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