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Stevens County, Minnesota

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1862formed

9,671pop. 2020

18cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Morris, Alberta.

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

4 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alberta Teachers House	Alberta	Building	1983
Morris Carnegie Library	Morris	Building	1983
Morris High School	Morris	Site	2004
Morris Industrial School for Indians Dormitory	Morris	Building	1984
Stanton, Lewis H., House	Morris	Building	1982
West Central School of Agriculture and Experiment Station Historic District	Morris	District	2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Stevens was formed in 1862 (1862-02-20) from Pierce.

STEVENS created from PIERCE (extinct) and Non-County Area 6.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Stevens County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
174	3,911	8,721	9,778	11,039	11,106	11,262	11,322	10,053	9,671

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

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

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Aeneas Lutheran Cemetery	45.73766	-95.77979
Apostolic Christian Cemetery	45.48327	-95.90148
Calvary Cemetery	45.59086	-95.90375
Chokio Cemetery	45.55746	-96.1895
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery	45.72672	-95.82143
Frog Lake Cemetery	45.51305	-96.06166
Kirkegaarden Cemetery	45.63388	-95.80527
Kongsvinger Lutheran Cemetery	45.73072	-96.0041
Lakeside Cemetery	45.5144	-95.79448
Lundberg Cemetery	45.69284	-96.02628
Pepperton Methodist Cemetery	45.60865	-96.04834
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.5583	-96.20034
Saint Theresia Cemetery	45.69508	-96.00532
Scandia Cemetery	45.63795	-95.79245
Summit Cemetery	45.59244	-95.90318
Synnes Cemetery	45.4625	-96.0565
Vinger Cemetery	45.70106	-96.0056
Zion Cemetery	45.44079	-95.88976

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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