Carlton County is located in eastern Minnesota, with the state of Wisconsin at it's eastern boundary.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  St. Louis county to the north; Pine county to the south; and Aitkin county to the west.  The Wisconsin county of Douglas lies to the east.

Carlton County Townships:
Atkinson, Automba, Barnum, Beseman, Blackhoof, Eagle, Holyoke, Kalevala, Lakeview, Mahtowa, Moose Lake, Perch Lake, Silver, Silver Brook, Skelton, Split Rock, Thompson, Twin Lakes, and Wrenshall Townships.

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council - Fond du Lac
• Cloquet Burns in the Great Fire of 1918
• Legacy: The First Visitors - Cloquet (Carlton County) Chamber of Commerce page.
• The City of Barnum, MN includes History of Barnum
• Cloquet, MN
• Cloquet, MN - Local web pages, news, and information.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Carlton Library
    310 Chestnut Avenue - Carlton, MN 55718 Phone: (218) 384-4229.
• Carlton County Historical Society
   406 Cloquet Avenue - Cloquet, MN 55720 Phone: (218) 879-1938.
• Carlton County Recorder
  
    301 Walnut Avenue - P.O. Box 70 - Carlton, MN 55718  Phone: (218) 384-9195.
• Carlton County Courthouse
  
    301 Walnut Avenue - Carlton, MN 55718  Phone: (218) 384-4281.
• 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.
• Tribes in the Minnesota area.
• 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 Society - Library
   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (612) 595-9347.
• Association of Minnesota Counties.
• History of County Government.
• HPI: Counties in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Township Directory.
• Ancestry.com: Minnesota Resources
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• 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!
• Cyndi's List for Minnesota.
• 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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