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Historical and Genealogical Societies

Stevens County

Stevens County Historical Society
116 W 6th St, Morris MN 56267-1922
Phone: 320 589-1719
Email: carnegiemus@hometownsolutions.net
Website: www.stevenshistorymuseum.com
Hours: 9-5 Monday-Friday

Stevens County Genealogical Society
c/o Morris Public Library, 102 E 6th St, Morris MN 56267

Swift County

Swift County Historical Society
Mail: 2135 Minnesota Ave #2, Benson MN 56215
Museum: West Highway 12, Benson MN
Phone: 320 843-4467
Email: swiftmuseum@earthlink.net
Hours: 10-4:30 Tuesday-Friday; 1-3 Saturday; Closed Sunday and Monday

Todd County

Todd County Historical Museum
Mail: PO Box 146, Long Prairie MN 56347-0146
Location: 333 Central Ave, Long Prairie MN
Phone: 320 732-4426
Hours: 11:30-4 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Bertha Historical Society
Mail: 63671 County Highway 40, Bertha MN 56437
Location: Main St and 2nd Ave West, Bertha MN
Phone: 218 924-4490
Hours: 7:30 pm-9:30 pm Friday (Summer); 2nd. Sunday: 1:30-4:30

Eagle Bend Historical Society
Mail: c/o Carol W. Becker, 737 3rd Ave NW, Eagle Bend MN 56446-8116
Location: 127 East Main Street, Eagle Bend, MN
Phone: 218 738-3852
Hours: 1-7 Monday; 9-1 and 2-6 Tuesday and Thursday; 9-Noon Saturday

Traverse County

Traverse County Historical Society
Mail: 601 1st Avenue S, Wheaton MN 56296
Location: Broadway Ave & Trail St, Wheaton MN
Hours: Memorial Day - Labor Day, Wednesday-Sunday, 1-5.

Wabasha County

Wabasha County Historical Society
Mail: PO Box 255, Wabasha, MN 55041
Museum: Highway 61, Reads Landing MN
Phone: 877 525-3248
Email: info@lakecitymn.org
Website: www.lakecitymn.org
Hours: Read's Landing Museum 1-4 Saturday and Sunday May 16-October 1 & by appointment

Plainview Area History Center
40 4th St SW, Plainview MN 55964-1334
Phone: 507 534-4173
Website: www.rootsweb.com/~mnpahc/

Wadena County

Wadena County Historical Society
603 Jefferson St N, Wadena MN 56482-2336
Phone: 218 631-9079
Website: www.wadenacountyhistory.org

Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10-3

Menahga Area Historical Society
320 Helsinki Boulevard NE, Menahga MN 56464
Phone: 218 564-4574
Hours: 1-4 Tuesday-Sunday

Waseca County

Waseca County Historical Society
Waseca Area Genealogical Society
Mail: PO Box 314, Waseca MN 56093-0393
Museum: 315 2nd Ave NE, Waseca MN
Phone: 507 835-7700
Email: director@historical.waseca.mn.us
Website: www.historical.waseca.mn.us
Hours: Monday-Friday 8-12 & 1-5
Note: This is also an LDS Branch Library. Their website has an index of 125,000 names plus about 5,000 photographs. Website visitors can add their genealogies as long as they have a connection to Waseca County.

Washington County

Washington County Historical Society
Mail: PO Box 167, Stillwater MN 55082-0167
Warden's House Museum: 602 North Main St, Stillwater MN
Phone: 651 439-5956
Email: brent@wchsmn.org
Website: www.wchsmn.org
Hours: Thursday-Sunday 1-5 May-October & by appointment

Warden's Carriage House
Mail: PO Box 167, Stillwater MN 55082-0167
Phone: 651 439-5956
Email: brent@wchsmn.org
Hours: noon-5 Tuesday, Friday, & Sunday; 3-9 Wednesday evenings & by appointment

Hay Lake School Museum and Johannes Erickson Log House Museum
Scandia MN 55073
Phone: 651 433-4014

