Welcome

Come visit Scott County, Missouri, a Frontier County established in 1821.

Within our County you can enjoy the General Watkins Conservation Area, City of Chaffee, Commerce Historical Museums and Sikeston-Miner with their Sikeston Depot Cultural Museum.

The Scott County Historical & Genealogy Society has a research room in the Benton, Missouri, Library located on U.S. Highway 61 one block north of the Scott County Courthouse.

We invite you to visit and use this resource center. It is open on Monday and Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and by appointment only on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings. For an appointment, please call Deborah Gunter at 573-545-3507 (home) or 573-450-7960 (cell) or Lois Spalding at 573-545-3326 (home).

Join us for one of our regular meetings. Meeting dates, times, and locations can be found here.

Please see our membership information, books for sale, research available at the library, organization information, and newsletter information. Visit our index of Cities in Scott County or links.


Our new special publication entitled "One-Room School Houses of Scott County" is now available with information on 58 schools. Please contact Deborah Gunter at dgunter_1@charter.net.