Minnesota: Bibliography and Sources

Anderson, Torgny. Centennial History of Lyon County, Minnesota. Marshall, Minn.: Henle Publishing Co., 1970.

Andreas, A. T. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota. 1874. Reprint. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, Inc., 1979.

Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats, Todd County, Minnesota: Containing Plats of all Townships with Owners' Names; Also Maps of the State, United States and World; Also an Outline Map of the County showing Location of Townships, Villages, Roads, Schools, Churches, Railroads, Streams, Etc., Etc. St. Paul: Webb Publishing Co., 1914.

Atlas and Farmers' Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Polk County, Minnesota: Containing Plats of all Townships with Owners' Names; Also Maps of the State, United States and World; Also an Outline Map of the County showing Location of Townships, Villages, Roads, Schools, Churches, Railroads, Streams, Etc., Etc. St. Paul: Webb Publishing Co., 1915

Atlas of the Environs of St. Paul, Including the Whole of Ramsey County, Minnesota: From Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys. Philadelphia, 1886.

Bingham, William H., and Return I. Holcombe, eds. Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota. Minneapolis: W.H. Bingham and Co., 1916.

Blegen, Theodore C. "Boundaries of Brown County." Minnesota History Bulletin 5 (1923-1924): 485-489.

Borchert, John R., and Donald P. Yaeger. Atlas of Minnesota Resources and Settlement. 1968. Revised. St. Paul: Minnesota State Planning Agency, 1969.

Bray, Martha Coleman. Joseph Nicollet and His Map. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1980.

Brown, Calvin L. "Some Changes in Local Boundaries and Names in Minnesota." Minnesota History Bulletin 4 (1921-1922): 242-249.

Buer, Micki. Prairie Chronicles: A History of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Dallas, Tex.: Curtis Media, Inc., 1995.

Cannons, Charles, comp. Every Name Index to the 1911 Plat Book of Red Lake and Pennington Counties, Minnesota: With Reprints of Township Maps. St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1991.

Cappon, Lester J., Barbara Bartz Petchenik, and John Hamilton Long, eds. Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. Section on boundaries is thoroughly documented.

Case, C. F. History and Description of Lyon County, Minnesota: Including a Farm and Business Directory. Marshall, Minn., 1884.

Centennial History of Cottonwood County, Minnesota. Windom, Minn.: Cottonwood County Historical Society, 1970.

Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, 1870-1970. Willmar, Minn.: Kandiyohi County Historical Society, 1970.

Child, James E. Child's History of Waseca County, Minnesota: From its First Settlement in 1854 to the Close of the Year 1904, a Record of Fifty Years. Owatonna, Minn.: Whiting and Luers, 1905.

DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Illinois. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997.

DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Iowa. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Minnesota. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2000. 122 counties, 412 pages, 647 maps.

DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Wisconsin. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997.

Dubester, Henry J. State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken after the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States. 1948. Reprint. New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. The standard guide for its subject.

Executive Journal of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. Edited by William Wesley Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe, and Jacob Piatt Dunn. Indiana Historical Society Publications, vol. 3, no. 3. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1900.

Filby, P. William, comp. Bibliography of American County Histories. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.

Finnell, Arthur Louis, comp. Extant Records of Monongalia County, Minnesota, 1858-1870. Marshall, Minn.: Finnell, Richter and Associates, 1980.

Folwell, William Watts. History of Minnesota. 4 vols. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1921-1930.

Forrest, Robert J. "Mythical Cities of Southwestern Minnesota." Minnesota History 14 (1933): 243-262.

Gresham, William G. History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota: Their People, Industries and Institutions. 2 vols. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen and Co., 1916.

Heilbron, Bertha L. "The Boundary at the Lake of the Woods." Minnesota History Bulletin 5 (1923-1924): 46-47.

Heilbron, Bertha L. "Variations of the Boundary Between Cass and Crow Wing Counties, 1887-98." Minnesota History Bulletin 5 (1923-1924): 489-491.

Hening, William Waller, ed. Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 [to 1792]. 13 vols. Richmond, 1819-1823.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Aitkin County (Aitkin). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 1. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1942.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Beltrami County (Bemidji). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 4. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Big Stone County (Ortonville). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 6. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Cass County (Walker). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 11. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Chippewa County (Montevideo). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 12. St., Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Dakota County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 19. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Dodge County (Mantorville). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 20. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Faribault County (Blue Earth). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 22. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1938.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Fillmore County (Preston). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 23. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1942.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Freeborn County (Albert Lea). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 24. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1937.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Goodhue County (Red Wing). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 25. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Houston County (Caledonia). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 28. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Hubbard County (Park Rapids). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 29. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Jackson County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 32. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Kanabec County (Mora). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 33. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Lincoln County (Ivanhoe). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 41. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Marshall County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 45. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1939.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Meeker County (Litchfield). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 47. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Mille Lacs County (Milaca). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 48. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1942.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Minnesota Judicial Districts. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1942.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Morrison County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 49. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Murray County (Slayton). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 51. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Nobles County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 53. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1939.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Olmsted County (Rochester). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 55. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1939.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Otter Tail County (Fergus Falls). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 56. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Pipestone County (Pipestone). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 59. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1939.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Redwood County (Redwood Falls). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 64. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Renville County (Olivia). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 65. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Rice County (Faribault). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 66. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Rock County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 67. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Scott County (Shakopee). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 70. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1939.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Sherburne County (Elk River). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 71. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Stearns County. Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 73. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Traverse County (Wheaton). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 78. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1938.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Wright County (Buffalo). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 86. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1940.

