Clearwater County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Clearwater County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth, marriage, death and land records 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
 * For a brief history of how Clearwater County was named, click here, then select Clearwater County.

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.

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

Court

 * Clearwater County District Court -- Naturalization Records

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Minnesota Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies


 * Clearwater County Historical Society P.O. Box 241 Bagley, MN 56621 218-785-2000

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Clearwater County, MN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Clearwater County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Clearwater County GenWeb
 * Cyndi's List: Clearwater County
 * Cyndi's List: Clearwater County