Welcome to Cass County Missouri MOGenWeb

Created: March 3, 1835 under an act of the Missouri General Assembly.

Organized: 14 Sept 1835 from Jackson County. When the Justices James McClellan and William Savage, met in McClellan's residence about three miles southeast of Peculiar. William Lyon was appointed clerk of the court and county government was organized, included the setting up of Grand River Township.

First called Van Buren, in honor of Pres. Van Buren, Whom the Missourians delighted to honor at that time; but after he had been the presidential candidate of the Free Soil party in the preceding canvass; the democratic legislature changed the name to Cass County on February 19, 1849, to honor, Lewis Cass, of Michigan. He had been the Democratic candidate in 1848, and had been defeated by Gen. Taylor.

The county seat is, Harrisonville, MO 64701, and was named for Hon. A. G. Harrison, of Callaway.

The three southern tiers of townships were relinquished to Bates County on Feb. 22, 1855.

Queries

Cass Co. MO Message Board

Archived Surnames pre May 1998 Updated 11/10/2006

Vital Records 1883 Permanent Birth Records Comming Soon!	Neighbors
Addresses	USGenWeb Links updated
Cass County Source Files Updated 7/22/2004	Cass County USGenWeb Archives
Census Updated: 10/24/2006	Cemeteries Updated 10/6/03
Maps updated 1/14/2001	Lookups Updated: 6/07/2004
Photo Album Updated: 7/21/2004	Cass County Mailing List
Cass County Historical Society Pleasent Hill Historical Society	Missouri Other Sources Updated: 1/29/2001

Hello Everyone! I am the county coordinator for the Cass Co., MOGenWeb Project. Please contact me, if you have information, suggestions or a desire to add your data to the database. We need your help to make this a better site!

I DO NOT have any Cass County information. I cannot answer any personal research questions and will not reply to these types of requests. I do not live in Cass County. I host this page because of my love of genealogy. My goal is to keep this page updated and to continue to add new features as I receive them. All that I have or know of general research material is and will be posted on these pages. I hope you find these pages helpful. If you have information you want to share, I would love to hear from you!

If you would like to host a county yourself, contact:

Larry Flesher State Coordinator.
Denise Woodside Assistant State Coordinator.

Most Missouri Counties have a homepage up and more are added all the time. You can get to the other counties by visiting the MOGenWeb Project County Index Page.

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