Location: Traverse County, Minnesota

Surnames/tags: Traverse_County_Minnesota US_HISTORY
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Traverse County, Minnesota
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This county, established February 20, 1862, organized March 8, 1881, received its name from Lake Traverse (Lac Travers in French), a translation of the Sioux name. Keating wrote of its significance: The lake has received its present appellation from the circumstance that it is in a direction nearly transverse to that of the Big Stone and Lac qui Parle lakes, these being directly to the northwest, while Lake Travers points to the northeast." Williamson gave its Sioux name and meaning: "Mdehdakinyan, lake lying crosswise."[1]
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Maps and Boundaries
- Wilkin County (north)
- Grant County (northeast)
- Stevens County (southeast)
- Big Stone County (south)
- Roberts County, South Dakota (southwest)
- Richland County, North Dakota (northwest)
Communities
Cities
- Browns Valley
- Dumont
- Tintah
- Wheaton (county seat)
Townships
- Arthur Township
- Clifton Township
- Croke Township
- Dollymount Township
- Folsom Township
- Lake Valley Township
- Leonardsville Township
- Monson Township
- Parnell Township
- Redpath Township
- Tara Township
- Taylor Township
- Tintah Township
- Walls Township
- Windsor Township
Records and Resources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_County,_Minnesota
- https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Traverse_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
- http://genealogytrails.com/minn/traverse/
- https://www.co.traverse.mn.us/community/traverse-county-historical-society/
- http://traverse.mngenweb.net/
Sources
- ↑ Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham, Archaeologist of the Society, 1920, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul
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