Cottonwood County is located in southern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Redwood county to the north; Brown and Watonwan counties to the east; Jackson county to the south; and Murray county to the west.

• Red Rock Central Net - information and links for the area of both Redwood and Cottonwood Counties.
• Zoomable MAP of Cottonwood County, Minnesota.
• Sod House on the Prairie!!!

   12598 Magnolia Avenue - Sanborn,   MN  56083-9461  Phone: (507) 723-5138.
• MNGenWeb for Cottonwood County Genealogy
• 1998 Cottonwood County (addresses and links)
• Cottonwood County Historical Society and Museum - Information and County Timeline
    812 4th Avenue - Windom, MN 56101   Phone: (507) 831-1134.
• Windom Public Library
  
     904 4th Avenue - Windom, MN  56101   Phone: (507) 831-6131.
• Cottonwood County Recorder (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)
    900 3rd Ave # 6 - P.O. Box 326 - Windom, MN 56101   Phone: (507) 831-1458.

• 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

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Legislature
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
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• Minnesota State Archives - Collection - and Site Map.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• LDS: Minnesota Regional Public Library Systems Directory and MAP.
• Minnesota Secretary of State STUDENT PAGE! - includes the following and more:
• State Symbols
• History and Old Stuff :  Minnesota Timeline; Narrative;
• Constitution of the State of Minnesota
• MAPS : 1851 Territorial - 1857 Territorial - 1858 Territorial - 1895 MN State.
• Origin of Minnesota County Names.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Explore Minnesota: Tourism - Search by location - Order free publications & travel guides.
• 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.
• 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!
• 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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