Sherburne County, Minnesota

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County Information

Founded February 25, 1856
Named for: Moses Sherburne - associate justice, Supreme Court, Minnesota Territory.
County Seat: Elk River

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Minnesota Genealogy and History
Sherburne County Courthouse, built in 1877
Additions in 1887 and 1900
Remodeled in 1939

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Localities


Cities and Towns
Becker, Big Lake, Clear Lake, Elk River, Princeton (part), St. Cloud (part), Zimmerman

Unincorporated Communities
Bailey, Cable, Orrock, Salida, Santiago

Townships
Baldwin, Becker, Big Lake, Blue Hill, Clear Lake, Haven, Livonia, Orrock, Palmer, Santiago,

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APRIL 2024
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - Charles Merritt Babcock, William Cardiner, George A. Eaton, Peter C. Lynch
MILITARY: MN Historical Society Gold Star Vets, submitted by Robin Line - Arthur Lindberg, Leo Aloysius McBride, Oscar E. Peterson, William Richard Rau

AUGUST 2023
HISTORY: From History of the Upper Mississippi Valley - Source Complete for Sherburne County
OBITS: Orlando Olmsted, Guy Landon, Fissette Child, Morrison Infant, Mrs. H. Houlton, Wilson Kinney, Otis A. Albee, J. D. Gray, Grace M. Frye, James Costello

MARCH 2023
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - Byron M. Van Alstein
MARRIAGES: News - Wetsel - Smith, Lapham-Stebman
OBITS: Martin Johnson, Carrie Castle, Ray Heath, Capt. Briggs, Fenolon Gardner
OFFICIALS: Rosters - COUNTY OFFICERS 1905-1906



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