Welcome to Lafayette County GenWeb
This county is newly available for adoption! If YOU are interesting please contact the State Coordinator for more information.
If you are seeking the 'official' Lafayette County MO page, you have come to the wrong place. This site is specifically for genealogical/family research.
Lafayette County History
Lafayette County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Lexington. The county was organized November 16, 1820 from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in the first state constitutional convention and first state legislature. It was renamed Lafayette County on February 16, 1825, in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, who was then visiting the United States.
About USGenWeb® & MOGenWeb
USGenWeb was established in 1996 by a group of genealogists who shared a desire to create online centers for genealogical research.
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The project's volunteer participants work diligently to make the Missouri portion of The USGenWeb Project a benchmark in on-line genealogical research locations.
