Lafayette County, Missouri
Date of Organization: November 16, 1820
County Population in 1850: 9,075
County Slave Population in 1850: 4,615
County Population in 1860: 13,556
County Slave Population in 1860: 6,374
County Population in 1870: 22,623
Lafayette County Institutions
Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
Newspaper Collections
Lexington Missouri Valley Register
Manuscript Collections
Books
My Experiences in the War 1861 to 1865 : or, A Little Autobiography
by: Ai Edgar Asbury
The Battle of Lexington : the Official Records of Both Parties to the Conflict
by: Printed for the Lexington Historical Society
Actions, Skirmishes, and Battles