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Rice County, Minnesota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
77historic places
—earliest paper
1853formed
67,097pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 77 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Faribault, Northfield, Dundas.

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 Rice titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

70 of 77 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

77 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration Building-Girls' Dormitory, Minnesota School for the DeafFaribaultBuilding1986
All Saints Church-EpiscopalNorthfieldBuilding1982
Allen, W. Roby, Oral Home SchoolFaribaultBuilding1990
Archibald MillDundasSite1976
Archibald, Edward T., HouseDundasBuilding1976
Ault StoreDundasBuilding1982
Baker, Laura, SchoolNorthfieldBuilding1978
Batchelder's BlockFaribaultBuilding1990
Berry, Frank A., and Elizabeth, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Bonde FarmhouseNerstrandBuilding1982
Bridge No. 8096NorthfieldStructure1998
Buck, Cassius, HouseFaribaultBuilding1982
Buckham, Thomas Scott, Memorial LibraryFaribaultBuilding1982
Carufel, Louis, and E. LaRose, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Cathedral of Our Merciful SaviourFaribaultBuilding1979
Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour and Guild House (Boundary Increase)FaribaultBuilding1982
Chapel of the Good SheperdFaribaultBuilding1975
Church of the Annunciation-CatholicNorthfieldBuilding1982
Church of the Holy Cross-EpiscopalDundasBuilding1982
Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Catholic)Wheatland TownshipDistrict1997
Cole, Gordon, and Kate D. Turner, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Congregational Church of FaribaultFaribaultBuilding1977
Cottrell, John N. and Elizabeth Taylor Clinton, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Den Svenska Evangeliska Lutherska Christdala ForsamlingenLonsdaleBuilding1995
Dobbin, Reverend James, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Drake, Edwin S., FarmhouseNorthfieldBuilding1982
Episcopal RectoryFaribaultBuilding1990
Faribault City HallFaribaultBuilding1982
Faribault Furniture CompanyFaribaultBuilding2019
Faribault Historic Commercial District (Additional Documentation)FaribaultDistrict1982
Faribault Historic Commercial District (Boundary Increase)FaribaultDistrict2021
Faribault ViaductFaribaultStructure1989
Faribault Water WorksFaribaultBuilding1982
Faribault Woolen Mill CompanyFaribaultBuilding2012
Faribault, Alexander, HouseFaribaultBuilding1970
Farmer Seed and Nursery CompanyFaribaultBuilding1982
Goodsell Observatory-Carleton CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1975
Holman, M. P., HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Hospital, State School for the Feeble MindedFaribaultBuilding1982
Hutchinson, John, HouseFaribaultBuilding1982
Johnston Hall-Seabury Divinity SchoolFaribaultBuilding1975
Lieb, Vincent and Elizabeth, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Lonsdale Public SchoolLonsdaleBuilding1979
Lord, Drew H., HouseNorthfieldBuilding1982
Martin, Wiliam, HouseDundasBuilding1982
McCall, Cormack, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
McCall, Thomas, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
McCarthy, Timothy J., BuildingFaribaultBuilding1990
McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Morristown Feed MillMorristownBuilding2019
Nerstrand City HallNerstrandBuilding1982
Northfield Commercial Historic DistrictNorthfieldDistrict1979
Northfield Commercial Historic District (Boundary Decrease)NorthfieldDistrict2021
Noyes Hall, State School for the DeafFaribaultBuilding1975
Noyes, Jonathon L. and Elizabeth H. Wadsworth, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Nutting, John C., HouseNorthfieldBuilding1970
Old Main, St. Olaf CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1976
Osmund Osmundson HouseNerstrandBuilding1982
Pfeiffer, John Gottlieb, HouseFaribaultBuilding1990
Phelps Library, Shattuck SchoolFaribaultBuilding1975
Rice County Courthouse and Jail (Additional Documentation)FaribaultBuilding1982
Rock Island DepotFaribaultBuilding1982
Rolvaag, O. E., House NHLNorthfieldBuilding1969
Sciver Block BuildingNorthfieldBuilding1978
Scoville Memorial Library-Carleton CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1982
Shattuck Historic DistrictFaribaultBuilding1982
Shumway Hall and Morgan Refectory-Shattuck SchoolFaribaultBuilding1975
Skinner Memorial Chapel-Carleton CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1982
St. Mary's HallFaribaultBuilding1982
Steensland Library-St. Olaf CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1982
Theopold Mercantile Co. Wholesale Grocery BuildingFaribaultBuilding1982
Trondhjem Norwegian Lutheran ChurchWebsterBuilding2001
Valley GroveNerstrandBuilding1982
Veblen Farmstead NHLNerstrandBuilding1975
Weyer, Adam, Wagon ShopFaribaultBuilding1990
Willis Hall-Carleton CollegeNorthfieldBuilding1975
Wilson, Hudson, HouseFaribaultBuilding1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Rice was formed in 1853 (1853-03-05) from Dakota, Wabasha.

RICE created from DAKOTA and WABASHA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

67k37k7,5431860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,54322,48126,08028,30732,16036,23538,98846,08756,66567,097

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

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

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Annunciation Cemetery44.51531-93.28634
Calvary Cemetery44.28524-93.313
Calvary Cemetery44.45358-93.14021
Calvary Hill Cemetery44.47027-93.42849
Denison Cemetery44.24719-93.26299
Eklund Cemetery44.2183-93.17743
Forest Cemetery44.44329-93.2816
Hillside Cemetery44.19773-93.44466
Maple Lawn Cemetery44.28857-93.29743
Meadow Ridge Memorial Park44.2708-93.26994
Nerstrand Cemetery44.34942-93.06542
Northfield Cemetery44.44466-93.15931
Oak Ridge Cemetery44.32218-93.27438
Oaklawn Cemetery44.45868-93.13805
Prairie Creek Cemetery44.40719-93.09605
Richland Cemetery44.21829-93.1427
Riverside Cemetery44.22607-93.43577
Rolling Green Cemetery44.45858-93.27883
Saint Johns Cemetery44.41884-93.39244
Saint Johns Cemetery44.51579-93.46772
Saint Johns Cemetery44.5394-93.38244
Saint Lawrence Cemetery44.32051-93.2741
Solor Lutheran Cemetery44.52447-93.35305
Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery44.32698-93.04166
Woodman Cemetery44.26496-93.25577

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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