Oakdale/Lake Elmo Historical Society
1584 Hadley Ave N, Oakdale MN 55128

South Washington Heritage Society
1221 Summit Ave., St. Paul Park, MN 55071-1445
Note: They meet at 10 a.m. the second Saturday of each month in the DeForth Room of the St. Paul Park City Hall, 600 Portland Ave., St. Paul Park. They have a program each month and an annual meting in October.
Website: www.usfamily.net/web/albyrobinson/

Woodbury Heritage Society
Woodbury Municipal Building, 8301 Valley Creek Road, Woodbury MN 55125-2320
Phone: 651 714-3564
Hours: 1-4 Tuesday

Watonwan County

Watonwan County Historical Society
Mail: PO Box 126, Madelia MN 56062-0126
Location: 423 Dill Ave SW, Madelia MN
Phone: 507 642-3247
Email: wchs@madtelco.net
Hours: 9-11:30 & 1-4 Monday-Thursday June-September

Wilkin County

Wilkin County Historical Society
704 Nebraska Ave, Breckenridge MN 56520-1547
Phone: 218 643-1303
Hours: 1:30-4 Tuesday-Thursday all year, 1:30-4 Sundays June-August, and by appointment

Red River Valley Genealogical Society
PO Box 9284
Fargo ND 58106
Library Location: 112 N University Drive Suite L116, Fargo, ND
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 11am-3pm CST or CDST.
Phone: (701) 239-4129
Website: www.redrivergenealogy.com/index.htm

Winona County

Winona County Historical Society
160 Johnson St, Winona MN 55987-0363
Phone: 507 454-2723
Email: wchs@luminet.net
Website: www.winonahistory.org
Hours: 9-5 Monday-Friday; 12-4 Weekends;
Bunnell House (summer only) 9-5 Monday-Saturday & 10-5 Sunday;
The Arches (summer only) 507/523-3114

Wright County

Wright County Historical Society
2001 Highway 25 N, Buffalo MN 55313-3303
Phone: 763 682-7323
Website: www.wrighthistory.org
Hours: 8-4:30 Monday-Friday, October-May; 8-4:30 Tuesday-Friday, 8-4 Saturday, June-September

Cokato Finnish-American Society
Mail: 10783 County Road 3 SW, Cokato MN 55321-4408
Location: 3 miles north of Cokato on the corners of County Roads 3 and 100, known as Temperance Corner.
Phone: 320 286-2833
Website: www.cokato.mn.us/org/fahs.html

Cokato Historical Society
Cokato Museum & Library Building
Mail: PO Box 686, Cokato MN 55321-0686
Location: 175 4th St West, Cokato MN
Phone: 320 286-2427
Email: cokatomuseum@cmgate.com
Website: www.cokato.mn.us/cmhs/
Hours: 9-4:30 Tuesday-Friday; 9-3 Saturday; Sunday noon-4

Minnesota Pioneer Park
725 Pioneer Park Trl, Annandale MN 55302-3128
Phone: 320 274-8489
Email: pioneerp@lakedalelink.net
Website: pioneerpark.org
Hours: 10-4 Tuesday-Friday; 1-5 Saturday & Sunday; Memorial Day-Labor Day

Rockford Area Historical Society
Ames-Florida-Stork House, PO Box 186, Rockford MN 55373-0186
Phone: 763 477-5383
Email: Rahs@usinternet.com
Website: www.rockfordmnhistory.org
Hours: Mondays, 10am-2pm, Thursdays, 3pm-7pm and every other Saturday 10am-1pm from May through September

Yellow Medicine

Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum
Mail: PO Box 145, Granite Falls MN 56241-0145
Location: Junction T.H. 23 & 67, Granite Falls MN
Phone: 320 564-4479

Yellow Medicine County Historical Society
Mail: PO Box 145, Granite Falls, MN 56241-0145
Location: Junction T.H. 67 & 23, Granite Falls MN
Phone: 320 564-4479
Email: ymch@kilowatt.net
Website: www.kilowatt.net/ymchs
Hours: May 31-October 11-5 Thursday-Saturday; Noon-5 Sunday, or by appointment

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