Hennepin County, Minnesota

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Contents 1 Hennepin County, Minnesota 1.1 Geography 1.1.1 Maps and Boundaries 1.2 HISTORY 1.2.1 Hennepin Territorial History 1.2.2 Hennepin State History 2 RESOURCES 2.1 WikiTree informative pages for the entire county 2.2 External links to information for the entire county 2.3 LOOKUPS to sources for the entire county 2.4 Resources specific to Hennepin County's 45 cities 3 Sources

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Welcome to the Hennepin County, Minnesota project page!
Hennepin County was created in 1852 by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature. Father Louis Hennepin's name was chosen because he originally named St. Anthony Falls and recorded some of the earliest accounts of the area for the Western world. Hennepin County's early history is closely linked to the establishment of the cities of Minneapolis and St. Anthony.^[1] This page will aim to connect relatives from this county.

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Geography

Continent: North America

Country: United States of America

State/Province: Minnesota

County: Hennepin

GPS Coordinates: 44°58′33″N 93°16′00″W

Elevation: 292 m or 958 feet

Area: 607 sq mi (1,570 km2); Land is 554 sq mi (1,430 km2); Water is 53 sq mi (140 km2) or 8.7%

Largest City: Minneapolis with a population of 418,075 in the year 2023.^[2]

Largest Lake: Lake Minnetonka is 14,206 acres, by far the largest of 1226 lakes found in Hennepin County, Minnesota.^[3]

Largest Park: "The Three Rivers Park District is the largest parks agency in the county, with approximately 17,000 acres of parks and 140 miles of regional trails. Named after the three rivers in Hennepin County— the Mississippi, the Minnesota, and the Crow —Three Rivers Park District owns and manages 5 park reserves, 9 regional parks, and 3 special recreation features within the county. ^[4]

Maps and Boundaries

Hennepin County Library Digitized Map Collection includes over 4000 maps. Many are very specific to streets and additions. Use the side bar to filter the year and format. Use the find feature (control F) to search through results. Keywords: Hennepin Map

See also University of Minnesota's Digitized Plat Maps and Atlases; filter with sidebar 'counties beginning with H'.

For convenience, here is a chronological list of maps. Many of the links are to Historic Map Works because their images are so sharp when enlarged.

• First Surveys ^[5][6]
• 1873 Map of Hennepin County, Minnesota.^[7][8]
• 1874 Andreas' An Illustrated Historical Atlas ^[9]
• 1887 Map of Ramsey and Washington counties: with adjacent portions of Anoka, Dakota & Hennepin counties. Includes landowners. ^[10]
• 1898 P. M. Dahl Plat Book of Hennepin County; includes index and patrons' directory. ^[11]
• 1911 Hennepin County Map. Rand, McNally.^[12]
• 1913 Atlas of Hennepin County Minnesota, Compiled and Drawn From Official Records and Actual Surveys ^[13]
• 1925 Hennepin County." Hixson ^[14]
• 1930 Hennepin County. Hixson.^[15]
• 1933 Map of Hennepin County, Minnesota. MNDOT ^[16]
• 1943-1944 Map of Hennepin County, Minnesota. MNDOT^[17]
• 1956 Minnesota State Atlas, Thomas O. Nelson Co.^[18]

HISTORY

Video: Where the Waters Meet-- A History of Hennepin County Internet Archive 2012. 24 minutes.

Hennepin Territorial History

The Territorial Legislature of Minnesota established Hennepin County on March 6, 1852, and two years later Minneapolis was named the county seat. Hennepin began as a governmental unit serving a population of only a few hundred people. The original plan was to call it Snelling County, but the final choice was designed to honor Father Hennepin.^[19]

Hennepin State History

On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became a state, and procedures were in place for townships to organize town government. Town governments' first priority was the development of roads; they levied for town roads, and petitioned for county roads. Newspapers published the transactions, including the names of petitioners, and the names of people compensated for real estate and/or work. The Minnesota Historical Society has these newspapers online that served Hennepin County and were published in Minneapolis;

