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Official Website

The area covered by today's Houston County was first organized as St. Croix County, of the Wisconsin Territory, in 1839. On October 27, 1849, part of that county was partitioned off to create Wabashaw County of the Minnesota Territory. On February 23, 1854, the territorial legislature authorized the partitioning of sections of Wabashaw to create Fillmore County and Houston County. An election on April 4, 1854, allowed the county government to be completed. The county was named for Sam Houston, who had been president of the Republic of Texas and a US senator from Texas.

Adjacent Counties

• Allamakee County, Iowa
• Vernon County, Wisconsin
• Winneshiek County, Iowa
• Fillmore County
• Winona County
• La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Cities

• Brownsville
• Caledonia (County Seat)
• Eitzen
• Hokah
• Houston
• La Crescent (part)
• Spring Grove

Other Townships & Communities: Bee, Black Hammer, Brownsville, Crooked Creek, Freeburg, Hokah, Jefferson, Mayville, Money Creek, Mound Creek, Mound Prairie, Newhouse, Pine Creek (part), Reno, River Junction, Sheldon, Union, Willington, Wilmington, Winnebago and Yucatan

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Minnesota

Links

Wikipedia

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (part)

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Houston County Historical Society

MN Gen Web

RAOGK

Genealogy Village