DAKOTA COUNTY: EAGAN TOWNSHIP:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Eagan (Minn. : Township).
Title:Records.
Dates:1859-1969.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Town meeting minutes (1860-1929) and voter lists; financial records; road tax lists, orders, overseers' reports, and related files; a few real estate and personal property assessment rolls; chattel mortgage record (1860-1895); wolf bounties (1889-1918); and scattered election returns (1860-1910).
Quantity:2.4 cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 partial box, and 2 double oversize folders).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Eagan (Minn. : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: none; 998-25

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017058270104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
104.K.6.4F1Annual town meeting minutes, 1883-1908.
Minute book, April 1860-November 1874.
Fragile. Pages have been placed in unsealed numbered Mylar sleeves.
Orders, 1861-1876.
Fragile. Pages have been placed in unsealed numbered Mylar sleeves.
Minute book, March 1875-December 1900. 1 volume.
Includes register of officers, 1875-1892; board of audit orders, 1876-1886.
Minute book, March 1901-September 1929. 1 volume.
Poll lists of town meetings, 1873-1917.
Incomplete.
Lists of qualified voters, undated and 1872-1889.
Lists of qualified voters, 1890-1904.
Poll lists of qualified voters, 1860, 1866, 1882-1890.
Poll lists of qualified voters, 1892-1918.
Board of Auditors, annual reports, 1889, 1894-1919.
1907 is missing.
Treasurer's annual statements, 1874-1877, 1883, 1894-1919.
Treasurer's account book, 1883-1897. 1 volume in folder.
Clerk's register of receipts/disbursements and orders issued, March 1931-March 1953. 1 volume in folder.
Clerk’s register of receipts and disbursements and town record book, March 1964-May 1967. 1 volume and 1 folder.
The folder contains loose items removed from the volume.
Treasurer’s register of receipts and disbursements, March 1964-March 1968. 1 volume and 1 folder.
The folder contains loose items removed from the volume. These include police budget (1968), parks and playgrounds resolution (ca.1968), and proposed township budget (1966-1967).
Treasurer’s account book, 1966-1969. 1 volume in folder.
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104.K.6.5B2Road papers:
Road tax lists, 1871-1879, 1883-1910. 7 folders.
Poll tax road warrants, 1871-1879, 1883-1900. 2 folders.
Road overseers lists, 1871-1899.
Road overseers reports. 5 folders:
Unlabeled, 1898, 1912, undated; District 1, 1875-1904.
District 2, 1877-1900.
District 3, 1876-1908.
District 4, 1876-1904.
District 5, 1897-1904.
Supervisors road orders, 1897-1906.
Release of damages, 1875-1916.
Award of damages, 1875-1916.
Road petitions, 1875-1916.
Road papers, 1862-1949. 6 folders.
Supervisor's road book, April 1875-August 1957. 1 volume.
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104.K.6.6F3Real estate assessment rolls, 1888-1910.
Scattered.
Personal property assessment rolls, 1873-1911.
Scattered.
Assessor's summing up sheet for individual statements (agricultural census), 1890-1891.
Record of chattel mortgages, 1860-1895; Estray notices, 1863-1886. 1 volume in folder.
Wolf bounties, 1889-1918.
School enumeration, 1861.
Town hall site petitions, 1891, 1911, 1914.
Location
126.E.3.6Oversized road papers, 1859, 1861-1862, 1868, 1874-1875, 1896. 1 oversize folder.
Election returns, 1860-1910. 1 oversize folder.
For Presidential, Governor, state and county races; many not duplicated in Secretary of State Elections microfilm, SAM 66.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Elections -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Eagan Township.
Roads -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Tax assessment -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Wolf bounties -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Wolves -- Control -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Document Types:
Voters' lists -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.

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