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County Courthouse

McLean County Courthouse
712 5th Avenue
Washburn, ND 58577
Phone: 701.462.8541 

Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1887,
burial records from 1920, divorce and court records
from 1891 and probate records from 1900; Register
of Deeds has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1883--McLean County was created 8 March 1883 from Stevens (Old), Burleigh, and Sheridan Counties. County seat: Washburn ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Indian Reservation

Fort Berthold (Caros Ventres, Mandan and Arickara tribes) | Devils Lake Agency (Sioux tribe)

Neighboring Counties

Burleigh | Dunn | McHenry | Mercer | Mountrail | Oliver | Sheridan | Ward

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1915
• 1920
• 1925

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• McLean County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), McLean County, North Dakota. Page 525 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).