Polk County is located in northwestern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Red Lake, Pennington and Marshall counties to the north; Beltrami and Clearwater counties to the east; Mahnomen and Norman counties to the south; and the North Dakota counties of Grand Forks and Traill to the west.

• Mayor's Welcome to Fosston, MN with a brief overview of the community and area agriculture.
• A Brief History of Polk County
• Polk County Historical Society

      719 E Robert Street - Crookston, MN 56716  Phone: (218) 281-1038.
• Crookston Public Library
      110 N Ash Street - Crookston, MN 56716  Phone: (218) 281-4522.
• MNGenWeb Project for Polk County: hosted by Carolyn Switzer.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page (Polk County is within the Catholic Diocese of Crookston).
• The City of East Grand Forks
• Heritage Center - in East Grand Forks, Minnesota
   The Heritage Village - P.O. Box 295 - East Grand Forks, MN 56721
• Greater Grand Forks, NORTH DAKOTA Visitor Center.
• Polk County Surveyor
  
      216 S Main Street - Crookston, MN 56716  Phone: (218) 281-3401.
• Polk County Recorder
     612 N Broadway - Crookston, MN  56716  Phone: (218) 281-3464.
• 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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