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Proceedings including minutes of board meetings, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the board.

Proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, published annually in pamphlet form under the provisions of Wisconsin Laws of 1901, Ch. 298, Sec. 3; including the County Clerk's minutes of each meeting of the County Board, and documents considered by the Board at each meeting. Documents include: petitions, memorials, communications, and claims addressed to the Board; reports of county officers and of Board committees; resolutions and ordinances; and other papers relating to operations, services, finances, planning, and policy of county government.
Included are proceedings for these years: 1910, 1918-1925, 1927-1967, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1978, and 1984.

Proceedings including minutes of board meetings, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the board.

Record of lands entered into in Polk County, 1853-1896, listing location of the land, name of purchaser, date of entry, number of acres, and name of the grantor. Volume 1 also contains the minutes of the Committee on County Property, 1906-1920.

Record of state, county, and local taxes and charges levied upon the county's towns, villages, and school districts as reported to the county clerk by the Secretary of State.

Records prepared for taxation purposes by the town and village assessor and sent to the county clerk. Includes list of creameries, cheese factories, and milk condensing factories; reports on crops grown and livestock raised; statement of assessments; and dairy statistics.
Records are incomplete.

Records of homestead claims and land entries in Polk County including annual abstracts of lands entered, statements of homestead claims, description of the land, date of entry, and person who entered.

Record of county-owned land sold, listing its description, date of acquisition, amount of sale, buyer, and reason for sale.

Report to county clerk of town and village officers, listing each's name, period of tenure in office, and address.

Four maps of the railroad rights of way of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in Polk County with adjoining sections and towns; one map of the St. Croix Branch right of way and the St. Croix depots, and one blueprint, probably of the Polk County Hospital.

Files of the county clerk regarding county relief cases, mostly between 1930-1950. Included are forms, correspondence, and other related material on each case of assistance from the county.

Selected reports of real estate sales submitted to the clerk by the Wisconsin Tax Commission indicating assessment district, date of sale, grantor, grantee, land description, acreage, consideration given in the deed, and assessed valuations for the years 1907-1909.
These volumes were compiled for computing true values of real estate in each district.

Record of licenses granted by the state to medical practitioners in Polk County covering dentists, 1885-1888; nurses, 1928-1949; and physicians, 1928-1955. ?b The name, place of residence, and filing date are included. There also are printed registers of persons entitled to practice dentistry in Wisconsin, 1889-1900.

Lists of state lands held on contract or patent and lands mortgaged to the state, showing dates of transactions, legal description of land, and in some cases, to whom the land is patented. ?b State lands held by individuals under contract could be taxed but not sold to satisfy delinquent taxes.

Reports and correspondence filed with the county clerk pertaining to his various capacities as recording clerk of the county board, officer of report for towns and villages, and administrator of various county programs. Included are documents and reports presented at county board meetings which often were incorporated into the proceedings of the county board, circa 1880-1919; reports to state and federal agencies including county school reports, circa 1860-1890; taxation reports, 1870-1900; reports on the sale of explosives, 1942-1945, emergency relief, 1930s, and rationing, 1941-1945; the results of a survey of county clerks in Wisconsin, 1927, regarding purchasing duties; scattered correspondence mainly pertaining to taxation and county finances, 1880-1930; a folder of undated maps of various parts of the county; and two letterpress volumes of the clerk's outgoing correspondence, 1899-1905.

Reports, 1882-1920, of towns to the county clerk giving the number and amount of relief paid by the town to persons not residing at the poor farm; and reports, 1880-1881, of the county clerk to the State Board of Charities and Reform on pauperism, listing number of cases, number of liquor licenses, and costs detailed by town.

Records kept by the county clerk of the Soldiers' Relief Commission, including reports to the county board; lists of veterans and their dependents receiving aid; and correspondence between the commission and the county clerk.

Reports of money paid by the State Treasurer to the County Treasurer; includes date of payment, account credited, and amount paid.

Statements of taxes and indebtedness filed by towns and villages with the county clerk showing date, local unit, assessed valuation, all taxes levied, and all bonded and other indebtedness incurred and outstanding.
There also are a few Certified Abstracts of Taxes, Statements of Taxes, and Certified Abstract of Indebtedness and Assessed Valuation between 1907 and 1918.

Supervisor of Assessments' annual reports to the County Board, printed by the County Clerk under Wis. Laws of 1905, Ch. 523, Sect. 4. Each report contains a table of amount of state, county, school, and local tax revenue, classified by type of tax; a table of total assessed valuation of each county; tables for each town of acreage and assessed valuation of lands and improvements, classified by use; tables showing assessed and recommended full value of real estate (classified by use) and personal property (classified by type) in each assessment district; and general advisory remarks.
County Supervisor of Assessment's annual address to the assessors, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910.
Reports are present for these years: 1904, 1906, 1908-1910, 1912-1917, 1920-1937, and 1939-1979. Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Twenty volumes of records of land sold for unpaid taxes, 1857-1933, listing purchaser's name , description of land, purchase price, tax certificate number, date of redemption, redeemer, and remarks; 11 volumes, 1859-1954, recording the assignment and redemption of the tax sale lands; and one volume of accounts of tax certificates, 1885-1913.

