THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
After filtering for Minnesota, 7 entries match your criteria.  

 
 

Historical Markers and War Memorials in Polk County, Minnesota

 
Clickable Map of Polk County, Minnesota and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Polk County, MN (7) Clearwater County, MN (10) Mahnomen County, MN (1) Marshall County, MN (8) Norman County, MN (1) Pennington County, MN (2) Red Lake County, MN (3) Grand Forks County, ND (40) Traill County, ND (4)  PolkCounty(7) Polk County (7)  ClearwaterCounty(10) Clearwater County (10)  MahnomenCounty(1) Mahnomen County (1)  MarshallCounty(8) Marshall County (8)  NormanCounty(1) Norman County (1)  PenningtonCounty(2) Pennington County (2)  RedLakeCounty(3) Red Lake County (3)  GrandForksCountyNorth Dakota(40) Grand Forks County (40)  TraillCounty(4) Traill County (4)
Crookston is the county seat for Polk County
Adjacent to Polk County, Minnesota
Clearwater County (10)  ►
Mahnomen County (1)  ►
Marshall County (8)  ►
Norman County (1)  ►
Pennington County (2)  ►
Red Lake County (3)  ►
Grand Forks County, North Dakota (40)  ►
Traill County, North Dakota (4)  ►
 
Touch name above to highlight map location.
Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
1 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Climax — Polk County —
. . . — — Map (db m195336) HM
2 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Crookston — Carnegie Library — 1907 —
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m207166) HM
3 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Crookston — Veterans Memorial —
Dedicated to our Comrades of all Wars by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Crookston Post No. 1902 and Auxiliary June 5, 1937 — — Map (db m307157) WM
4 ► Minnesota, Polk County, East Grand Forks — Sorlie Memorial Bridge — A.D. 1929 —
Arthur Gustav Sorlie April 26, 1874 – August 28, 1928 Governor of North Dakota and Chairman of the State Highway Commission from January 1925 until his death. Resident of Grand Forks since 1903. Member of the City Council from 1909 to . . . — — Map (db m162662) HM
5 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Fisher — Original Site of Fisher's Landing —
In 1875, located just north of this point on the east bank of the Red Lake River was the settlement known as Fisher’s Landing. It began as a terminus of exchange of freight and passengers from steamboats plying the Red Lake and Red Rivers to and . . . — — Map (db m307145) HM
6 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Fisher — Welcome to Minnesota / Glacial Lake Agassiz —
Welcome to Minnesota (south side)Known to her citizens as the North Star State or the Gopher State, Minnesota has never claimed to be the Land of giants. But two famous American giants do hail from Minnesota. The giant lumberjack Paul . . . — — Map (db m162685) HM
7 ► Minnesota, Polk County, Winger, Winger Township — World War I Memorial — Nels T. Wold — Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor —
[north side]1917 ☆ 1918 This memorial dedicated to the memory of Nels T. Wold awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Alvin Fengestad Henry J. Solie Thomas O. Evenson Gilbert O. Lesetmo Lauris Larson . . . — — Map (db m216283) WM
 
 
CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Oct. 1, 2026