Houston County
First created in 1854 (from a portion of Fillmore County).
County Seat is Caldonia.
Cities, towns and
communities include: Black Hammer, Brownsville,
Caledonia, Freeberg, Hokah, Houston, La Crescent, Money Creek, Mound
Prairie, Riceford and Spring Grove.
Houston County is located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. Neighboring Minnesota counties include: Winona county to the north and Fillmore county to the west. The Wisconsin counties of La Crosse and Vernon are at it's eastern boundary and the Iowa counties of Winneshiek and Allamakee are at it's southern border.
Houston County Townships Table
Township
names are in bold print.
Towns inside the township are
listed below the township name.
The list of towns is not
necessarily complete. If you are aware of a town which is not
included, whether it presently exists, or is no longer in existence,
please e-mail to the webweaver.
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Money Creek Money Creek, Perkins |
Houston Houston |
Mound Prairie Mound Prairie, South Ridge |
La Crescent La Crescent, Pine Creek |
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Yucatan Yucatan |
Sheldon Sheldon |
Union Elbow Lake |
Hokah Hokah, Norma |
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Black Hammer Black Hammer |
Caledonia Caledonia |
Mayville |
Brownsville Brownsville |
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Spring Grove Newhouse, Ricelord, |
Wilmington Willington Grove, Wilmington |
Winnebago Eitzen |
Jefferson Jefferson |
U.S. Census Bureau for Houston County Profiles and Population Summaries.
Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
The Political Graveyard, for Houston County, Minnesota, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
Mississippi River Country/Bluff Country - Area Tourism
Beaver Creek Valley State Park - Caledonia, MN
Houston County Historical Society Museum - Caledonia, MN.
History of Houston, MN from 1852.
Winona Net - area of Caledonia, Houston, Lanesboro, Rushford and Winona in MN and Fountain City, Pepin and Trempealeau in WI.
Photos: Library of Congress American Memory Collection (ca. 1880-1910) search by town or category in this collection
SELCO/SELS - The Regional Library Office Serving Southeastern Minnesota
Houston County Recorder (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records) P.O. Box 29 - Caledonia, MN 55921 Phone: (507) 724-5813.
State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
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.
MN Dept. of Health list of County Registrars/Recorders: choose county
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