A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Johnson
County, Missouri only 17 years after the county was
created. Locations shown: Big Creek * Columbus *
Harrodsburg * Warrensburg *
B. A map of 1881 Johnson County, Missouri showing
the locations of 20 different settlements including
all of the following: Benton City * Burnette
Station * Centerview * Chilhowee * Columbus *
Cornelia * Dunksburg * Fayetteville * Holden *
Kingsville * Kirkpatricks Mill * Knobnoster *
Montserrat * Owsley * Pittsville * Postoak * Rose
Hill * Sigel * Warrensburg * White Sulphur Springs *
C. A map of 1902 Johnson County, Missouri showing
the locations of 22 different settlements including
all of the following: Aubrey * Centerview *
Chilhowee * Columbus * Cornelia * Elm * Fayetteville
* Hoffman * Henrietta * Holden * Kingsville *
Knobnoster * Latour * Leeton * Owsley * Pittsville *
Postoak * Quick City * Robins * Simpson * Valley
City * Warrensburg *
D. A map of 1904 Johnson County, Missouri showing
the locations of 32 different settlements including
all of the following: Aubrey * Bristleridge *
Burtville * Centerview * Charles * Chilhowee *
Columbus * Cornelia * Dean * Dunksburg * Elm *
Fayetteville * Fulkerson * Greendoor * Henrietta *
Hoffman * Holden * Kingsville * Knobnoster * Latour
* Leeton * Magnolia * Montserrat * Owsley *
Pittsville * Postoak * Quick City * Robins * Scott *
Sutherland * Valley City * Warrensburg *
E. A map from the 1920’s which includes details
of where various tourist sites and service stations
were located.
F. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of
Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of
the major routes were only dirt or gravel!
Book Two
of two, all on one CD: The complete
1881 "History of Johnson County, Missouri"
This detailed (1000 pages in all) book has an
incredible amount of information about Johnson
County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to
1881. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Johnson County, Missouri
including all of the historical and biographical
information. Included are a total of 594
different Johnson County, Missouri family
biographies.
Partial index to contents (this is only a
small portion of the topics covered in this book):
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Partial Contents:
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History of Johnson County, Missouri
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Organization of Johnson County
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Johnson County Natural History
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Early Settlements and Pioneers of Johnson
County, Missouri
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Johnson County Public Buildings - Court House
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Political History of Johnson County
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Johnson County Judges and Sheriffs
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Finances of Johnson County
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Agriculture
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Railroads in Johnson County, Missouri
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Schools in Johnson County
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Warrensburg Normal School
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Johnson County Newspapers
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Churches in Johnson County
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The Reign of Terror (History of Crimes in
Johnson County)
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Johnson County Cities, Towns and Villages:
Bluff Spring * Carbon Hill * Centerview Town *
Chilhowee * Columbus * Cornelia * Dunksburg *
Fayetteville (Hazel Hill) * Gallaher Mills *
Grover (Millford) * Harrodsburg * Hazel Hill *
Holden * Huff * Kingsville * Knob Noster *
Montserrat Village * Mulkey * Owsley * Pittsville
* Post Oak * Rose Hill * Wall * Warrensburg (Old
Town) * Warrensburg*
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Johnson County Township Histories: Centerview
Township * Chilhowee Township * Columbus Township
* Grover Township * Hazel Hill Township * Jackson
Township * Jefferson Township * Kingsville
Township * Madison Township * Post Oak Township *
Rose Hill Township * Simpson Township *
Warrensburg Township * Washington Township *
