Viewing Watonwan County Court Houses (1916).

Watonwan County Court Houses (1916).

Formed on February 25, 1860, Watonwan County leased space in commercial stores in Madelia to conduct government business until its first court house was erected in St. James, the new county seat, in 1895.

This history of Watonwan County's court houses appeared first in a joint history of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties published in 1916.

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