Kandiyohi County Local Minnesota History and Genealogy

Kandiyohi County First created in 1858.
County Seat is Willmar.
Cities, towns and communities include: Atwater, Blomkest, Diamond Lake, Hawick, Irving, Kandiyohi, Lake Lillian, New London, Norway Lake, Pennock, Priam, Prinsburg, Raymond, Regal, Roseland, Spicer, Sunburg, Svea, Thorpe and Willmar.

Kandiyohi County is located in central Minnesota. Neighboring Minnesota counties include: Glenwood and Stearns counties to the north; Meeker to the east; Renville to the south, and Swift and Chippewa counties to the west.

Kandiyohi 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.

Norway Lake Sunburg	Colfax	Burbank	Roseville Regal
Arctander	Lake Andrew Norway Lake	New London New London	Irving
Mamre	Dover	Green Lake	Harrison Diamond Lake
St. Johns Pennock, Priam	Willmar Willmar	Kandiyohi Kandiyohi	Gennessee Atwater
Edwards Raymond	Whitefield Svea	Fahlun	Lake Elizabeth
Holland Prinsburg	Roseland Blomkest, Roseland	Lake Lillian Lake Lillian	East Lake Lillian Thorpe

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U.S. Census Bureau for Kandiyohi County Profiles and Population Summaries.
Interactive MAP of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Kandiyohi County Genealogy and History, by Ron Zurek
USGS: Maps of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota 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.
White Pine Savages: Ellersicks in the Lumber Industry - has a great history of the German Immigrant family.
Kandiyohi County

Map of Kandiyohi County
History of Kandiyohi Courthouse

Willmar and Kandiyohi County Home Page: includes information about and maps
Kandiyohi County Parks
KandiLink! "...are an active committee dedicated to the telecommunication services of Kandiyohi County and the surrounding area..."
City of Willmar, MN

Willmar History : "... The Lakotah Indians were indigenous to Kandiyohi County. The first settlers arrived during the 1850’s..."

Willmar Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Pioneerland Library System

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Kandiyohi County Recorder (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)

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.

County Registrar/Recorder

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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Professional Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

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