Lac qui Parle County was first created in 1871 from Redwood.
Note:  An old Lac qui Parle County was created in 1862, but was abolished in 1868, and became part of Chippewa County.
The COUNTY SEAT is Madison.

Lac qui Parle County is located in western Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Chippewa and Swift counties to the east; Yellow Medicine county to the south, and Big Stone county to the north.  The South Dakota counties of Grant and Deuel are its western neighbors.

Past and/or present cities, towns and communities include:   Bellingham, Boyd, Cerro Gordo, Dawson, Haydenville, Lac qui Parle, Louisburg, Madison, Marietta, Nassau, Providence, and Rosen.

Lac qui Parle Townships:  (named in tiers north to south, northern tier on top row)
Tier 1:  Yellow Bank, Agassiz,
Tier 2: Walter, Perry, Lake Shore, Hantho,
Tier 3: Augusta, Arena, Madison, Cerro Gordo, Qui Parle,
Tier 4: Mehurin, Garfield, Hamlin, Riverside, Baxter, Camp Release,
Tier 5: Manfred, Freeland, Providence, Maxwell and Ten Mile Lake.

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.

Disclaimer:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.

• U.S. Census Bureau for Lac qui Parle County Profiles and Population Summaries.
• Interactive MAP of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
• USGS: Maps of Lac qui Parle 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.
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council   -
• MN DNR: Lac qui Parle State Park
• Lac qui Parle State Park History & Information
• Minnesota Historic Site:  Lac qui Parle Mission - is just across the river in Chippewa County
   P.O. Box 303, Montevideo, MN 56265   Phone: (320) 269-7636.
• Lac Qui Parle County Museum
      S. Highway 75 - Madison, MN 56256    Phone: (320) 598-7678.
• USGenWeb Archives for Lac qui Parle County
• Yellow Medicine Births 187?-189? Index - Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Lorraine Mueller
• Lac Qui Parle County Cemeteries
• City of Dawson, MN
• Library System : Pioneerland
• Madison Public Library
    401 6th Avenue - Madison, MN 56256    Phone: (320) 598-7938.
• Lac qui Parle County Recorder (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)
   600 6th Street -  Madison, MN  56256  Phone: (320) 598-3724.
 

• 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.
• MN Dept. of Health list of County Registrars/Recorders: choose county

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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