Roseau County, Minnesota

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

Roseau County, Minnesota

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This county was established December 31, 1894, and received an addition from Beltrami county, February 10, 1896. It is named from the Roseau lake and river, of which the former appears, with this name, on Verendrye's map (1737). The river is shown on Thompson's map (1814), with the name Reed river, translated from this French name, which is in turn a translation of the OJibway name. Gilfillan wrote it, "Ga-shash-agunushkokawi-sibi or the-place-of-rushes-river, or briefly, Rush river." It is more accurately called Reed-grass river on Long's map (1823) and on Pope's map (1849). The very coarse grass, or reed, referred to is Phragmites communis, which is common or frequent in the shallow edges of lakes throughout the prairie region of Minnesota and Manitoba. During a canoe trip around all the shore of Red lake in September, 1885, this species was observed in great abundance at many places, growing 8 to 12 feet in height.^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Rural Municipality of Stuartburn Manitoba (northwest)
• Rural Municipality of Piney Manitoba (north)
• Lake of the Woods County (east)
• Beltrami County (southeast)
• Marshall County (south)
• Kittson County (west)

Communities

Cities

Badger

Greenbush

Roosevelt (partly in Lake of the Woods County)

Roseau (county seat)

Strathcona

Warroad

Townships

Barnett Township

Barto Township

Beaver Township

Cedarbend Township

Deer Township

Dewey Township

Dieter Township

Enstrom Township

Falun Township

Golden Valley Township

Grimstad Township

Hereim Township

Huss Township

Jadis Township

Lake Township

Laona Township

Lind Township

Malung Township

Mickinock Township

Moose Township

Moranville Township

Nereson Township

Palmville Township

Pohlitz Township

Polonia Township

Poplar Grove Township

Reine Township

Ross Township

Skagen Township

Soler Township

Spruce Township

Stafford Township

Stokes Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseau_County,_Minnesota
• http://genealogytrails.com/minn/roseau/earlyhistory.html
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Roseau_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• http://www.co.roseau.mn.us/residents/your_county/your_history.php#.W7let_Yh1hE

Sources

1. ↑ "Roseau County, Minnesota." Genealogy Trails. Accessed October 07, 2018. http://genealogytrails.com/minn/roseau/earlyhistory.html.