CHISAGO COUNTY: WYOMING TOWNSHIP:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Wyoming (Minn. : Township).
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| Title: | Records. |
| Dates: | 1858-1991. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | The records include clerk's (1858-1987) and treasurer's (1860-1876, 1917-1981) books, annual
town meeting proceedings (1860-1877, 1905-1919), treasurer's statements (1860-1981), and audit board reports (1861, 1886-1984);
election records and poll lists (1861-1986); petitions (1864-1979, scattered); wolf bounty certificates (1900-1929); and road records
(1858-1922), including tax lists, petitions, orders, and plats. An 1877 estray record is also contained in the 1876-1912 road record volume. |
| Quantity: | 4.2 cubic feet (4 boxes, 2 partial boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
Also found in the records are an 1882 dog license register, zoning and development records (1963, 1988-1991), newspaper clippings concerning
township clerk Evear Sahlin (1953), a branch line agreement with the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad (1879), Civil War bonds and lists of township
residents serving in the war (1865-1866), map (approximately 1880), and school district records (1861-1862).
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Wyoming (Minn. : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 992-25
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017155720104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 116.B.17.15B | | Town record/clerk's books, 1858-1981. 12 volumes and 1 folder: |
| | | 1858-1891. |
| | | 1891-1971. 10 volumes. |
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| 116.B.17.16F | | | 1971-1981. 2 volumes. |
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| | Treasurer's account book, 1866-1870. |
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| | Treasurer's books, 1860-1876, 1917-1981. 12 volumes: |
| | | 1860-1876. 1 volume. |
| | | 1917-1976. 10 volumes. |
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| 116.B.18.1B | | | 1976-1981. 1 volume. |
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| | Dog license register, 1882. 1 volume in folder. |
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| | Road record book, 1876-1912. 1 volume in folder. |
| | | An estray record (1877) is in the back of the volume. |
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| | Road overseer's road and poll tax lists, 1858-1913. 17 folders: |
| | | Road and poll tax lists, 1858-1902. 12 folders. |
| | | Road tax lists, 1903-1913. 3 folders. |
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| 116.B.18.2F | | | Poll tax lists, 1883-1901. 2 folders. |
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| | Road papers, 1858-1922. 2 folders and 1 oversize folder: |
| | | Petitions, orders, plats and related papers. 2 folders. |
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| 113.H.4.4F-1 | | | Plats. 1 partial oversize folder. |
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| | Township map, approximately 1880. 1 partial oversize folder. |
| | | Notes landowners. |
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| 116.B.18.2F | | Annual town meeting proceedings, 1860-1877, 1905-1919. |
| | | Incomplete. |
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| | Treasurer's annual statements, 1860-1981. 5 folders. |
| | | Incomplete. |
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| | Audit Board annual reports, 1861, 1886-1984. 3 folders. |
| | | Incomplete. |
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| | Election summary statements, 1863-1877, 1916-1918, 1964-1986. 3 folders. |
| | | Incomplete. |
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| | Poll lists, 1861-1980. 4 folders: |
| | | Incomplete. |
| | | 1861-1885. 2 folders. |
| | | 1900-1980. 2 folders. |
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| | Petitions, undated, 1864, 1885, 1906, 1967, 1979. |
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| | Zoning ordinances, 1963, 1991. 2 folders. |
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| 116.B.18.3B | | Interim individual sewage treatment system ordinance, 1989. |
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| | Interim subdivision ordinance, 1988. |
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| | Comprehensive Development Plan, 1990. |
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| | Newspaper clipping (photocopy), 1953. |
| | | Clipping concerning Evear Sahlin, township clerk for 40 years. |
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| | Wolf bounty certificates, 1900-1929. |
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| | Agreement with St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, 1879. |
| | | Agreement and related papers concerning the construction of a railroad branch line in the township. |
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| | Civil War bonds issued by Wyoming Township, 1865. |
| | | Completed bonds and blank forms. |
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| | List of Civil War soldiers (township residents) receiving Veteran's Bounty, 1866. |
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| | Lists of Civil War soldiers (township residents), 1866. |
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| | Wyoming Township school district records, 1861-1862. |
| | | Include attendance registers, teacher contracts, oaths, school district map and related papers. |
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:
- Dog licenses -- Minnesota -- Chisago County -- Registers.
- Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Local elections -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Rural development -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Rural schools -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Stray animals -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Wolf bounties -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Wolves -- Control -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Zoning -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Persons:
- Sahlin, Evear.
- Organizations:
- St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company.
- Places:
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Registers.
- Wyoming (Minn. : Township) -- Officials and employees.
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Plats -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Voters' lists -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
- Functions:
- Auditing.
- Developing.
- Licensing.
- Registering.
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