Crow Wing County is located in central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Cass county to the north and west; Aitkin and Mille Lacs counties to the east; Morrison county to the south and southwest.

• Nisswa, MN welcomes you to Brainerd Lakes area
• Crow Wing county area Maps.
• Zoomable Tiger MAP of Brainerd, and Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
• Lakes area Communities, Travel, Commerce and Maps
• Pequot Lakes.
• Mississippi Headwaters Board: Protecting the first 400 miles of the Mississippi River... (Walker, Cass County site includes the area of Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clear Water, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, and Morrison Minnesota counties.)
• Mississippi River Basin Headwaters Map.
• Brainerd Public Library

  416 S 5th Street - Brainerd, MN 56401 Phone: (218) 829-5574.
• Jessie F. Hallet Library

   101 1st Street S.E. - Crosby, MN 56441  Phone (218) 546-8005.
• Crow Wing County Treasurer (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)

   326 Laurel Street - Brainerd, MN 56401  Phone: (218) 824-1300.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Department of Health
• How to order a birth or death certificate from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Contact the Minnesota Department of Health for certified Birth records from 1900 and certified Death records from 1908.  Certificates may be ordered by mail, phone, fax, and in person at the office.  There is a fee for obtaining birth or death certificates.
Minnesota Department of Health
  Attention: Vital Records
  717 Delaware Street Southeast
  P.O. Box 9441
  Minneapolis, MN  55440-9441
  Phone: 612-676-5120 (For birth records, press 4; For death records, press 5)
Records prior to these years, may be requested from the County  Registrar/Recorder in the county where the event occurred.
Instructions on obtaining certificates of marriage or divorce decrees and index search.

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• Minnesota Historical Society Library.
• MHS: Minnesota Women's History

Minnesota State History.
• Minnesota Genealogical Society Library

   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (612) 595-9347.
• Ancestry.com: Minnesota Resources
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Minnesota.
• USA Veterans' Administration
• Request Deceased USA Veterans' Records? Phone: 1-800-827-1000.
• Animated MAPs: The Formation of the Contiguous States through additions of territories andstates and The Evolution of United States County Boundaries by Ed Stephans.
• Tiger Maps
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• Yahoo Get Local Directory for Minnesota Counties and Regions.

School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.
 
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