Wright County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Wright County

Guide to Wright County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
License Bureau has birth and death records from 1871 and marriage records from 1866. Court Administrator has divorce and court records from 1870 and probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1855--Wright County was created 20 February 1855 from Cass and Sibley Counties. County seat: Buffalo
 * For a brief history of how Wright County was named, click here, then select Wright County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Anoka
 * Carver
 * Hennepin
 * McLeod
 * Meeker
 * Sherburne
 * Stearns

Local Histories

 * Hoar, Alfred Wyman. Lineage and family records of Alfred Wyman Hoar and his wife Josephine Jackson with notes on the early history of Wright County, Minnesota. Eagle Print. Co., 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Wright County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Wright County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company D.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company A.
 * - 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company E.
 * - 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company B.
 * - Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Company E.

Societies and Libraries

 * St. Michael, Wright, Minnesota - Access website of the St. Michael Historical Society for databases of the St. Michael area and other genealogical research tools.

Family History Centers

 * Buffalo Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Wright County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)