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HOLDINGS LIST FOR COKATO MUSEUM RESEARCH
Updated: April 2010
CENSUS (Microfilm)
- Federal (Wright County): 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
- Minnesota (Wright County): 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905
- Agricultural (Wright County): 1860, 1870, 1880
NEWSPAPERS (Microfilm)
- Annandale – Advocate: 1946-1973
- Buffalo – Journal: 1888-1903, 1906-1930
- Buffalo – Wright County Journal Press: 1930-1973
- Cokato – Observer: 1889-1891
- Cokato – Commoner: 1892-1896
- Cokato – Enterprise: 1896-1986
- Cokato/Dassel – Enterprise Dispatch: 1987-2008
- Howard Lake – Herald: 1914-1974
- NOTE: Not all editions are complete, some pages are illegible.
COUNTY PLAT MAPS
- Wright County: 1879, 1901, 14, 15, 30, 31, 32, 42, 52, 56, 62, 96, 99
- McLeod County: 1955
- Meeker County: 1897, 1907, 13, 41, 50, 52, 59, 65, 83
DIRECTORIES
- Cokato area (including Knapp and Stockholm): 1906, 09, 10, 11, 16, 27, 29, 30
- Howato Telephone (Cokato, Howard Lake and Knapp): 1932, 35, 37, 40, 45, 47, 49, 50
- Pioneer Telephone: (Cokato, Dassel, and Howard Lake): 1951, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63-64, 64-65, 65-66, 66-67, 67-68
- United Telephone (Cokato, Dassel, Grove City and Howard Lake): 1968-69, 70, 70-71, 72-73, 73-74, 74-75, 75-76, 76-77, 77-78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
INDEXES
- Complete index of all Cokato newspapers, 1889-present.
- Name and subject index to Cokato’s First Century
- Name index of History of Wright County
- Wright County Marriages, 1860 – 1885
YEAR BOOKS
- Aurora (Cokato High School): 1922, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34
- Cardinal (CHS): 1936, 38, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 88, 69, 70, 71, 72
- Charger (Dassel-Cokato H. S.): 1974, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
- Dassel-Cokato Middle School: 1991, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2002, 2004
- Cokato Elementary School: 1988, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VILLAGE RECORDS (Cokato)
- Judicial Dockets: 1884-1936 (Eight volumes total; Incomplete)
- Birth Records: 1884-1959 (Those recorded at Cokato City Hall only)
- Death Records: 1885-1959 (Those recorded at Cokato City Hall only)
CEMETERY RECORDS
- Albion Evangelical Free Church – Headstone listing
- Bethel Norwegian Luth. Church (“Melquist Cemetery”) – Headstone map and burial records.
- Cokato Village – Lot registry and headstone map
- Cokato Evangelical Luth. Church – Lot registry and headstone map
- Cokato (nee First) Baptist Church – Headstone listing and partial lot registry
- Crow River Mission (aka Birch Lake) – Headstone listing
- Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church – Headstone listing
- French Lake Mission – Grave listing
- Grace Lutheran Church (French Lake Township) – Grave listing
- Immanuel Lutheran Church – Grave listing
- Meeker County, Minnesota, Cemeteries (two vol.)
- North Crow River (aka Knapp) Lutheran Church – Grave listing
- Our Savior’s Lutheran Church – Grave listing
- Riverside Cemetery of French Lake (aka Sikkala Cemetery) – Grave listing
- Saint Ignatius Catholic Church (French Lake Township) – Headstone listing (not complete)
- Stockholm Cemeteries (Stockholm Luth. Church & Stockholm Twp.)
- Sunset Cemetery (French Lake Township) – Grave listing
- Sylvan Cemetery (Middleville Township) – Headstone listing
- “Watson” Cemetery (Section 26, Cokato Township) – Headstone listing
CHURCH HISTORIES
The Cokato Museum has directories, anniversary books, etc., from the following area churches:
- First Baptist Church (Cokato)
- Elim Mission Church (Cokato)
- North Crow River Lutheran Church (Knapp)
- Stockholm Lutheran Church (Stockholm)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cokato)
- French Lake Lutheran Church (South Haven)
- Albion Evangelical Free Church (Albion)
- Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (French Lake)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church (French Lake)
- Cokato Laestadian Congregation (Stockholm)
- Ostmark Lutheran Church (Watkins)
- Gethsemane & Swan Lake Lutheran (Dassel)
CHURCH MICROFILM RECORDS
The Cokato Museum has microfilm records from the following area churches:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato
- Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church (Cokato Twp.)
- Grace Lutheran Church (French Lake Twp.)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church (French Lake Twp.)
- Kingston Apostolic Lutheran Church (Kingston)
- North Crow River (Knapp) Lutheran Church
- Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (French Lake Twp.)
- Redeemer Lutheran Church (Kingston)
- Stockholm Lutheran Church (Stockholm Twp.)
- (NOTE: These records vary in depth and quality, please contact the museum for specific information)
FILES
- Subject Files: Information on various Cokato businesses, organizations, and individuals.
- Family Histories: Written histories of numerous local families, both past and present.
