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United States North Dakota Towner County

Towner County, North Dakota genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse

Towner County Courthouse
315 2nd Street; PO Box 517;
Cando, ND 58324-0517
Phone: 701.968.4345 

Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1888,
divorce records from 1890, probate records from 1886,
court records from 1889, land records from 1884 and
burial records^[1]

History

Parent County

8 March 1883: Towner County was created from Rolette and Cavalier Counties. County seat: Cando ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Benson | Cavalier | Pierce | Ramsey | Rolette

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1915
• 1920
• 1925
• 1930

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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
• Towner County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Towner County, North Dakota. Page 526 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).