• Minneapolis daily tribune 1867-05-25 to 1876-04-30; The Minneapolis tribune 1876-05-01 to 1877-01-06; The Tribune 1877-01-08 to 1882-11-18; Daily Minnesota tribune 1882-11-19 to 1884-03-21; The Minneapolis daily tribune 1884-03-22 to 1886-06-03; The Minneapolis tribune 1886-06-04 to 1909-12-12
• Nordisk folkeblad 1868-03-12 to 1875-07-07 ( Norwegian)
• Mississippi Valley lumberman and manufacturer 1876-08-17 to 1887-08-05; and 1887-08-12 to 1905-04-28
• Minnesota stats tidning 1877-01-04 to 1882-03-07; Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning 1882-05-03 to 1885-03-11; Skaffaren 1885-03-18 to 1895-10-23; Svenska amerikanska posten 1885-03-24 to 1940-09-11 (Swedish)
• The Minnesota farmer 1878-01-01 to 1887-04-01
• Echo de l'ouest 1885-01-14 to 1923-12-28 (French)
• The Northwestern Standard 1885-11-07 to 1886-04-10; The Irish standard 1886-04-17 to 1920-06-19 (Irish)
• Felt Raabet 1887-05-13 to 1889-02-22 (Norwegian Temperance)
• The Appeal 1889-02-23 to 1923-11-24 (African American)
• The North 1889-06-12 to 1894-01-24 (Scandinavian community)
• The Minneapolis observer 1890-08-16 to 1890-09-27 (African American)
• The Negro world 1892-07-23 to 1900-06-09 (African American)
• The Protest 1892-08-13 to 1892-10-08 (African American)
• Skandinavisk farmer journal 1893-01-06 to 1908-12-01 (Norwegian)
• Minneapolis tidende 1895-01-04 to 1928-12-27 (Norwegian)
• Backbone 1897-01-01 to 1906-04-01 (Prohibition)
• The Minnesota issue 1898-06-01 to 1911-01-21 (Prohibition)
• The Twin-City American 1899-05-04 to 1899-05-18; The Afro-American advance 1899-05 27 to 1900-11-17 (African American)
• The Minneapolis journal 1901-01-01 to 1906-12-31; The Minneapolis morning tribune 1909-12-13 to 1930-02-02
• Northwestern-vine 1902-10-04 to 1903-10-10 (African American)
• The public weal 1906-05-01 to 1908-04-01 (Prohibition)
• The Twin City star 1910-06-02 to 1919-01-25 (African American)
• Sanningens vittne 1911-07-01 to 1939-10-01 (Swedish language, Pentecostal)
• Finance and commerce of the Twin Cities 1912-01-01 to 1916-08-31
• Pollock's news 1913-09-01 to 1916-07-01; 1916-08-01 to 1917-09-01 (newspaper publishing)
• Both sides 1914-10-08 to 1915-05-13 (Liquor trade journal)
• The American Jewish world 1915-09-10 to 2021-12-01
• Allarm 1915-12-01 to 1918-05-01 (Swedish language, labor)
• Minnesota farm review 1916-09-30 to 1924-03-13 (Agriculture school)
• The National advocate 1917-07-27 to 1924-08-22 (African American)
• The Twin City guardian 1918-01-05 to 1920-01-17 (African American)
• Folkets röst 1918-12-21 to 1925-10-31 (Norwegian)
• The northwestern bulletin 1922-03-11 to 1924-01-05; The Minnesota messenger 1922-04-08 to 1924-02-09; The northwestern bulletin-appeal 1924-01-12 to 1925-08-15 (African American)
• Voice of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 1923-02-08 to 1923-04-10
• Twin-City herald 1927-04-30 to 1940-07-20 (African American)
• The Saturday press 1927-09-24 to 1936-06-27 (Scandal Sheet)
• Timely digest 1931-04-01 to 1932-05-01 (African American)
• Minneapolis spokesman 1934-08-10 to 1999-12-30 (African American)
• GLC voice 1979-11-01 to 1992-03-16 (LGBT)

SEARCH: Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub

RESOURCES

This compilation is specific to Hennepin County. See more at Sources-Minnesota

WikiTree informative pages for the entire county

These are WikiTree pages written up with complete descriptions for the entire county.

