County · Southeast Missouri / Lead Belt / Mississippi Corridor
Bollinger County
Short answer
A small, rural Southeast Missouri county whose signature place is Bollinger Mill State Historic Site and the Burfordville Covered Bridge over the Whitewater River.
Towns, cities & local places in Bollinger County
Bollinger Mill State Historic SiteBurfordvilleBurfordville Covered BridgeMarble Hill
- Region
- Southeast Missouri / Lead Belt / Mississippi Corridor
- Local notes
- 10
- Notes nearby
- 6
- Nearby counties
- 6
Property tax snapshot
Missouri has no single county rate. A bill is the sum of every taxing district on the parcel — county, school, city, fire, library, ambulance — and the school levy varies most within a county.
Practical guides
Common county next steps in Bollinger County
Use these when the local office, parcel, vehicle, or deadline matters.
Property tax estimator Estimate a real-property bill, then confirm the exact parcel value and levy locally. Personal property tax guide Sort January 1 vehicle ownership, paid receipts, and statements of non-assessment. Vehicle title checklist Plan the license-office trip around title timing, inspections, emissions, and receipts. Assessment appeal guide If a value looks wrong, start with the county deadline and evidence about market value.
Local notes
Local rules and costs to check in Bollinger County
Short notes on the taxes, paperwork, and local-government layers here — grouped by topic, each linking the official sources behind it.
Bollinger County assessor work includes mapping and 911 addressing Bollinger County's assessor site lists personal property, mapping, real estate appraisal, and 911 addressing, so rural property questions may start there. Bollinger County tax inquiry is useful but informational Bollinger County's online tax inquiry warns that its information is informational and should be confirmed with the collector for account-specific questions. Bollinger County offices cluster around High Street in Marble Hill The Missouri Association of Counties directory places many Bollinger County offices on High Street in Marble Hill, making the county seat a compact civic hub. The Whitewater and Castor rivers shape low-water roads and flood risk Two rural rivers and their tributaries drive flood-zone status and low-water crossings in the county, which matters for buyers, commuters, and anyone choosing a route after rain. Most county homes rely on private wells and septic Outside the small towns, rural Bollinger County properties typically depend on a private well and an onsite septic system, which is a major buying and maintenance consideration. Right-to-farm country: livestock and field practices are protected Bollinger County is rural farm-and-livestock country, so newcomers should expect normal agricultural activity, smells, noise, and dust, that Missouri law generally protects.
Local notes
Worth knowing in Bollinger County
History, rivers, lakes, and quirks that give the county some shape.
Will Mayfield College left a hilltop school story in Marble Hill The former Will Mayfield College campus in Marble Hill gives Bollinger County a real education story, with National Register-listed buildings still tied to the town. Bollinger County history also lives in manuscript collections The State Historical Society of Missouri lists Bollinger County manuscript collections, including church and mill/store records, which are useful trails for local-history research. Bollinger Mill ties the county name to a working-place story Missouri State Parks' Bollinger Mill material says George Bollinger established the first mill at the site in 1800, and Solomon Burford built the current mill in 1867. Bollinger Mill and the Burfordville Covered Bridge anchor the county The county's signature historic place is a state-run mill and one of Missouri's surviving covered bridges, the right anchor for understanding local settlement and the Whitewater River.
Official sources
Where to confirm it
A short set of official county and agency pages cited here. The other 14 source links stay with their individual notes.
National Park Service NPGallery - Will Mayfield College Campus National Park Service NPGallery - Will Mayfield College Arts and Science Building Mayfield Event Center - history State Historical Society of Missouri - Will Mayfield College Yearbook Collection Bollinger County Assessor Missouri Association of Counties: Bollinger County State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Bollinger County Property Tax Inquiry Missouri State Parks: Bollinger Mill 360 tour
Worth knowing nearby
Notes from the counties closest to Bollinger County
Source-checked notes from the nearest counties — the local layer often carries across the county line.
Crisp Museum adds art and river memory to Cape's River Campus Cape Girardeau County · SEMO's Crisp Museum gives Cape Girardeau a free River Campus stop for regional art, archaeology, historic objects, and Mississippi River material culture. Millstream Gardens carries the St. Francis River through Tiemann Shut-Ins Madison County · Millstream Gardens Conservation Area is a Madison County St. Francis River landscape with Tiemann Shut-Ins, natural-area river corridor, and public access west of Fredericktown. The St. Francis River and Wayne County's flood history Wayne County · The St. Francis River runs through Wayne County, which has flooded before. Look up any address on FEMA's flood maps, and don't assume Wappapello Lake removes all flood risk. Perry County property research can start with the Assessor's records search Perry County · Perry County's assessor records page explains what can be copied, requested by phone, or researched in more detail through the assessor's site. Why the county seat sits at Benton, not Sikeston Scott County · The county seat is Benton, a small town, even though Sikeston is far larger, a common Missouri pattern where the seat was placed for central location rather than population. Crowley's Ridge gives Stoddard County its high ground Stoddard County · Crowley's Ridge is the reason the county is not all flat Bootheel cropland, and it explains why the seat and several towns sit where they do, on dry, higher ground above the former swamp.
Nearby counties
Closest counties to Bollinger County
Nearby counties with their own local notes.
Cape Girardeau County A Mississippi River county where the county seat (Jackson) is not the largest city (Cape Girardeau), a downtown floodwall holds back the river, the New Madrid seismic zone is a planning layer, and Trail of Tears history and a regional university shape the area. Madison County A small Southeast Missouri county on the eastern edge of the St. Francois Mountains, with Fredericktown as its seat. Wayne County A southeast Missouri county where the St. Francois Mountains meet the St. Francis River and Lake Wappapello, with timber country, relocation history, and floodplain questions. Perry County A Mississippi River county whose seat, Perryville, sits in one of Missouri's densest karst landscapes, with extensive sinkholes and a long cave system that make groundwater and onsite-wastewater questions unusually central. Scott County A Bootheel county where the Mississippi River corridor, drainage and levee engineering, and rail-and-ag economy meet a city-county quirk: Sikeston, the county's largest city, straddles the Scott-New Madrid line. Stoddard County A Bootheel-edge county where Crowley's Ridge meets drained lowland, with Bloomfield as the seat, Dexter's swamp-to-farm history, Mingo wetland country, and farm drainage questions.
Reviewed June 18, 2026. These notes are a starting point — confirm exact parcel, license, tax, or permit details with the Bollinger County office that controls each record.
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