Source Information
Kurth, Ann, comp.. Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties, Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-14 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Webb Publishing Co. of St. Paul, MN. Collection of Minnesota County Atlases, #175, Roll 8. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1913-1914.
About Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties, Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-14
Benton, Meeker, and Todd counties are located in central Minnesota. This database is a directory of farmers living in Meeker County in 1913 and in Benton and Todd counties in 1914. In addition to providing the farmers' names, researchers will find each farmer's wife and children's names, other family members living on the farm, township and post office information, the location of the farm by section number, and years the farmer lived in the county. For those seeking farming ancestors from central Minnesota, this database of more than 5,900 farm family units can be valuable.
Benton County was established in 1849 and was named in honor of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of St. Louis, Missouri, a strong advocate of free land laws. The county seat is in Foley, Minnesota.
Meeker County, which was originally part of both Wright and Stearns counties, was established in 1856. The county seat is in Litchfield, Minnesota.
Todd County, which was originally part of Stearns County, was established in 1855 and named for John Blair Smith Todd. The county seat is in Long Prairie, Minnesota.
