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Becker County, Minnesota

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7historic places

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1858formed

35,183pop. 2020

74cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Detroit Lakes.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library	Detroit Lakes	Building	1976
Detroit Lakes City Park	Detroit Lakes	Site	2008
Edgewater Beach Cottages	Detroit Lakes	Building	1989
Graystone Hotel	Detroit Lakes	Building	1999
Holmes Block	Detroit Lakes	Building	2001
Northern Pacific Passenger Depot	Detroit Lakes	Building	1988
Sargent, Homer E., House	Detroit Lakes	Building	1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Becker was formed in 1858 (1858-03-18) from Cass, Pembina.

BECKER created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Becker County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
386	5,218	14,375	22,851	26,562	24,836	23,959	29,336	30,000	35,183

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

74 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 74 of 74 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Atlanta Lutheran Cemetery	47.05234	-96.13163
Audubon Cemetery	46.86301	-96.00745
Augustana Lutheran Cemetery	46.74647	-95.94471
Aura Cemetery	47.02051	-95.76892
Baarstad Cemetery	46.91734	-96.06946
Bakke Lutheran Cemetery	46.90522	-95.82744
Bethany Cemetery	46.77356	-95.28937
Breck Memorial Cemetery	46.98332	-95.3761
Breck Memorial Episcopal Cemetery	46.97796	-95.38552
Buffalo Lake Cemetery	46.97078	-95.81642
Calvary Cemetery	47.07848	-95.85095
Chilton Cemetery	46.76134	-95.71142
Church of the Wildwood Cemetery	46.87444	-95.57082
Cook Family Cemetery	46.83303	-95.98363
Cook Family Cemetery	46.8336	-95.98194
Cormorant Lutheran Cemetery	46.74416	-96.1086
Dretsch Family Memorial Cemetery	46.79027	-95.6486
Egelund Cemetery	46.95567	-95.71908
Elmwood Cemetery	46.79705	-95.95428
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery	46.90388	-95.48666
Eskjo Cemetery	46.87817	-96.16276
Felker Cemetery	46.84888	-96.00694
Felker Family Cemetery	46.84759	-96.00224
Grand Medicine Cemetery	46.99228	-95.41235
Green Valley Cemetery	46.80519	-95.18468
Holmesville Township Cemetery	46.94902	-95.7714
Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery	46.81562	-95.85334
Houglum Cemetery	46.83158	-96.15999
Immanuel Cemetery	46.85822	-95.97002
Kingdom Come Cemetery	None	None
Lake Eunice Cemetery	46.72475	-95.93131
Lake Eunice Evangelical Free Cemetery	46.76081	-95.96353
Lake Ida Cemetery	None	None
Lake Park Cemetery	46.89187	-96.10448
Lakeside Cemetery	46.72526	-95.7158
Lakeside Cemetery	47.0944	-95.27613
Lakeview Cemetery	46.76069	-95.85936
Larson Cemetery	46.95159	-96.02618
Linnel Cemetery	46.94838	-95.31087
Lund Cemetery	46.93834	-95.80421
Mennonite Cemetery	46.83846	-95.6575
Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery	47.10819	-95.9107
Mount Calvary Cemetery	46.98544	-95.33845
Mount Olive Cemetery	46.8441	-95.63014
Oak Grove Cemetery	46.83087	-95.85423
Oak Grove Cemetery	46.89051	-96.0856
Ogema Cemetery	47.1068	-95.91059
Old Lake Park Cemetery	None	None
Osage Cemetery	46.92486	-95.25871
Palm Cemetery	46.83573	-95.3825
Pickerel Cemetery	46.85801	-95.39539
Pickett Family Cemetery	46.77412	-95.45251
Richwood Cemetery	46.93543	-95.89405
Sacred Heart Cemetery	46.74078	-95.70587
Saint Columba's Episcopal Mission Cemetery	47.10985	-95.84704
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery	46.84498	-95.61516
Saint Mary of the Lakes Cemetery	46.71793	-95.96055
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery	47.04934	-95.2132
Saint Marys Cemetery	46.99144	-95.9081
Saint Paul's Cemetery	46.76067	-95.51019
Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery	46.96368	-95.31894
Saint Peter's Cemetery	46.78949	-95.99108
Saint Theodores Cemetery	46.98851	-95.41267
Saron Lutheran Cemetery	46.94842	-96.01606
Senjen Cemetery	46.87057	-95.63727
Snellman Cemetery	46.88637	-95.41464
Spruce Grove Cemetery	46.74432	-95.39243
Strandvik Cemetery	46.82024	-96.06592
Strawberry Lake Mennonite Cemetery	47.05578	-95.72262
Swedish Lutheran Cemetery	46.96502	-96.17352
Upsala Cemetery	46.92618	-95.88729
Walworth Baptist Cemetery	47.14027	-96.1511
Wolf Lake Community Cemetery	46.804	-95.35435
Zion Lutheran Cemetery	46.82503	-95.48985

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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