Historical Records Survey, Minnesota. Yellow Medicine County (Granite Falls). Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota, no. 87. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, 1941.

History of Mower County, Minnesota: Together with Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; History of Minnesota, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-Historic Races, and a Brief Review of its Civil and Military History. Mankato, Minn., 1884.

History of Steele and Waseca Counties, Minnesota: An Album of History and Biography, Embracing Sketches of the Villages, Cities and Townships; Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Citizens, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Men; History of Minnesota, Embracing an Account of Early Explorations, Organization, a Review of its Political History, Together with an Account of the Indian Outbreak of 1862. Chicago, 1887.

History of the Red River Valley: Past and Present, Including an Account of the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages of the Valley from the Time of Their First Settlement and Formation. 2 vols. Chicago and Grand Forks, N.D.: C. F. Cooper and Co., and Herald Printing Co., 1909.

Jerabek, Esther, comp. Check List of Minnesota State Documents, 1858-1923. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1972.

Kane, Joseph Nathan. American Counties: Origins of Names, Dates of Creation and Organization, Area, Population, Historical Data, and Published Sources. 3d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972.

Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Organization, Boundaries, and Names of Wisconsin Counties." Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 57 (1910): 184-231.

Knudson, Shirley R., ed. History of Watonwan County, Minnesota. Dallas, Tex.: Curtis Media, Inc., 1995.

Lainhart, Ann S. State Census Records. [Baltimore]: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.

Laws of a Public and General Nature of the State of Missouri. 2 vols. Jefferson City, 1842.

Laws of Illinois Territory, 1809-1818. Edited by Francis S. Philbrick. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 25. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1950.

Laws of the Territory of Iowa. Dubuque, Burlington, and Iowa City, 1839-1846.

Laws of Wisconsin. Madison, 1848-.

Long, John H., ed. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. 5 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984.

MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List of Session Laws. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complemented by Pollack (below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.

MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List of Statutes of States of the United States of America, Including Revisions, Compilations, Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence: Oxford Press, 1937. The most complete guide to state codes through 1937.

Mason, John W., ed. History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions; With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. 2 vols. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Co., 1916.

Michigan Territory. Laws of the Territory of Michigan. 4 vols. Lansing, 1871-1884. Cited as Mich. Terr. Laws.

Minnesota. General Statutes of the State of Minnesota, as Amended by Subsequent Legislation; Edited and Published under the Authority of Chapter 67 of the Laws of 1878, and Chapter 67 of the Laws of 1879; Fourth Edition; With Supplements, Containing all the General Laws in Force up to the End of the Legislative Session of 1883. Edited by George B. Young. St. Paul, 1883. Cited as Minn. Gen. Stat.

Minnesota. General Statutes of the State of Minnesota as Amended by Subsequent Legislation, with which are Incorporated all General Laws of the State in force December 31, 1894. Compiled and edited by Henry B. Wenzell, et al. 2 vols. St. Paul, 1894. Cited as Minn. Gen. Stat.

Minnesota. General Statutes of the State of Minnesota: Revised by Commissioners Appointed Under an Act Approved February 17, 1863, and Acts Subsequent Thereto, Amended by the Legislature, and Passed at the Session of 1866; To Which the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Act, the Act Authorizing a State Government, and the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, are Prefixed; and a List of Acts Previously Repealed, a Glossary, and Index, are Added. Edited by E. C. Palmer. St. Paul, 1866. Cited as Minn. Gen. Stat.

Minnesota. Laws of Minnesota. Minneapolis and Saint Paul, 1858-. Cited as Minn. Laws.

Minnesota. Statutes at Large of the State of Minnesota: Comprising the General Statutes of 1866 as amended by Subsequent Legislation to the Close of the Session of 1873; Together with all Laws of a General Nature in Force, March 7, A.D. 1873; With References to Judicial Decisions of the State of Minnesota, and of other States whose Statutes are Similar; To which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Act, the Act Authorizing a State Government, and the Constitution of the State of Minnesota. 2 vols. Compiled by A. H. Bissell. Chicago, 1873. Cited as Minn. Stat.

Minnesota State Atlas. 1972. Revised. Rockford, Ill.: Rockford Map Publishers, Inc., 1976.

Minnesota Supreme Court. Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota. Vols. 1-, 1851-. St. Paul, 1878. Cited as Minn. Reports.

