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Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

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12historic places

—earliest paper

1857formed

26,459pop. 2020

22cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Onamia, Princeton, Milaca.

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

7 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bridge No. 3355-Kathio Township	Kathio Township	Structure	1998
Cooper Site	Onamia	Site	1970
Dunn, Robert C., House	Princeton	Building	1985
Gile, Ephraim C., House	Princeton	Building	1985
Great Northern Depot	Princeton	Building	1977
Kathio Site NHL	Vineland and vicinity	District	1966
Milaca Municipal Hall	Milaca	Building	1985
Mille Lacs County Courthouse	Milaca	Building	1977
Onamia Municipal Hall	Onamia	Building	1985
Petaga Point	Onamia	Site	1970
Saw Mill Site	Onamia	Site	1970
Vineland Bay Site	Vineland	Site	1970

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mille Lacs was formed in 1857 (1857-05-23) from Ramsey.

MILLE LACS created from RAMSEY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
73	1,501	8,066	14,180	15,558	15,165	14,560	18,430	22,330	26,459

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

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

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Borgholm Cemetery	45.77994	-93.57658
Chase Brook Cemetery	45.78076	-93.71074
Chase Brook Cemetery	45.78974	-93.70104
Crosier Cemetery	46.07876	-93.65367
Ebenezer German Methodist Cemetery	45.61715	-93.53362
Faith Lutheran Cemetery	46.14217	-93.45745
Forest Hill Cemetery	45.75551	-93.66246
Foster Cemetery	46.11939	-93.59912
Greenbush Catholic Cemetery	45.57413	-93.71913
Holy Cross Cemetery	46.06245	-93.6719
Holy Cross Cemetery	46.07543	-93.65293
Isle Cemetery	46.14242	-93.457
Lakewood Cemetery	46.17912	-93.75552
Milo Cemetery	45.66495	-93.70881
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	46.06295	-93.67642
Oak Knoll Cemetery	45.57539	-93.59379
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery	45.68742	-93.58515
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery	45.72368	-93.73348
Sacred Heart Cemetery	46.13256	-93.49545
Saint Louis Cemetery	45.73055	-93.70061
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.75915	-93.63003
Wendell Hill Cemetery	45.72552	-93.58512

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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