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 05/02/2021
Site Coordinator 05/08/18
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* 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
