Texas County is available for adoption.  If you have a local connection to Mercer County or an interest in Missouri in general,  Please consider joining the MOGenWeb as a County Coordinator.  Requirements are simple, peruse them here.  https://mogenweb.org/moccguide.htm  MOGenWeb Policies and Procedures  https://www.mogenweb.org/pol-pro.htm  Contact the State Coordinator if you are interested.

Texas County Neighbors

Shannon  ~ Dent  ~ Phelps  ~ Pulaski

 Laclede ~ Wright ~ Douglas ~ Howell

County History and Resources

Historical Information

Missouri Maps
Maps from the MO Historical Society
The American Civil War in Missouri
Digitized Newspapers from the Civil War Era
Plat Maps ~ Digital Library of Missour
iInteractive Atlas ~ David Rumsey Collection
Note: The Rumsey Collection now has a 'Text Search for Maps
Missouri State & Regional Maps ~ "Route 66"
"Map Geeks" State & Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State & Regional Maps
Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose [Interactive Mapping]
Family Search: Land Records
Missouri Property Records Search
And... Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
"The History of Plat Books"

Military ~ Newspapers

Until a new County Coordinator adopts Texas County,
Military Resources have been gleaned from Family Search and formatted into Searchable PDf files:
There are two sets of pages:Link 1 ~ Link 2

Here is the link for the National Archives: A Great Resource