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Douglas County, Minnesota

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14historic places

—earliest paper

1858formed

39,006pop. 2020

48cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Alexandria, Carlos, Brandon.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Minnesota is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Douglas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alexandria Public Library	Alexandria	Building	1985
Alexandria Residential Historic District	Alexandria	District	1991
Basswood Shores Site	Alexandria	Site	1994
Brandon Auditorium and Fire Hall	Brandon	Building	1985
Cowing, Thomas F., House	Alexandria	Building	1985
Douglas County Courthouse	Alexandria	Building	1985
Great Northern Passenger Depot	Alexandria	Building	1985
Johnson, John B., House	Osakis	Building	1977
Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Group Camp	Carlos	Building	1992
Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District	Carlos	District	1992
Nelson, Knute, House	Alexandria	Building	1977
Tonn, August, Farmstead	Carlos	Building	1985
U.S. Post Office-Alexandria	Alexandria	Building	1979
Ward, Noah P., House	Alexandria	Building	1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Douglas was formed in 1858 (1858-03-08) from Cass, Pembina.

DOUGLAS created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
195	9,130	17,964	19,039	20,369	21,304	21,313	27,839	32,821	39,006

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

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

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bohemian Cemetery	45.75997	-95.44325
Brandon Cemetery	45.97023	-95.61309
Calvary Cemetery	45.86773	-95.18113
Carlos Prairie Cemetery	45.97241	-95.32729
Chippewa Cemetery	45.94805	-95.59371
Christian Union Cemetery	45.81572	-95.51006
Christina Lake Cemetery	46.06354	-95.70633
East Moe Lutheran Churc Cemetery	45.92913	-95.53032
Ebenezer Cemetery	46.02773	-95.44225
Emmanuel Cemetery	45.9769	-95.29725
English Grove Cemetery	45.77301	-95.1853
Evergreen Cemetery	45.86134	-95.42864
Evergreen Cemetery	45.86466	-95.16569
Fahlun Cemetery	45.90499	-95.25468
Finnish Cemetery	45.86156	-95.60459
Free Church Cemetery	46.04852	-95.22985
Frykesende Cemetery	45.90662	-95.71837
Geneva Cemetery	45.91549	-95.32643
Hudson Cemetery	45.82384	-95.33614
Kensington Cemetery	45.7748	-95.69155
Kinkead Cemetery	45.89905	-95.38913
Lake Charley Cemetery	45.94426	-95.41168
Lake Ida Cemetery	45.94854	-95.44242
Lake Mary Cemetery	45.80356	-95.41864
Millerville Cemetery	46.0703	-95.56062
Moe Heights Cemetery	45.8753	-95.59341
Mound Grove Memorial Park	46.00194	-95.68805
Mount Calvary Cemetery	46.05087	-95.31289
Mount Carmel Cemetery	46.00576	-95.36521
Nelson Cemetery	45.87773	-95.25364
Oscar Lake Cemetery	45.8037	-95.59221
Rose Hill Cemetery	45.84102	-95.53609
Saint Johns Cemetery	45.94112	-95.483
Saint Lukes Cemetery	45.97222	-95.4812
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.8827	-95.40741
Saint Paul's Cemetery	45.86052	-95.5875
Saint Paul's Cemetery	46.08937	-95.35498
Saint Petri Cemetery	45.92582	-95.64526
Scribbner Cemetery	46.06912	-95.24252
Solem Cemetery	45.81116	-95.69557
Spruce Hill Cemetery	46.02254	-95.2055
Trinity Cemetery	46.09263	-95.61259
Trysil Cemetery	45.78884	-95.56742
Van Loon Cemetery	45.79204	-95.53335
Wennersborg Cemetery	45.80226	-95.73546
West Moe Cemetery	45.90541	-95.61448
White Garden Cemetery	45.86196	-95.50732
Zionsborg Cemetery	45.93397	-95.7564

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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