Douglas County, Minnesota Genealogy

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County Courthouse

Parent County

 * 1858--Douglas County was created 8 March 1858 from Cass and Pembina (Old) Counties. County seat: Alexandria
 * For a brief history of how Douglas County was named, click here, then select Douglas County.

Boundary Changes

 * In 1858 the territory of Douglas County was attached to Stearns County for civil and judicial purposes.

Record Loss

 * At the time of the Indian uprising of 1862 all records which they had were lost.
 * However, the first census of 1860 survived which listed seventy-one men in the area of the county with thirty-five married and seventy-eight children. Most of the earliest settlers were in their twenties and thirties from New England.

Cities
Alexandria | Brandon | Carlos | Evansville | Forada | Garfield | Kensington | Millerville | Miltona | Nelson | Osakis

Townships
Alexandria Township | Belle River Township | Brandon Township | Carlos Township | Evansville Township | Holmes City Township | Hudson Township | Ida Township | La Grand Township | Lake Mary Township | Leaf Valley Township | Lund Township | Millerville Township | Miltona Township | Moe Township | Orange Township | Osakis Township | Solem Township | Spruce Hill Township | Urness Township

Neighboring Counties

 * Grant
 * Otter Tail
 * Pope
 * Stearns
 * Stevens
 * Todd

Cemeteries
• Kinkead • Sunset • Geneva • St. Nicholas • Brandon • Seven Dolors (Millerville) • East Moe • West Moe • St. Petri • Fryksende • Mounds Grove • Zionsborg • Finnish Apostolic • St. Paul’s Lutheran • Wennersborg • Solem • Kensington • Trinity Lutheran (Rosehill) • Oscar Lake • Lake Ida • Emmanuel Trinity Lutheran • St. John’s • St. Lukes • Lake Mary • Van Loon (Pocket Lake) • Trysil • Trinity Lutheran • Ellis Burial Plot • Oak Hill (Ida Mission) • Carlos Prairie • IND. Bohemian (Bohemian National) • Hudson (Lake Union) • White Garden • Evergreen • Christian Union • Moe Heights • Zunker • Chippewa • St. Annes • (Mystery) Cemetery • Rose City (Free Mission) • Oak Hill (Scriven) • Spruce Hill Lutheran • Rose City Swedish Baptist • Christian Lake • Lake Charley • Mission • Lake Moses • Nelson and Danish • Calvary (Catholic) • Mount Calvary (Lutheran) • St. Paul’s • St. Mary’s • Lakeside • Fahlun • Ebenezer (German Lutheran) • W. Evergreen • English Grove • E. Evergreen (Rinehart)

Land

 * County Recorder has land records from the late 1800’s.
 * The government land office, headquarters for a large area of the northwest, was located in Alexandria beginning 1868.
 * The land office moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota in 1876 because most of the land in Douglas County had either been bought or homesteaded.

Naturalization Records

 * Douglas County Naturalization Records 1867 to 1947

Vital Records

 * County Recorder has birth, marriage, and death records from 1890
 * Address: Douglas County Courthouse, 305 8th Ave. W, Alexandria, MN 56308

Societies and Libraries

 * Douglas County Historical Society

Web Sites

 * Douglas County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)