Wright County, Minnesota Genealogy

Guide to Wright 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 a New York politician, Silas Wright. The County is located in the central area of the state.

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.

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

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

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

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

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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.

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
Wright County Historical Society 2001 Highway 25 N Buffalo MN 55313-3303 Telephone: 763-682-7323 Website

Cokato Finnish-American Society 10783 County Road 3 SW Cokato MN 55321-4408 Telephone: 320-286-2833

Cokato Historical Society Museum & Library PO Box 686 175 4th St West Cokato MN Telephone: 320-286-2427 Website

Rockford Area Historical Society Ames-Florida-Stork House PO Box 186 Rockford MN 55373-0186 Telephone: 763-477-5383 Website


 * 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

Websites

 * Wright County MNGenWeb
 * Wright County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)