Polk County MN Genealogy

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Polk Records by Type

Birth Records (7)
Cemetery Records (197)
Census Records (88)
Church Records (43)
City Directories (7)
Court Records (1)
Death Records (10)
Histories and Genealogies (7)
Immigration Records (6)
Land Records (8)
Map Records (26)
Marriage Records (5)
Military Records (4)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (68)
Probate Records (1)
School Records (52)

Polk County Records by City/Town

Beltrami Genealogy (31)
Climax Genealogy (35)
Crookston Genealogy (104)
East Grand Forks Genealogy (61)
Erskine Genealogy (42)
Euclid Genealogy (33)
Fertile Genealogy (56)
Fisher Genealogy (38)


Fosston Genealogy (73)
Gully Genealogy (37)
Lengby Genealogy (32)
McIntosh Genealogy (59)
Mentor Genealogy (37)
Tabor Genealogy (34)
Trail Genealogy (35)
Winger Genealogy (36)


Overview of Polk County Records

  • Polk County was created in 1858 from Pembina County.
  • Birth records from 1900 to the present and death records from 1908 to the present can be obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health.
  • The Polk County Court Administrator has birth records starting in 1875, marriage records starting in 1875, death records starting in 1875, probate records starting in 1875, and court records starting in 1875.
  • The Polk County Recorder has land records starting in 1873.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.