Meeker County, Minnesota

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

Meeker County, Minnesota

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The County was created by an act of the legislature in February of 1856. That same summer government surveyors made a survey of the County. Meeker County was named after Judge B.B. Meeker of St. Anthony. There is no record that he actually had any part in the creation of the county. County government was set up on May 6, 1856 by the County Commissioners at Forest City. The Government Land Office was set up that same season and a post office was established at Forest City. ^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Stearns County (north)
• Wright County (east)
• McLeod County (southeast)
• Renville County (southwest)
• Kandiyohi County (west)

Communities

Cities

• Cedar Mills
• Cosmos
• Darwin
• Dassel
• Eden Valley (partly in Stearns County)
• Grove City
• Kingston
• Litchfield (county seat)
• Watkins

Townships

• Acton Township
• Cedar Mills Township
• Collinwood Township
• Cosmos Township
• Danielson Township
• Darwin Township
• Dassel Township
• Ellsworth Township
• Forest City Township
• Forest Prairie Township
• Greenleaf Township
• Harvey Township
• Kingston Township
• Litchfield Township
• Manannah Township
• Swede Grove Township
• Union Grove Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Meeker_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• https://archive.org/details/albumofhistorybi00alde (History of Meeker County)
• https://www.co.meeker.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/361/Meeker-County-History-PDF
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Meeker_County,_Minnesota

Sources

1. ↑ HISTORY OF MEEKER COUNTY. https://www.co.meeker.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/361/Meeker-County-History-PDF