. 57)
SHANNON attached to RIPLEY and WASHINGTON "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 54�)
SHANNON fully organized, detached from WASHINGTON. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., secs. 43�/p. 37)
WASHINGTON lost to creation of IRON, and lost to ST. FRANCOIS. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
WASHINGTON lost to IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., p. 55)
WAYNE created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, LAWRENCE (original), and NEW MADRID. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818�19, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567�1)
WAYNE gained all of LAWRENCE (original), LAWRENCE (original) eliminated. WAYNE gained from Non-County Area 1 and Non-County Area 4. (Mo. Laws Rev., 1825, ch. 1, sec. 10/pp. 234�5)
WAYNE lost to creation of STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1828�29, ch. 59, secs. 1�pp. 71�)
WAYNE lost to CRAWFORD. (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 21)
WAYNE lost to creation of RIPLEY, and lost to Non-County Area 16. RIPLEY not fully organized, attached to WAYNE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1830�31, pub., ch. 19, secs. 1�pp. 26�)
RIPLEY fully organized, detached from WAYNE. (Mo. Laws 1832�33, pub., secs. 1�pp. 55� and ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 56�)
WAYNE exchanged with STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., pp. 39�)
WAYNE gained from SHANNON, lost to creation of REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 41)
WAYNE exchanged with REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 47)
WAYNE gained from MADISON, lost to REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 34�)
WAYNE lost to creation of BUTLER. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 25�)
WAYNE lost to creation of BOLLINGER. (Mo. Laws 1850�51, pub., pp. 193�4)
WAYNE lost to creation of IRON. (Mo. Laws 1856�57, gen., pp. 52�)
WAYNE exchanged with STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1868, adj. sess., gen., pp. 16�)
WAYNE exchanged with BOLLINGER, CARTER, and REYNOLDS. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 25�)
WAYNE exchanged with STODDARD. (Mo. Laws 1871�72, adj. sess., gen., pp. 23�)
Boundaries of WAYNE, BUTLER and STODDARD clarified [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1883, pp. 55�)
WEBSTER created from GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 16)
WEBSTER gained from DALLAS and GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 40�)
WEBSTER lost to creation of CHRISTIAN. (Mo. Laws 1858�59, pp. 321�3)
WEBSTER boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1859�60, adj. sess., p. 536)
WEBSTER lost to DOUGLAS. (Mo. Laws 1863�64, adj. sess., spec., p. 280)
WHITE (extinct)
WHITE (extinct) created from GREENE; WHITE (extinct) not fully organized, attached to GREENE "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1834�35, priv. and loc., p. 46)
WHITE (extinct) lost to creation of Non-County Area 25; WHITE eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1836�37, pub., pp. 51�)
WORTH created from Non-County Area 34; Non-County Area 34 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1860�61, loc., pp. 470�3)
WORTH gained from NODAWAY. (Mo. Laws 1862�63, p. 57; Mo. Laws 1870, adj. sess., pp. 193�4)
WRIGHT created from PULASKI. (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., sec. 19/p. 34)
WRIGHT lost to creation of Non-County Area 33; Non-County Area 33 attached to WRIGHT "for civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1840�41, pub., pp. 46�)
WRIGHT lost to creation of ASHLEY (now TEXAS) and lost Non-County Area 33 to creation of ASHLEY; Non-County Area 33 eliminated. ASHLEY not fully organized, part attached to WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." Non-County Area 22 attached to WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1842�43, pub., p. 35)
TEXAS fully organized, detached from WRIGHT. (Mo. Laws 1844�45, secs. 12�/p. 32)
WRIGHT lost to creation of Non-County Area 37; Non-County Area 37 attached to WRIGHT "for all civil and military purposes." (Mo. Laws 1844�45, loc. and priv., p. 50)
WRIGHT lost attached Non-County Area 37 to creation of LACLEDE; Non-County Area 37 eliminated. (Mo. Laws 1848�49, pub., pp. 28�)
WRIGHT lost to GREENE. (Mo. Laws 1854�55, pub., p. 15)
WRIGHT boundaries defined [no change]. (Mo. Laws 1855, adj. sess., loc. and priv., pp. 40�)