Clearwater County, Minnesota Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Clearwater Lake and Clearwater River. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth, marriage, death, land, and military records from 1903. Court Administrator has divorce, probate, court and naturalization records.

Parent County

 * 1902--Clearwater County was created 20 December 1902 from Beltrami County. County seat: Bagley

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Minnesota County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Minnesota County Boundary Maps" (1849-1960) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cities
Bagley | Clearbrook | Gonvick | Leonard | Shevlin

Townships
Bear Creek Township | Clover Township | Copley Township | Dudley Township | Eddy Township | Falk Township | Greenwood Township | Hangaard Township | Holst Township | Itasca Township | La Prairie Township | Leon Township | Minerva Township | Moose Creek Township | Nora Township | Pine Lake Township | Popple Township | Rice Township | Shevlin Township | Sinclair Township | Winsor Township

CDPs
Elbow Lake | Rice Lake

Unorganized
North Clearwater | South Clearwater

Ghost Town
Mallard

Neighboring Counties

 * Becker
 * Beltrami
 * Hubbard
 * Mahnomen
 * Pennington
 * Polk

Census
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * Minnesota Historical Society Library holds naturalization records for all 87 counties and the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1872-1962 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries

 * 1865-2006 - at FamilySearch— index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1801 - 1999 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage

 * 1860 - 1949 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1850-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries

 * Clearwater County Historical Society and Museum PO Box 241 Bagley, MN 56621 Phone: 218-785-2000 Website
 * North Central Minnesota Historical Center The A. C. Clark Library Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN 56601

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Websites

 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Clearwater County GenWeb
 * Cyndi's List: Clearwater County
 * Cyndi's List: Clearwater County