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United States Minnesota Traverse County

	Minnesota Online Records

County Courthouse

Traverse County Courthouse
702 2nd Ave N; PO Box 487
Wheaton, MN 56296
Phone: 320.563.4266
Phone 320-563-4343 (phone)
Phone: 320-563-4311 (fax)

Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, death, divorce,
probate, court and land records from 1881. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1862--Traverse County was created 20 February 1862 from Pierce (Eliminated 20 Feb 1862) County and unorganized territory.
County seat: Wheaton ^[2]

• For a brief history of how Traverse County was named, click here, then select Traverse County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities

• Browns Valley
• Dumont
• Tintah
• Wheaton

Townships

• Arthur
• Clifton
• Croke
• Dollymount
• Folsom
• Lake Valley
• Leonardsville
• Monson
• Parnell
• Redpath
• Tara
• Taylor
• Tintah
• Walls
• Windsor

Neighboring Counties

• Big Stone
• Grant
• Richland County, North Dakota
• Roberts County, South Dakota
• Stevens
• Wilkin

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Wheaton, Minnesota: Centennial History, 1887-1987. Wheaton, MN: Gazette Oublishing Co., 1987. Print. 

Maps

• 1874 Map of Big Stone, Grant, Stevens, and Traverse counties

Military

Newspapers^[3]

• The Wheaton Gazette (May 1925-Current; Weekly)
• Wheaton Gazette-Reporter (1889 [?]-April 1925; Weekly)
• Wheaton Gazette (March 1885-1889 [?]; Weekly)
• Browns Valley Reporter (May 1880-1889 [?]; Weekly)
• The Valley News (April 1926-Current; Weekly)
• The Traverse County Star (1922 [?]-1924[?]; Weekly)
• Traverse County Traveler (April 1916-November 1918; Weekly)
• Weekly Footprints (June 1903-Mar 1916; Weekly)
• The Footprints (September 1894-June 1903; Weekly)
• Browns Valley Footprints (1890 [?]-September 1894; Weekly)
• Browns Valley Inter-Lake Tribune (February 1902-March 1936; Weekly)
• Inter-Lake Tribune (1894 [?]-February 1902; Weekly)
• Inter-Lake Tribune and Traverse County Times (1891 [?]-1894[?]; Weekly)
• The Dumont Journal (May 1902-[?]; Weekly)
• The Weekly Call (1902 [?]-[?]; Weekly)
• The Browns Valley Courier (1891 [?]; Weekly)

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

• Traverse County Historical Society

601 1st Avenue South (mailing address)
Corner of Broadway Avenue and Trail Street (museum address)
Wheaton, MN 56296
320-563-8520

• Browns Valley Historical Society

PO Box 13
Browns Valley, MN 56219
320-695-2312

• Wheaton Community Library

901 1st Avenue North
Wheaton, MN 56296
320-563-8487 (phone)
320-563-8815 (fax)

• Browns Valley Public Library

PO Box 307
15 3rd Street South
Browns Valley, MN 56219
320-695-2318 (phone)
320-695-2125 (fax)

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Traverse County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Family History Library Catalog
• Traverse County GenWeb

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Traverse County, Minnesota page 369, 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).
3. ↑ MNHS Library Catalogue; Traverse County Newspapers. http://mnhs.mnpals.net/F/LXCL1JSLR7NUDY96BCCLBC2RACU75TTBTNA8IPDCBJESMUNPP8-92835?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=081926536 (accessed November 9, 2011).