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Marshall County, Minnesota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
3historic places
—earliest paper
1879formed
9,040pop. 2020
80cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Argyle, Warren.

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 Marshall titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Larson MillArgyleBuilding1973
Old Mill State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic ResourcesArgyleDistrict1989
Taralseth, K.J., CompanyWarrenBuilding2002

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marshall was formed in 1879 (1879-02-25) from Kittson.

MARSHALL created from KITTSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Marshall County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

19k10k992188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
99215,69819,44318,36416,12514,26213,02710,1559,040

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 80 listed
NameLatLon
Alma Baptist Cemetery48.3111-96.65582
Alma Lutheran Cemetery48.31194-96.65582
Assumption Cemetery48.44275-96.62588
Augustana Cemetery48.35696-96.30933
Augustana Lutheran Cemetery48.4714-96.43481
Bethania Cemetery48.36698-96.46934
Bethania Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Bethesda Cemetery48.48507-96.47981
Bethesda Cemetery48.35497-96.47804
Bethlehem Cemetery48.17963-96.0425
Bethlehem Cemetery48.26316-96.32514
Big Woods Cemetery48.25297-97.0753
Bjorsness Cemetery48.31307-96.33346
Calvary Catholic Cemetery48.19947-96.76293
Comstock Cemetery48.2607-96.56518
Eagle Point Cemetery48.52993-97.10764
English Cemetery48.48515-96.45286
Espelie Cemetery48.24095-95.63669
Finnish Lutheran Cemetery48.42722-96.15071
First Lutheran Cemetery48.44154-96.15753
Florian Cemetery48.4637-96.67937
Folden Cemetery48.33184-96.2379
Fork Cemetery48.38496-97.12311
Gaarde Cemetery48.4133-96.24002
German Evangelical Cemetery48.39858-96.11594
Germantown Cemetery48.19748-95.89259
Greenwood Cemetery48.20138-96.76332
Hegland Free Lutheran Church Cemetery48.51457-96.55372
Holt Cemetery48.28999-96.19471
Huntly Cemetery48.49719-96.24335
Immanuel Cemetery48.23858-96.61977
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery48.25219-96.91348
Jerusalem Cemetery48.23509-95.7228
Lundsted Cemetery48.41042-95.76436
Mamrelund Cemetery48.48168-96.49622
McCrea Cemetery48.25206-96.67423
Mesopotamia Cemetery48.18801-97.06318
Mission Covenant Cemetery48.48608-96.48003
Moose River Cemetery48.42524-95.79694
Moose River Township Cemetery48.50427-95.77707
North Big Woods Cemetery48.34065-97.04412
Norwegian Cemetery48.40756-96.47944
Nyed Cemetery48.36953-96.52236
Oak Grove Cemetery48.34885-96.32503
Oak Lawn Cemetery48.18833-96.99834
Opdahl Cemetery48.425-96.34369
Our Savior's Cemetery48.45891-95.94826
Poplar Grove Cemetery48.23511-95.72211
Randen Cemetery48.49602-95.70946
Rindal Cemetery48.2188-96.28374
Ringbo Cemetery48.34412-96.1334
Riverside Cemetery48.20208-97.13816
Riverside Cemetery48.42286-96.10156
Rose Hill Cemetery (historical)48.23806-96.71667
Saint Clement Catholic Cemetery48.29664-95.59986
Saint Edwards Cemetery48.4853-96.47858
Saint John's Cemetery48.35451-96.71733
Saint Joseph Cemetery48.19529-97.12545
Saint Joseph's Cemetery48.42798-97.12928
Saint Olaf Cemetery48.29647-95.59836
Saint Petri Cemetery48.52858-96.78116
Saint Rose Cemetery48.32509-96.80805
Saint Stephen Cemetery48.45578-96.85589
Salem Cemetery48.48498-96.67243
Satersdal Cemetery48.22283-96.10857
Silver Creek Cemetery48.20333-96.10906
Sorenson Cemetery48.32544-96.33133
Spruce Valley Cemetery48.41343-96.22125
Stephen Cemetery48.45576-96.87742
Swedish Evangelical Cemetery48.20607-97.02136
Vega Cemetery48.23816-96.99934
Vega Cemetery48.23807-96.97664
Viking Cemetery48.23887-96.46393
Wanger Baptist Cemetery48.384-96.68809
Westaker Cemetery48.32787-96.34606
Wikstrom Cemetery48.47135-96.37385
Wildwood Cemetery48.18992-96.28831
Woodlawn Cemetery48.32487-96.80611
Woodman Cemetery48.42728-96.15012
Zion Cemetery48.53021-96.41153

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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