Twenty volumes of records of land sold for unpaid taxes, 1857-1933, listing purchaser's name , description of land, purchase price, tax certificate number, date of redemption, redeemer, and remarks; 11 volumes, 1859-1954, recording the assignment and redemption of the tax sale lands; and one volume of accounts of tax certificates, 1885-1913.

Scattered minutes and correspondence, December 1942-July 1943, of the Polk County Council of Defense at Balsam Lake.

One plat map for Polk County, 1938, and related surveyors' drafts and sketches. Included is one folder of technical notes which include descriptions of the exact legal boundaries of villages in Polk County; and lists of cemeteries and of property owned by railroads and schools in the county.

Sheriff's journal of operating expenses for the county jail, 1911-1928; ledger of fines collected and payments to the dependents of prisoners, 1911, 1925-1926; sheriff's civil docket, 1895-1912, recording services performed and fees charged; and jail register, 1882-1895, showing name and residence of prisoner, date and cause of commitment, committing authority, sentence, date and authority for release, and personal description.

Records, primarily financial, of the County Home, also called the Poor Farm. There are 4 volumes of day books, 1882-1920, listing the day-to-day expenditures and receipts of the home; 13 volumes of ledgers, 1876-1934, of the home's accounts with firms and individuals it did business with as well as expenditures on its inmates; 2 volumes of ledgers listing expenditures on Outdoor Relief, 1885-1888; and one volume of minutes of the county committee on the County Home, 1919-1934.

Records of debits and credits to the accounts of the towns and villages in the county and accounts for county agencies such as poor relief, schools, and roads. ?b Shows date, amount credited or debited, who paid or received the money, and in some cases the purpose for payment. Some volumes credit individual towns for money received from tax sales.

Record of bounties including date, place, number, and kind of animal killed, name of claimant, and amount of money paid. There also are a few pages of assessment rolls from the Village of St. Croix Falls for 1862.

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to taxation and assessments in Polk County among the State Tax Commission, town and village officers, and the County Treasurer.

Tax rolls (1928, 1931, and 1932) indicate the taxable income for individuals and corporations, the amount of the tax, and whether it was paid; the 1931 volume also contains the delinquent income tax roll for that year. There are 7 volumes of income tax collection reports for individuals and corporations (1928-1933) that list the taxpayer's name and amount paid. There are one box and one volume of assessments for income taxation (1911-1926) which list the taxable income and tax for individuals and corporations.

Record of payment of county real estate taxes; volumes also record sale of land for taxes and includes tax certificate number, description of land, date sold, and owner. There are fragmentary accounts of town and villages in the county.

Real and personal property rolls showing assessed valuation of property, taxes levied against property, and taxes paid. Holdings are not complete. Beginning in 1945, records are retained only for every fifth year.
The pre-1945 tax rolls are available only on microfilm.

Record of first entry of sale of lands to pay county taxes. Includes description of lands sold, buyer, amount paid, and a listing of the various taxes owed.

Records indicate name of deceased and cause of death. Also included are coroner's inquests, histories of individual cases, summons, and subpoenas.

Records filed with the Clerk of Courts under section 220.08 (17), Wisconsin Statutes, including the Peoples Bank of Clear Lake minutes, by-laws, and financial statements, 1907-1932; Bank of Osceola segregated trust minute book, 1933-1948; and Bank of St. Croix Falls minutes, by-laws, and financial statements, 1888-1935.

Records of naturalization cases in the Circuit Court of Polk County. Records include Declarations of Intention (1859-1952), Certificates of Naturalization (1859-1906), Petitions (1859-1954), indexes to these records (1855-1954), Repatriations (1941-1944), Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1954), and Certificate of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1929).

Paper photocopy of an index of cases heard in probate court; listing name, residence, type of case, case file number, and volume and page location within the Probate Court Record (not in Archives custody).

Certificates of non-occupancy of lands bought at tax sales which the buyer of the tax certificate is petitioning for a tax deed. Included are the tax certificates issued to the buyer at the time of sale; and notice to occupants of land sold at tax sales that the owner of the tax certificate intends to apply for a tax deed.

Record books of the cemetery in Rock Elm township, including minutes, 1874-1933, treasurer's records, 1879-1938, and lot ownership records.

Records of a company formed to construct and operate a public toll bridge over Lake St. Croix between Prescott, Wisconsin and Point Douglas, Minnesota. Included are articles of incorporation, minutes of the board, financial records, stockholder lists, contracts, and deeds.

Student registers, 1899-1929, indicating pupil's name, grades in various subjects, date of graduation, names of teachers, and the textbooks used. There is a listing of early graduates from Prescott High School in volume 1. The school registers, 1929-1930, show the student's name and attendance record.

The collection contains records documenting the Prescott Journal’s operations from 1989 to 2008. Materials include advertisement logs, designs, and financial records, legal documents, employment applications, undated photographs, and fiscal year-end income statements spanning 1990 to 2003.

Minutes of the annual meetings of the Town Board of Supervisors and annual town meetings, noting the names of supervisors and town officers elected each year.
Prior to the 1853 establishment of Pierce County, the area was the Town of Elizabeth in St. Croix County. The Town of Prescott was split into the towns of Clifton and Oak Grove in 1857.