Lake of the Woods County was first created in 1922 from Beltrami.
The COUNTY SEAT is Baudette.

Lake of the Woods County is located in northern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Koochiching county to the east; Beltrami county to the south, and Roseau county to the west.  The Canadian Province of Ontario is its northern neighbor.

Most of County is encompassed within the Red Lake Indian Reservation, the Beltrami Island State Forest and/or the Northwest Angle State Forest.

Cities, towns and communities include:   Arresen, Baudette, Birch Beach, Carp, Clemenston, Graceton, Hackett, Long Point, Lovedale, Penasse, Pitt, Rako, Spooner, Wheelers Point, and Williams.

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 Lake of the Woods County Profiles and Population Summaries.
• Interactive MAP of Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota.
• USGS: Maps of Lake of the Woods 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.
• Lake of the Wood Reference Map on Ballard's Resort site.
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council   -
• Red Lake - Ojibwe
  
   P.O. Box 550, Red Lake, MN 56671   Phone: (218) 679-3341.
• Ojibwe History, by Lee Sultzman.
• Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Minnesota Reservation - Pictures and Information, by Paula Giese.
• Brief History of the Anishinnaabe - Ojibwe Indians
• MNGenWeb for Lake of the Woods County Genealogy, Coordinator : Mike Andrews.
• Neighboring Rainy River District, Ontario, CANADA : Genealogy and Information.
• Canada's Digital Collections
• MNDNR :  State Forests Map
• Beltrami Island State Forest
• Red Lake State Forest
• Northwest Angle State Forest
• Library System : Arrowhead
• Lake of the Woods Court Administrator (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)
   Court Administrator - 206 Southeast Eighth Avenue - P.O. Box 808 - Baudette, MN 56623
     Phone:  (218) 634-1451.
 

• 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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