County History
Lewis
County, Missouri was first organized as a separate county on January 2,
1833 from Marion County. The county was named after Meriwether Lewis of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition, later governor of the Missouri
Territory. The third and present courthouse dates from 1875. Lewis
County is one of the few remaining courthouses in Missouri dating from
the 1870's. The towns are Canton, Durham, Ewing, La Belle, La Grange,
Lewistown, Maywood, Monticello (county seat), Steffenville and
Williamstown.
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Crystal
Dingler - County Coordinator
2018-2021
Angela
DiBlasi - Former County Coordinator
2001-2018
Last
updated 25 February 2025
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New?
* Added page on Schools
2/2-/2021
From the Lee, Richard L. County
Courthouse Photographs, Digital Collection, MO State Historical Society.
Wyaconda
Baptist Church Association History
by
Mrs. Mildred Buford Minter
Minutes
Oliver W. &
Fannie (Waggener) Collins Family ca 1886
Mattie Waggener
& Friend ca 1895
