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United States Minnesota Hennepin County

Guide to Hennepin County Minnesota genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota
Map
Location in the state of Minnesota
Location of Minnesota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 6, 1852
County Seat	Minneapolis
Courthouse
Address	Hennepin County Courthouse 300 S 6th Street Minneapolis, MN 55487-0001 Phone: 612.348.8241 Hennepin County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Courth has birth and death records from 1870,
marriage, divorce and court records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1852--Hennepin County was created 6 March 1852 from Dakota County. County seat: Minneapolis ^[2]
• For a brief history of how Hennepin County was named, click here. Then select Hennepin County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities

Bloomington | Brooklyn Center | Brooklyn Park | Champlin | Chanhassen | Corcoran | Crystal | Dayton | Deephaven | Eden Prairie | Edina | Excelsior | Golden Valley | Greenfield | Greenwood | Hanover | Hopkins | Independence | Long Lake | Loretto | Maple Grove | Maple Plain | Medicine Lake | Medina | Minneapolis | Minnetonka | Minnetonka Beach | Minnetrista | Mound | New Hope | Orono | Osseo | Plymouth | Richfield | Robbinsdale | Rockford  | Rogers | Shorewood | Spring Park | St. Anthony Village | St. Bonifacius | St. Louis Park | Tonka Bay | Wayzata | Woodland

Townships

Hassan Township

Unincorporated

Fort Snelling

Neighboring Counties

• Anoka
• Carver
• Dakota
• Ramsey
• Scott
  
• Wright

Resources

Cemeteries

• Eden Prairie Cemetery, Eden Prairie BillionGraves
• Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a name search.
• Cemeteries listings.  US Gen Web Archives.  Bloomington, Chaplin, Crystal Lake, Fort Snelling, Greenwood, Lakewood, Summit Park, Unitarian Wyzata, Evangelical Bohemian Presbyterian Minnetonka
  

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Minneapolis

Court

Directories

• Fold3.com ($) has Minneapolis City Directories 1865-1923 (4 yrs. missing) available online.
• Fold3.com ($) has St. Paul City Directories 1863-1924 (4 yrs. missing) available online.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Hennepin County, Minnesota (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

• Simple map of Hennepin County Communities and Townships

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Hennepin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Hennepin County.

- 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Company A.

- 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, Company B.

- 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company E.

- 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Company D.

- 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company A.

- 4th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company C.

- 6th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies B, C, and D.

- 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and K.

- 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and B.

- 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company K.

- Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies B and C.

- Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A, B and E.

- 1st Minnesota Company Sharpshooters, First Company only

Newspapers

• Newspaper Links - Minnesota Historical Society
• Chronicling America (Library of Congress) This freely accessible website, available from any Internet connection, hosts historic newspapers (1860-1922) from across the United States for noncommercial, educational and research purposes. Currently the following Minnesota titles are available on Chronicling America, with more to follow:
  • Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1880-1884
  • St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1884-1896
  • The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1896-1905
  • The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 1901
    

The appeal .  (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1889-19?? African-American newspaper. More than 1,500 issues between 1889 and 1922 have been digitized and are fully searchable on-line at the Library of Congress, Chronicling America website.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Anoka Minnesota Family History Center
• Bloomington Minnesota Family History Center
• Minneapolis Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

• Hennepin County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Family History Library Catalog
• Hennepin County US Gen Web Site
• Hennepin County US Gen Web Archives Site
• ancestry.com Hennepin County Resource Page  ($ need ancestry.com subscription)
• Hennepin County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)
  

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hennepin County, Minnesota page 364, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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