Itasca County, Minnesota Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Itasca County Courthouse 123 4th St NE; Grand Rapids, MN 55744; Phone: 218.327.2856 County Recorder-Registrar has birth and marriage records from 1891, death records from 1894, burial records from 1900, land records from 1883 and military records from 1919. Court Administrator has probate records from 1896, divorce and court records from 1950. Minnesota has Historical Society has divorce and court records to 1950.

History
It was organized in 1857, then deorganized in 1858, and reorganized in 1891. It was attached to Washington, Crow Wing, Benton, Chisago, Morrison, St. Louis, and Aitkin counties.

Parent County
1849--Itasca County was created 27 October 1849 from unorganized territories as an original county. County seat: Grand Rapids

Cities
Bigfork | Bovey | Calumet | Cohasset | Coleraine | Deer River | Effie | Grand Rapids | Keewatin | La Prairie | Marble | Nashwauk | Squaw Lake | Taconite | Warba | Zemple

Townships
Alvwood Township | Arbo Township | Ardenhurst Township | Balsam Township | Bearville Township | Bigfork Township | Blackberry Township | Bowstring Township | Carpenter Township | Deer River Township | Feeley Township | Good Hope Township | Goodland Township | Grand Rapids Township | Grattan Township |Greenway Township | Harris Township | Iron Range Township | Kinghurst Township | Lake Jessie Township | Lawrence Township | Liberty Township | Lone Pine Township | Marcell Township | Max Township | Moose Park Township | Morse Township | Nashwauk Township | Nore Township | Oteneagen Township | Pomroy Township | Sago Township | Sand Lake Township | Spang Township \ Splithand Township | Stokes Township | Third River Township | Trout Lake Township | Wabana Township | Wawina Township | Wildwood Township | Wirt Township

Unincorporated Communities
Alvwood | Ball Club | Bass Lake | Bear River | Bergville | Blackberry | Bowstring | Dora Lake | Dunbar | Goodland | Gratten | Gunn | Houpt | Inger | Jaynes | Jessie Lake | Mack | Marcell | Martin | Max | Nass | Orth | Pengilly | Pomroy | Rosy | Spring Lake | Suomi | Swan River | Talmoon | Togo | Wawina | Wirt

Unorganized Territories
Bowstring Lake | Deer Lake | Effie | Little Sand Lake | Northeast Itasca

Neighboring Counties

 * Aitkin
 * Beltrami
 * Cass
 * Koochiching
 * St. Louis

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers