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The Minnesota Territory legislature created the county on February 20, 1855. It was named for Joseph Renville, a fur trapper, trader, British officer in the War of 1812, and interlocutor with local Native American groups.

Renville County was the site of several engagements in the Dakota War of 1862, most notably the Battle of Birch Coulee. The burned-out Joseph Brown House Ruins still stand, and various monuments throughout the County memorialize settlers killed in the conflict.

Adjacent Counties

• Kandiyohi County
• Chippewa County
• Yellow Medicine County
• Meeker County
• McLeod County
• Sibley County
• Nicollet County
• Brown County
• Redwood County

Cities, Towns, Townships & Communities

Bandon | Beaver Falls | Bechyn | Birch Cooley | Bird Island | Boon Lake | Brookfield | Buffalo Lake | Cairo | Camp | Churchill | Crooks | Danube | Emmet | Ericson | Fairfax | Flora | Franklin | Hawk Creek | Hector | Henryville | Kingman | Lakeside | Martinsburg | Melville | Morton | Norfolk | Olivia (County Seat) | Osceola | Palmyra | Preston Lake | Renville | Sacred Heart | Troy | Vicksburg | Wang | Wellington | Winfield

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Minnesota

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

MN Gen Web

National Register of Historic Places

Renville County Historical Society

RAOGK

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