Martin County, Minnesota

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Location: Martin County, Minnesota
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Contents 1 Martin County, Minnesota 2 Maps and Boundaries 3 Communities 3.1 Cities 3.2 Townships 4 Records and Resources 5 Sources

Martin County, Minnesota

Welcome to the Martin County, Minnesota project page!

Martin County, Minnesota was created on May 23, 1857 from Brown County and Faribault County . The county was named in honor of either Henry Martin or Morgan Lewis Martin (1805-1887). Henry Martin was a prominent landowner from Connecticut. Morgan Lewis Martin was a delegate to Congress from Wisconsin and introduced a bill for the organization of the Minnesota Territory.^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Watonwan County (north)
• Blue Earth County (northeast)
• Faribault County (east)
• Kossuth County, Iowa (southeast)
• Emmet County, Iowa (southwest)
• Jackson County (west)
• Cottonwood County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

• Ceylon
• Dunnell
• Fairmont (county seat)
• Granada
• Northrop
• Ormsby (partly in Watonwan County)
• Sherburn
• Trimont
• Truman
• Welcome

Townships

• Cedar Township
• Center Creek Township
• East Chain Township
• Elm Creek Township
• Fairmont Township
• Fox Lake Township
• Fraser Township
• Galena Township
• Jay Township
• Lake Belt Township
• Lake Fremont Township
• Manyaska Township
• Nashville Township
• Pleasant Prairie Township
• Rolling Green Township
• Rutland Township
• Silver Lake Township
• Tenhassen Township
• Waverly Township
• Westford Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_County,_Minnesota
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Martin_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• http://fairmont.org/mchs/
• http://genealogytrails.com/minn/martin/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Martin_County,_Minnesota

Sources

1. ↑ "Martin County, Minnesota Genealogy Guide." Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. Accessed September 02, 2018. https://www.raogk.org/minnesota-genealogy/martin-county/.