Minnesota Territory. Session Laws of the Territory of Minnesota. St. Paul, 1850-1857. Cited as Minn. Terr. Laws.

Mitchell, William Bell. History of Stearns County, Minnesota. Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr., and Co., 1915.

Moyer, L. R., and O. G. Dale, eds. History of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties, Minnesota: Their People, Industries and Institutions. 2 vols. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Co., 1916.

Parker, Donald Dean. "Surveying the South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Line." South Dakota Department of History, Report and Historical Collections 32 (1964): 236-259.

Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated Treaty Series. 231 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969-1981.

Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. Edited by John K. Wright. Washington, D.C., and New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and American Geographical Society of New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and interstate boundary disputes.

Pence, George, and Nellie Armstrong. Indiana Boundaries: Territory, State, and County. Indiana Historical Collections, vol. 19. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1933.

Pollack, Ervin H., comp. Supplement with Bibliographical Notes, Emendations, and Additions to the Check List of Session Laws, Compiled by Grace E. MacDonald. Preliminary ed. Boston: National Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in MacDonald's 1935 compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws through 1935.

Public Statutes of the State of Minnesota, 1849-1858. Compiled by Moses Sherburne and William Hollinshead. St. Paul, 1859.

Rabenhorst, Thomas D., and Carville V. Earle, eds. Historical U.S. County Outline Map Collection, 1840-1980. Baltimore: Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Baltimore County), 1984. A portfolio of redrawn federal maps; no supporting text or documentation.

Rasmussen, C. A. History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. N.p.: C. A. Rasmussen, 1935.

Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa, Revised and Compiled by a Joint Committee of the Legislature: 1842-1843. Iowa City, 1843.

Revised Statutes of the Territory of Minnesota, Passed at the Second Session of the Legislative Assembly, Commencing January 1, 1851. Compiled by M.S. Wilkinson. St. Paul, 1851.

Robinson, Morgan Poitiaux. Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Legislation. Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, vol. 9. Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1916.

Rohrbough, Malcolm J. Land Office Business: Settlement and Administration of American Public Lands, 1789-1837. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Rose, Arthur P. Illustrated History of Lyon County, Minnesota. Marshall, Minn.: Northern History Publishing Co., 1912.

Rottsolk, James E. Pines, Mines, and Lakes: The Story of Itasca County, Minnesota. Grand Rapids, Minn.: Itasca County Historical Society, 1960.

Royce, Charles C., comp. "Indian Land Cessions in the United States." Part 2 of Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1896-1897. Washington, D.C., 1899. The standard authority in its field; state maps detail all Indian land-cession treaties with the federal government.

Schell, Herbert S. History of South Dakota. 2d ed. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1968.

Sealock, Richard B., Margaret M. Sealock, and Margaret S. Powell. Bibliography of Place-Name Literature: United States and Canada. 3d ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.

Sinko, Peggy Tuck. Guide to Local and Family History at the Newberry Library. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1987.

Sinko, Peggy Tuck. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Indiana. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.

Sinko, Peggy Tuck. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Michigan. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997.

Stephenson, Richard W., comp. Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. Most of the maps listed here have been reproduced on microfiche by the Library of Congress.

Swift County, Minnesota: A Collection of Historical Sketches and Family Histories. Benson, Minn.: Swift County Historical Society, 1979.

Swindler, William F., ed. Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions. 10 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1973-1979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation for the states.

Tasker, A. E., comp. Early History of Lincoln County: From the Early Writings of Old Pioneers, Historians and Later Writers. Lake Benton, Minn.: Lake Benton News Print, 1936.

Territorial Papers of the United States. Vols. 1-26 edited by Clarence E. Carter; vols. 27-28 edited by John P. Bloom. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1934-1975. Cited as Terr. Papers U.S.

Territorial Records of Illinois. Edited by Edmund J. James. Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, no. 3. Springfield: Phillips Bros., 1901.

Thorndale, William, and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790- 1920. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county outline maps for each state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation of methodology.

United States. Statutes at Large of the United States of America, 1789-1873. 17 vols. Boston: 1845-1874. Cited as U.S. Stat.

Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. 1920. Reprint. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1969.

Upham, Warren, et al. Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908. Mankato, Minn.: Publishing Society of Minnesota, 1908.

Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976. The standard compilation for its subject.

West, Jessie C., and Alvin H. Wilcox. Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota: Including a Brief Account of its Natural History as Embraced in the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, and a History of the Early Settlement of the County; Also, Including a Large Amount of Valuable Historical Information Collected by Mrs. Jessie C. West; And Numerous Articles Written by Various Early Pioneers Relating to the History of the Several Townships of Becker County. St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1907.

Williams, J. Fletcher. History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota. St. Paul, 1876.

Wisconsin Territory. Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin. Belmont and Milwaukee, 1836-1848. Cited as Wis. Terr. Laws.

Wulff, Lydia Sorensen, comp. Big Stone County History. Chokio, Minn.: Lydia Sorensen Wulff, 1959.