Biographical

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External links to information for the entire county

General

• Research Wiki, Hennepin County, Minnesota A comprehensive list of sources, including contacts to organizations and societies at familysearch.org.
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota Wikipedia chart.
• MNopedia A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history. Keyword: Hennepin.

Biographical

• Compendium of history and biography of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota by Bingham, W. H., Holcombe, R. I.; 1914. at HathiTrust.
• History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (By Rev. D. Neill) and Outlines of the History of Minnesota, (by J. Fletcher Williams) Warner, Geo. E. and Chas. M. Foote; plus Neill, Edward & J. Fletcher Williams, Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company. 1881. Johnson, Smith & Harrison, Printers. Minneapolis, Minn. Photo of cover attached; at archive.org.

Military

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Resources specific to Hennepin County's 45 cities

Under each city are listed WikiTree pages first, followed by external links to sources specific to each of the cities in Hennepin County, and then LOOKUP offers.

• Bloomington

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• Brooklyn Center

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• Historical Brooklyn Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota

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• Brooklyn Park

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• Historical Brooklyn Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Brooklyn-Maple Grove Union Cemetery

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• Champlin

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• Anoka and the towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County, Minnesota

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• Stephens Ruth and Champlin Bicentennial Historical Projects Inc. 1979. Champlin on the Mississippi. Champlin Minn. Print Book. Jeanne
• Champlin Minnesota 1909 : Ideal Place for Your Home Location History Advantages. 1909. Anoka Minn: Pease Printery. Jeanne

• Chanhassen (partial)

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• Corcoran

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• Crystal

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• Dayton (partial)

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• Anoka and the towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County, Minnesota

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• Deephaven

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• Eden Prairie

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• Edina

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• Excelsior

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• Golden Valley

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• Greenfield

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• Greenwood

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• Hanover (partial)

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• Hopkins

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• Independence

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• Long Lake

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• Loretto

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• Maple Grove

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• Deane Jim Mary Lenzen Dorothy Schoenmann and Nystrom Publishing Inc (Maple Grove Minn). Aug 1977. Maple Grove Memories Jeanne

• Maple Plain

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• Medicine Lake

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• Medina

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• Minneapolis (county seat)

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• Category: Minneapolis currently has 20 subcategories.

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• Hennepin County Library Digital Collections, Keyword "Minneapolis" includes ~

• Minneapolis City Directories 1859-1950.
• Photographs (156485)
• Property records (72,370) Included are lot surveys and index cards on building permits.
• Graphics (6597)
• Newspapers and magazines (3438) Included are neighborhood newsletters & Hennepin History magazine.
• Plat maps (2424)
• Yearbooks (1926) Includes public and private high schools, nursing schools, WWII Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Yearbook, Bible College, and some suburban schools.
• Documents and manuscripts (357) Includes Amiable Liables - More Than One Hundred Sketches of Minneapolitans, Mpls Park Board reports, and a broad range of other topics.

• Minnesota Digital Library; contributor Hennepin Museum; keyword Minneapolis (963)

Books

• Merwin's Directory of Minneapolis and St. Anthony, 1867 google book
• 1894 Reference Book of Merchants' Credit Protective Union: 705-6-7 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota google book
• History of Minneapolis: Gateway to the Northwest, Volume 1, Marion Daniel Shutter 1923. Volume 3 also at google books; includes illustrations and complete index.
• What the Candidates Tell You. Election Hand Book? November 4th, 1924 By League of Women Voters of Minneapolis google book

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• Minnetonka

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• Minnetonka Beach

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• Minnetrista

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• Mound

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• New Hope

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• Orono

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• Osseo

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• Plymouth

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• Richfield

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• Robbinsdale

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• Blodgett Helen W and Robbinsdale Historical Society. 1983. Robbinsdale 1893-1983. Robbinsdale Minn. (3810 W. Broadway Robbinsdale): Printing Arts. Jeanne

• Rockford (partial)

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• Rogers

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• History of Fletcher
• Rogers, Minnesota One Place Study

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• Rogers Early History City site.

