Stevens County, Minnesota Genealogy

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Parent County
1862--Stevens County was created 20 February 1862 from Pierce (Eliminated 20 Feb 1862) County and unorganized territory. County seat: Morris


 * For a brief history of how Stevens County was named, click here, then select Stevens County.

Cities

 * Alberta
 * Chokio
 * Donnelly
 * Hancock
 * Morris

Townships

 * Baker
 * Darnen
 * Donnelly
 * Eldorado
 * Everglade
 * Framnas
 * Hodges
 * Horton
 * Moore
 * Morris
 * Pepperton
 * Rendsville
 * Scott
 * Stevens
 * Swan Lake
 * Synnes

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Stone
 * Douglas
 * Grant
 * Pope
 * Swift
 * Traverse

Cemeteries
The Stevens County Historical Society has a free cemetery transcription database available here.

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

Military
==== Newspapers ====


 * Morris Sun Tribune ( July 2000-Current; Weekly, Semi-Weekly)
 * Morris Tribune ( 1880-June 2000; Weekly)
 * The Morris Sun ( January 1895-June 2000; Weekly)
 * The Sun ( October 1882-January 1895; Weekly)
 * The Hancock Record ( September 1982-Current; Weekly)
 * The Hancock Record and Cyrus Dispatch ( November 1978-August 1982; Weekly)
 * Hancock Record ( February 1899-October 1978; Weekly)
 * The Morris Times ( June 1900-January 1906; Weekly)
 * The Republican Times (September 1898 [?]-May 1900 [?]; Weekly)
 * The Chokio Review ( 1913 [?]- Current; Weekly)
 * The Chokio Times ( February 1897-September 1898; Weekly)
 * The Morris Journal ( August 1882-1883 [?]; Weekly)
 * Stevens County Tribune ( June 1877 [?]- April 1880 [?]; Weekly)
 * Frontier Business ( August 1876-September 1876 [?]; Weekly)
 * The Donnelly Star ( 1915 [?]-August 1918 [?]; Weekly)
 * Stevens County Review ( 1900 [?]- After March 1904 [?]; Weekly)

History of The Chokio Review

Societies and Libraries

 * Stevens County Historical Socety

116 West 6th Street Morris, MN 56267 320-589-1719


 * Stevens County Genealogical Society

c/o Morris Public Library 102 East 6th Street Morris, MN 56267


 * Morris Public Library

102 East 6th Street Morris, MN 56267 320-589-1634 (phone) 320-589-8892 (fax)


 * Hancock Community Library

662 6th Street P.O. Box 305 Hancock, MN 56244 320-392-5666 (phone) 320-392-5666 (fax)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Stevens County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Stevens County GenWeb
 * Stevens County GenWeb

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Minnesota, Stevens County Genealogical Society Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)