Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Carlton County, Minnesota.

Official Website

Under a 1854 Treaty of La Pointe the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation and other reservations were established in exchange of all of the Lake Superior Ojibwe lands in the Arrowhead Region.

In 1857, Carlton county was formed and organized in 1870. It was named for Reuben B. Carlton, a member of the Minnesota Senate (1857–58).

In October 1918, an immense forest fire occurred known as the Cloquet Fire.

Adjacent Counties

• St. Louis County
• Douglas County, Wisconsin
• Pine County
• Aitkin County

Cities

• Barnum
• Carlton (County Seat)
• Cloquet
• Cromwell
• Kettle River
• Moose Lake
• Scanlon
• Thomson
• Wrenshall
• Wright

Townships, Territories & Communities

Atkinson | Automba | Beseman | Big Lake | Blackhoof | Clear Creek | Duesler | Eagle | Esko | Harney | Holyoke | Iverson | Kalevala | Lakeview | Mahtowa | Nemadji | North Carlton | Otter Creek | Perch Lake | Pleasant Valley | Sawyer | Scotts Corner | Silver | Silver Brook | Skelton | Split Rock | Thomson | Twin Lakes | Wrenshall

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Minnesota

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

MN Gen Web

Genealogy Trails

Carlton County Historical Society

From Poland to Minnesota

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