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• Shorewood

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• Spring Park

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• St. Anthony (partial)

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• St. Bonifacius

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• St. Louis Park

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• Tonka Bay

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• Wayzata

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• Woodland

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Sources

1. ↑ JoEllen Haugo and Mary Jo Laakso (2001). "History of Minneapolis". Minneapolis Public Library. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
2. ↑ World Population Review. 2023. (accessed 12/20/23) https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/mn/hennepin-county/cities
3. ↑ Lake-Link https://www.lake-link.com/minnesota-lakes/hennepin-county/461/(accessed 12/20/23)
4. ↑ The 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan. https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/your-government/projects-initiatives/2040-comprehensive-plan/comp-plan-2040-3-parks.pdf
5. ↑ GLO HISTORIC PLAT MAP RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. Individual township maps within the county https://resources.gisdata.mn.gov/pub/data/basemaps/glo/Hennepin/Georeferenced/
6. ↑ Government Survey Maps of Hennepin County -1931 redrawing of original survey maps from the 1840s and 1850s. Hennepin County Library Digital Map Collection https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/p17208coll17/id/6867/rec/1
7. ↑ Wright, George Burdick, 1835-1882. 1873. "Map of Hennepin County, Minnesota." Minnesota Historical Society, Accessed September 8, 2023. https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/mhs:865
8. ↑ Historic Map Works. https://historicmapworks.com/Search/engine.php?keywords=hennepin+county+minnesota&x=40&y=12
9. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore, 1839-1900. An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota. 1874. [Note: Hennepin County history pages 227-228] Minnesota Historical Society, collection.mndigital.org/catalog/mhs:1192 Accessed 15 Sept. 2023.
10. ↑ C.M. Foote & Co, Bracher, W. & Bourquin, F. (1887) Map of Ramsey and Washington counties: with adjacent portions of Anoka, Dakota & Hennepin counties, Minnesota, and parts of St. Croix & Pierce counties, Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn.: C.M. Foote & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593067/.
11. ↑ Dahl, Peter M. Plat book of Hennepin County, Minnesota; Plat book of Ramsey County, Minnesota. 1898 Northwester Map Publishing Company; E.P. Noll & Company. Minnesota Digital Library. https://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mhs/id/1194 (accessed 9/19/23)
12. ↑ Hennepin County Map. Hennepin County 1911c, Minnesota. Published by Rand, McNally and Company in 1911.https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/212756/Hennepin+County+Map/
13. ↑ Westby P.O. Atlas of Hennepin County Minnesota, Compiled and Drawn From Official Records and Actual Surveys. Hennepin Atlas and Publishing Company (Minneapolis, Minn.) Brooklyn p. 11-12. Hennepin County Library Digital Map Collection. https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/p17208coll17/id/5635/rec/2
14. ↑ Minnesota State Atlas" Hennepin County.1925c W. W. Hixson & Co., 1925c https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1603748/Hennepin+County/
15. ↑ Hennepin County, Dayton, Greenwood, Maple Grove, Brooklyn, Minneapolis, Bloomington. Minnesota State Atlas 1930c, Minnesota. Published by W. W. Hixson & Co. in 1930c
16. ↑ Hennepin County Library Map Collection. https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/p17208coll17/id/158/rec/3
17. ↑ Hennepin County Library Map Collection. https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/p17208coll17/id/27/rec/5
18. ↑ Hennepin County, Lake Minnetonka From Minnesota State Atlas 1956, Minnesota. Published by Thomas O. Nelson Co. in 1956 https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/159084/Hennepin+County++Lake+Minnetonka/Minnesota+State+Atlas+1956/Minnesota/
19. ↑ History of Hennepin County The First 50 years. https://www.hennepin.us/your-government/overview/overview-of-hennepin-county#:~:text=The%20Territorial%20Legislature%20of%20Minnesota,only%20a%20few%20hundred%20people. ~~~~