If you are interested in researching your family tree or learning the history of our area, stop in and look over our genealogy collection. We have bound Journal-Patriot newspapers along with Stearns and Meeker County cemetery information. There are printed internment lists along with maps and online resources. For further information, contact the library @ 453-4434 or evlibrary@arvig.net. You can also contact us on our Facebook page. We'd love to help you in your search.
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Genealogy Collection
Area Genealogy Binder
The Fink Book
History of Eden Valley Binder
Old Photos Binder
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Atlases/Plat Books
US Atlas - 2012
Stearns County
Atlas – 1963
Atlas – 1965-1997
2005 Plat Book and Map Atlas
Old Plat Book and Farmers’ Directory (2 copies)
Official County Plat Book and Farmers’ Directory
Meeker County
Atlas – 1971
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Cemetery Information
Area Cemetery Binder
Assumption – Eden Valley
Ebenezer Evangelical Church - Paynesville
Old St. Anne’s – Kimball
Old Saint Nicholas – Saint Nicholas
Watkins Pioneer Cemetery - Watkins
St. Anthony’s – Watkins
St. Peter’s – Eden Valley
Zion –Paynesville
Zion-Irving - Hawick, Kandiyohi County
Burr Lake – Union Grove
Eden Lake – Eden Valley
Meeker County Cemeteries
Old Eden Lake (binder and map)
PUBLICATIONS
The Eden Valley Journal
1902-1907
1912-1917
1933-1936
1939-1949
1951-1959
1961-1976
​Eden Valley Watkins Journal Patriot
1993-1996
Eden Valley Journal Patriot
1997-2009
Eden Valley-Watkins VOICE
2012-2023
Please Note - Some editions are missing because of the wars and the depression, so it’s not a complete set.
Eden Valley High School Year Books 1951-2012
(Series is not complete)
Available Editions
1951
1953-1954
1963-1964
1968-1977
1990-2004
2011-2012
