Laclede County, Missouri has 94 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 15 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 80 congregations and 19,932 adherents across 24 religious bodies in the county. That is 553 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 36,037 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 24 | 8,079 | 224.2 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 7 | 4,980 | 138.2 |
| United Methodist Church | 7 | 1,323 | 36.7 |
| Assemblies of God | 4 | 909 | 25.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 3 | 861 | 23.9 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists | 9 | 680 | 18.9 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 588 | 16.3 |
| Churches of Christ | 5 | 574 | 15.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 336 | 9.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 2 | 283 | 7.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | 2 | 252 | 7.0 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 1 | 234 | 6.5 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (36,037). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (27) · Non-Denominational (13) · Methodist (12) · Church of God (6) · Christian (5) · Catholic (4) · Assemblies of God (4) · Pentecostal (4) · Lutheran (3) · Full Gospel (3)
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Missouri counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Laclede County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 23 disaster declarations covering Laclede County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2020. The most frequent cause: severe storm (13 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Directory listings are mapped to Laclede County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.