Sibley County, Minnesota

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

Sibley County, Minnesota

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Sibley County was named in honor of Henry Hastings Sibley. Its boundaries were established at the Minnesota Territorial Legislature on March 5, 1853.

At that time, the area inside its borders was much larger and was described as “beginning at the northwest corner of Hennepin County, thence up the north of Crow River to its second fork, thence in a direct line to the mouth of Rush River, thence down the Minnesota River to the line of Hennepin County, thence along the line of said county, the to the place of beginning.”^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• McLeod County (north)
• Carver County (northeast)
• Scott County (east)
• Le Sueur County (southeast)
• Nicollet County (south)
• Renville County (west)

Communities

Cities

Arlington

Gaylord (county seat)

Gibbon

Green Isle

Henderson

Le Sueur mostly in Le Sueur County)

New Auburn

Winthrop

Townships

Alfsborg Township

Arlington Township

Bismarck Township

Cornish Township

Dryden Township

Faxon Township

Grafton Township

Green Isle Township

Henderson Township

Jessenland Township

Kelso Township

Moltke Township

New Auburn Township

Severance Township

Sibley Township

Transit Township

Washington Lake Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota
• http://sibley.mngenweb.net/
• http://usgwarchives.net/mn/sibley/sibley.html
• https://www.sibleycountyhistoricalsociety.com/
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sibley_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• http://genealogytrails.com/minn/sibley/index.html

Sources

1. ↑ Arlene Busse Sibley County Historical Society. "Sibley County Named for State's First Governor." Mankato Free Press. March 13, 2016. Accessed October 07, 2018. http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/sibley-county-named-for-state-s-first-governor/article_85257d73-d3e8-5b5f-815e-af1215900e3f.html.