Rock County, Minnesota

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Location: Rock County, Minnesota
Surnames/tags: Rock_County_Minnesota US_HISTORY

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

Rock County, Minnesota

Welcome to the Rock County, Minnesota project page!

Located in the southwest corner of the state on the borders of South Dakota and Iowa. Rock County was established by the Original Act of 1857 and was named because of the immense quantities of rock within its borders. Total land area is 307,735 acres, 482.84 square miles. ^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Pipestone County (north)
• Murray County (northeast)
• Nobles County (east)
• Lyon County, Iowa (south)
• Minnehaha County, South Dakota (west)
• Moody County, South Dakota (northwest)

Communities

Cities

Beaver Creek

Hardwick

Hills

Jasper (partly in Pipestone County)

Kenneth

Luverne (county seat)

Magnolia

Steen

Townships

Battle Plain Township

Beaver Creek Township

Clinton Township

Denver Township

Kanaranzi Township

Luverne Township

Magnolia Township

Martin Township

Mound Township

Rose Dell Township

Springwater Township

Vienna Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_County,_Minnesota
• http://www.co.rock.mn.us/
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Rock_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• http://genealogytrails.com/minn/rock/
• http://rock.mngenweb.net/
• https://archive.org/details/illustratedhistorrpm00rose/page/n7
• https://www.rockcountyhistorical.com/

Sources

1. ↑ "Welcome to Rock County!" Welcome to Rock County! Accessed October 07, 2018. http://www.co.rock.mn.us/.