Monroe County Historical Society
Monroe County, Missouri

PO Box 131, Paris, MO 65275
660-327-1831
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The 3rd Monroe County Courthouse was built in 1912. The dome, with clock faces, is the last domed courthouse built in Missouri.

The real truth about the name “Little Dixie” is that it originated . . . back in the Gay Nineties. [It referred] to Monroe and Randolph. There never were any other counties in the original Little Dixie. read more
Jack Blanton (1869-1955), Editor of the Monroe County Appeal

Research Center: Now closed on Saturdays, Saturday hours offered by appointment

Next meeting: June 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm
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The Monroe County Historical Society is a nonprofit corporation, with perpetual duration, founded September 11, 1967. The purposes of the Society shall be of a nonprofit nature and shall be exclusively historical, scientific, educational and charitable.
The leading purposes shall be to record, collect, receive, preserve, study, exhibit and share things pertaining to county history.
Contributions to the society are tax deductible.

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