First county election

Joseph Renshaw Brown

St. Croix County, including today’s Washington County, holds its first county election. The sites receiving votes are Joseph Brown’s warehouse at the site of today’s Stillwater, and Philander Prescott’s claim at today’s Prescott, Wisconsin. Brown himself is elected as register of deeds, treasurer, and surveyor. Three county commissioners are also elected: Hazen Mooers of Grey Cloud Island, Calvin Tuttle of St. Croix Falls, and Samuel Burkleo of Marine .

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• Birchwood
• Cottage Grove
• Dellwood
• Denmark Township
• Forest Lake
• Grant
• Grey Cloud Island Township
• Hugo
• Lake Elmo
• Lake St. Croix Beach
• Lakeland
• Lakeland Shores
• Landfall
• Mahtomedi
• Marine on St. Croix
• May Township
• Newport
• Oak Park Heights
• Oakdale
• Pine Springs
• Scandia
• St. Mary's Point
• St. Paul Park
• Stillwater
• Stillwater Township
• West Lakeland Township
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