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 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.

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

 * Clearwater County District Court -- Naturalization Records

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - 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

Societies and Libraries
Clearwater County Historical Society PO Box 241 Bagley, MN 56621 Telephone: 218-785-2000

North Central Minnesota Historical Center The A. C. Clark Library Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN 56601

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Websites

 * 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