County · Northern Missouri

Nodaway County

Short answer

A small but coherent northwest-Missouri county: a university town (Maryville), high-yield row-crop agriculture with right-to-farm and fence-law questions, a Benedictine abbey, a city recreation lake, and lettered/gravel rural roads.

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Towns, cities & local places in Nodaway County

Maryville

Region: Northern Missouri
Local notes: 11
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.

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Practical guides

Common county next steps in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County

Short notes on the taxes, paperwork, and local-government layers here — grouped by topic, each linking the official sources behind it.

Nodaway County deeds have an iCounty search path Nodaway County deed research should start with the Recorder of Deeds and the county's iCounty online search. Nodaway County assessment splits real estate and personal property Nodaway County's assessor office is the starting point for real-estate and personal-property assessment questions. Rural neighbors here are usually farming Nodaway is a high-output farm county, so buyers of rural land should expect active agriculture nearby and understand Missouri's right-to-farm context. Nodaway County tax payments route through the collector-treasurer Nodaway County's collector-treasurer office handles county tax payment questions and links to the online tax inquiry. Maryville taxes ride on the Nodaway County statement Maryville says city taxes are collected by the Nodaway County treasurer-collector, so city and county tax questions can appear on one county statement. Nodaway County senior tax credit questions start with the collector Nodaway County's collector-treasurer page is the place to check current senior citizen tax credit materials before assuming eligibility or timing.

Local notes

Worth knowing in Nodaway County

History, rivers, lakes, and quirks that give the county some shape.

Nodaway County Community Lake is the smaller lake north of Maryville Nodaway County Community Lake gives the county a second public-water anchor, with pasture, old fields, a boat ramp, fishing access, and camping north of Maryville. Nodaway County's courthouse gives Maryville a Victorian landmark The Nodaway County Courthouse in Maryville is a National Register-listed civic landmark, with a High Victorian Italianate design at the center of county business. Maryville's campus is also Missouri's official arboretum Northwest Missouri State University's Maryville campus doubles as the Missouri Arboretum, turning a college walk into a local tree story with maps, history, and public visitor value. Northwest gives Maryville a college-town rhythm Northwest Missouri State University gives Maryville a school-year rhythm, visible campus landmarks, and a housing layer that changes how Nodaway County feels. Mozingo Lake is Maryville's recreation anchor Mozingo Lake is both Maryville's water-supply reservoir and a major recreation park, so the lake belongs on the practical map and the local-identity map.

Official sources

Where to confirm it

A short set of official county and agency pages cited here. The other 11 source links stay with their individual notes.

Missouri Department of Conservation - Nodaway County Community Lake Missouri State Parks - Nodaway County Courthouse Northwest Missouri State University - Missouri Arboretum Northwest Missouri State University - Arboretum history Northwest Missouri State University - tree walk signs Nodaway County Assessor Nodaway County Collector-Treasurer Nodaway County Property Tax Inquiry City of Maryville: Paying Taxes

Worth knowing nearby

Notes from the counties closest to Nodaway County

Source-checked notes from the nearest counties — the local layer often carries across the county line.

Personal-property lists start with the assessor in January Holt County · Holt County's assessor page says personal-property assessment lists are mailed in January and due back by March 1 without penalty. Andrew County assessment starts with what you owned on January 1 Andrew County · Andrew County's assessor page is the place to start for real estate values, personal property lists, and January 1 ownership questions. Worth County Community Lake is a small public-water anchor Worth County · Worth County Community Lake gives Missouri's smallest county a public fishing place tied to Indian Creek, the West Fork Grand River, and decades of local lake use. Albany's Carnegie library made room for books, lunch, and a trip to town Gentry County · Albany's 1906 Carnegie library was designed for books and reading, but its basement also gave rural visitors a place to rest, eat lunch, and leave packages. Rankin Hall keeps Tarkio's college story visible Atchison County · Rankin Hall in Tarkio ties Atchison County's farm wealth, college history, and small-town civic ambition into one National Register-listed building. Cameron's depot tells the county-line crossroads story DeKalb County · The Cameron Depot Museum helps explain why Cameron's transportation story matters across DeKalb County and the nearby county-line landscape.

Nearby counties

Closest counties to Nodaway County

Nearby counties with their own local notes.

Holt County A far-northwest county shaped by Missouri River bottoms and Loess Hills, with row-crop land, Big Lake State Park, Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, and small-seat government at Oregon. Andrew County A small northwest-Missouri county wrapped around Savannah, sitting on the northern fringe of St. Joseph (Buchanan County) with Missouri River bottoms on the west and the Nodaway River crossing it. Worth County Missouri's smallest county by area and population, in the far north on the Iowa line: Grant City is the courthouse-square seat, and the landscape is row-crop and livestock agriculture near the headwaters of the Grand River — for many questions the courthouse offices, not the web, hold the answer. Gentry County A small, rural far-northern Missouri farm county with Albany as the seat, the Grand River and its tributaries draining the landscape, and the signature Missouri tax-and-plate paperwork in play. Atchison County Missouri's far northwest corner county: Rock Port is the seat, the Missouri River and levees shape the west edge, the Loess Hills shape the land, and Big Lake State Park sits on an old river bend. DeKalb County A small, rural northwest-Missouri farm county anchored by the seat at Maysville, with Stewartsville and Clarksdale as small towns and the larger city of Cameron straddling the DeKalb-Clinton line.

Reviewed June 18, 2026. These notes are a starting point — confirm exact parcel, license, tax, or permit details with the Nodaway County office that controls each record.

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