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Johnson County Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 594 biographies including
each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned
throughout the text and within these biographies):
Adams * Adcock * Albin * Allen * Allison * Ames *
Anderson * Andruss * Ashby * Baker * Baldwin * Bales
* Barnett * Barr * Beard * Bedichek * Bell *
Berthoud * Black * Bobbitt * Boisseau * Bolton *
Bondurant * Borthick * Boston * Bothwell * Bowen *
Bowman * Boxmeyer * Boyd * Boyes * Bozarth * Bradley
* Brant * Bridges * Briggs * Brim * Brinker * Brough
* Brown * Brownlee * Bruce * Bryson * Burford * Burk
* Burris * Caldwell * Calhoun * Callicotte *
Campbell * Carney * Carpenter * Carrington * Carter
* Case * Cass * Catlin * Chester * Christian *
Christopher * Clark * Cleaveland * Cleland * Clement
* Cobb * Cockrell * Coffey * Coffman * Cole *
Coleman * Collins * Colvin * Connell * Conner *
Conrad * Conway * Cooper * Cope * Corson * Coventry
* Cox * Craig * Crane * Cress * Crisp * Crissey *
Cronhardt * Cruce * Culley * Culp * Cunningham *
Daggett * Danielson * Davidson * Davis * Dawson *
Day * De Garmo * DeArman * DeLaney * Demasters * Des
Combes * Doak * Dodds * Donnell * Dorman * Douglas *
Dow * Draper * Duff * Duncan * Dunham * Dunkley *
Dutcher * Dyer * Elbert * Embree * Emerson * Engel *
Everhart * Ewing * Faircloth * Farnsworth * Farr *
Feagans * Ferguson * Fewel * Fickas * Fike * Fine *
Fisher * Fitch * Fitzgerald * Forsythe * Foster *
French * Fryer * Fueller * Fulkerson * Gallaher *
Garrett * Gates * Gaty * Gaut * Geery * Gibbs *
Gibson * Giffin * Gilbert * Gillum * Goin * Goodwin
* Gough * Gowans * Graham * Graves * Gray * Greenlee
* Greer * Griffith * Griggs * Grinstead * Gross *
Grover * Gum * Gunter * Haberling * Hall * Hamilton
* Hammond * Hampton * Hank * Hanna * Hardy *
Harfield * Harmon * Harper * Harrison * Harvey *
Harwood * Hathway * Hatton * Haymaker * Hedges *
Henderson * Henshaw * Herberling * Herd * Higgins *
Hill * Hobbs * Hocker * Hogan * Holder * Holmes *
Hopper * Hornbuckle * Houts * Houx * Howard *
Howerton * Hudson * Huff * Huggins * Hughes * Hull *
Hyatt * Hyer * Ingram * Isley * Jackson * Jacoby *
James * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Katherman *
Kelley * Kelly * Kendrick * Kennedy * Kidwell *
Kilbourne * King * Kinsel * Kinsley * Kinyoun *
Knapp * Knaus * Koontz * Land * Larkin * Laupheimer
* Lay * Lazenby * Lea * Lee * Liddle * Linch * Link
* Littlefield * Littrell * Lively * Lobban *
Loebenstein * Long * Lowe * Lutz * Maddex * Maddox *
Mahin * Mann * Markey * Marshal * Marshall * Maupin
* Maxwell * Mayes * Mays * McClelan * McClure *
McElfresh * McElvain * McFarland * McFerrin *
McKeehan * McMullin * McNeel * Metzler * Miller *
Mittong * Mock * Mohler * Moore * Morrow * Mullins *
Murray * Naylor * Neff * Neill * Nelson * Newton *
O'Bryan * Ogan * Oglesby * Orr * Owings * Ozias *
Park * Paul * Pemberton * Pennington * Perry *
Pfautz * Phillips * Pickle * Pinkerton * Plowman *
Poage * Pollock * Potter * Price * Quick * Ragner *
Raker * Rand * Randall * Rankin * Ray * Reed * Reese
* Reiter * Repp * Rice * Roberson * Roberts *
Robertson * Robinson * Rosenbrough * Ross * Rothwell
* Rowland * Russell * Sack * Sams * Schreiner *
Scott * Seamands * Shainholtze * Sharp * Shaw *
Sherrard * Shoemaker * Shoup * Shryack * Shumaker *
Shumate * Simpson * Slack * Smith * Smithson * Snow
* Souther * Sparks * Sparr * Speir * Sperling *
Spiess * Spillman * Stacy * Starkey * Stearns *
Steele * Stevens * Stewart * Stitt * Stockton *
Stone * Stoner * Strange * Sutton * Swope * Taggart
* Talbott * Tanner * Taylor * Tedder * Tevis *
Tharrington * Thompson * Thornton * Tompkins *
Torbot * Townsley * Tyler * Tylor * Urie * Van Matre
* Vernaz * Violett * Waddell * Waldon * Walker *
Wall * Wallis * Ward * Warnick * Warren * Washington
* Watkins * Welch * Wells * Wert * Whaley * Wharton
* Wheatley * Wherry * White * Whitsett * Williams *
Williamson * Wilpers * Windsor * Winfrey * Wingfield *
Witherspoon * Wood * Woodford * Woods * Worden *
Workman * Wortham * Wright * Wyrick * Young * Youngs
* Zimmerman * Zink * Zion *
Johnson County, Missouri is located in the West
Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the
following counties: Lafayette County, Missouri
* Pettis County, Missouri * Henry County, Missouri
* Cass County, Missouri * and Jackson County,
Missouri (click on highlighted county names for
a complete description)