Nicolette County is located in south central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Renville and Sibley counties to the north; Le Sueur county to the east; Blue Earth county to the southeast and south; and Brown county to the southwest and west.

• Treaty Site History Center, St. Peter, MN
• MNGenWeb: Nicollet County
• Traverse des Sioux Genealogical Society
1851 No. Minnesota Ave. - S. Peter, MN 56082.
• Nicolette County Historical Society and Welcome to our Treaty Site History Center!
     1851 North Minnesota Avenue - St. Peter, MN 56082
   Phone: (507) 931-2160   Fax: (507) 931-0172  Email: nicolettco@aol.com
• City of Saint Peter - Community information, news and directory.
• History and a Tour of the City.
• City of St. Peter - (founded 1853) with photo.
• Historical Interests in St. Peter.
• Welcome to St. Peter - founded in 1853 by Captain Wm. B. Dodd.
• The City of North Mankato, MN
• History of North Mankato, MN - Once called "Brooklyn".
• Cities of Mankato and North Mankato, MN (Maps)
• 1862 Dakota Conflict  - In December 1862, 38 Dakota were reported hanged in Mankato.
• Traverse des Sioux Library System or Traverse des Sioux Library System
• Member Library Information: Clickable Map - For Information about Individual Public Libraries in Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Seur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan Counties.
• Gustavus Adolphus College - Fact Sheet
   800 West College Avenue - Saint Peter, MN 56082.
   Eric Norelius, an immigrant Swedish Lutheran Pastor, founded Minnesota Preparatory School, in Red Wing, in 1862.   The same year, it was relocated to East Union, and, in 1865 became St.
Ansgar's Academy.  In 1876, the school moved to it's present location in St Peter, where it became known as Gustavus Adolphus College.  It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Museum & Archives Library
   1851 N Minnesota Avenue - St. Peter, MN  56082 Phone: (507) 931-2160.
• Nicollet Public Health
  
    501 S Minnesota Avenue - St. Peter, MN 56082  Phone: (507) 931-6800.
• Nicollet County Courthouse
  
     501 S Minnesota Avenue - St. Peter, MN 56082  Phone: (507) 931-6800.
• 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

• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Archives.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• Minnesota State Symbols.
• Minnesota Historical Society Library.
• MHS: Minnesota Women's History
  
Minnesota State History.
• Minnesota Genealogical SocietyLibrary
   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (612) 595-9347.
• 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
  
• Animated MAPs: The Formation of the Contiguous States through additions of territories andstates and The Evolution of United States County Boundaries by Ed Stephans.
  

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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