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href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhestr_o_Siroedd_Minnesota" title="Rhestr o Siroedd Minnesota – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rhestr o Siroedd Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_counties_i_Minnesota" title="Liste over counties i Minnesota – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Liste over counties i Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Countys_in_Minnesota" title="Liste der Countys in Minnesota – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Countys in Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_maakondade_loend" title="Minnesota maakondade loend – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Minnesota maakondade loend" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Condados_de_Minnesota" title="Anexo:Condados de Minnesota – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Condados de Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9s_de_l%27%C3%89tat_du_Minnesota" title="Comtés de l'État du Minnesota – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comtés de l'État du Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaetha_in_Minnesota" title="Contaetha in Minnesota – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contaetha in Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EB%84%A4%EC%86%8C%ED%83%80%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%B0_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="미네소타주의 군 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미네소타주의 군 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_megy%C3%A9inek_list%C3%A1ja" title="Minnesota megyéinek listája – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Minnesota megyéinek listája" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_county%27s_in_Minnesota" title="Lijst van county's in Minnesota – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van county's in Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8D%E3%82%BD%E3%82%BF%E5%B7%9E%E3%81%AE%E9%83%A1%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7" 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class="floatright noresize" style="width: 399px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_Locator_Map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Minnesota_Locator_Map.PNG" decoding="async" width="399" height="426" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="426" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:24px; top:40px"><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">KT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:66px; top:40px"><a href="/wiki/Roseau_County,_Minnesota" title="Roseau County, Minnesota">RO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:42px; top:70px"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Minnesota" title="Marshall County, Minnesota">MA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:57px; top:89px"><a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_Minnesota" title="Pennington County, 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left:148px; top:158px"><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">CA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:114px; top:158px"><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_County,_Minnesota" title="Hubbard County, Minnesota">HB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:109px; top:193px"><a href="/wiki/Wadena_County,_Minnesota" title="Wadena County, Minnesota">WD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:77px; top:169px"><a href="/wiki/Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="Becker County, Minnesota">BK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:68px; top:142px"><a href="/wiki/Mahnomen_County,_Minnesota" title="Mahnomen County, Minnesota">MH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:38px; top:142px"><a href="/wiki/Norman_County,_Minnesota" title="Norman County, Minnesota">NR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:37px; top:172px"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">CY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:74px; top:206px"><a href="/wiki/Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota" title="Otter Tail County, Minnesota">OT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:32px; top:197px"><a href="/wiki/Wilkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Wilkin County, Minnesota">WL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:39px; top:257px"><a href="/wiki/Traverse_County,_Minnesota" title="Traverse County, Minnesota">TR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:59px; top:240px"><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Grant County, Minnesota">GR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:60px; top:264px"><a href="/wiki/Stevens_County,_Minnesota" title="Stevens County, Minnesota">SE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:86px; top:240px"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="Douglas County, Minnesota">DL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:116px; top:230px"><a href="/wiki/Todd_County,_Minnesota" title="Todd County, Minnesota">TO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:147px; top:236px"><a href="/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota" title="Morrison County, Minnesota">MO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:160px; top:257px"><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">BN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:177px; top:226px"><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">ML</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:192px; top:244px"><a href="/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota" title="Kanabec County, Minnesota">KA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:225px; top:220px"><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">PN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:215px; top:275px"><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">CH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:196px; top:265px"><a href="/wiki/Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="Isanti County, Minnesota">IA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:173px; top:273px"><a href="/wiki/Sherburne_County,_Minnesota" title="Sherburne County, Minnesota">SH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:129px; top:265px"><a href="/wiki/Stearns_County,_Minnesota" title="Stearns County, Minnesota">SN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:87px; top:264px"><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Minnesota" title="Pope County, Minnesota">PO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:74px; top:285px"><a href="/wiki/Swift_County,_Minnesota" title="Swift County, Minnesota">SW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:37px; top:270px"><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="Big Stone County, Minnesota">BS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:52px; top:306px"><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">LP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:84px; top:304px"><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">CP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:109px; top:294px"><a href="/wiki/Kandiyohi_County,_Minnesota" title="Kandiyohi County, Minnesota">KH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:133px; top:296px"><a href="/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="Meeker County, Minnesota">ME</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:157px; top:296px"><a href="/wiki/Wright_County,_Minnesota" title="Wright County, Minnesota">WR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:183px; top:304px"><a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">HE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:196px; top:286px"><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">AN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:218px; top:292px"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="Washington County, Minnesota">WA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:211px; top:305px"><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">↖RA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:207px; top:330px"><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">DK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:185px; top:330px"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Minnesota" title="Scott County, Minnesota">SC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:168px; top:319px"><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">CR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:146px; top:316px"><a href="/wiki/McLeod_County,_Minnesota" title="McLeod County, Minnesota">MC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:147px; top:337px"><a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">SB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:112px; top:324px"><a href="/wiki/Renville_County,_Minnesota" title="Renville County, Minnesota">RN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:61px; top:324px"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Medicine_County,_Minnesota" title="Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota">YM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:48px; top:346px"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Minnesota" title="Lincoln County, Minnesota">LN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:69px; top:346px"><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Minnesota" title="Lyon County, Minnesota">LY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:96px; top:347px"><a href="/wiki/Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Redwood County, Minnesota">RW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:127px; top:359px"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">BW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:152px; top:351px"><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">NL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:173px; top:349px"><a href="/wiki/Le_Sueur_County,_Minnesota" title="Le Sueur County, Minnesota">LE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:195px; top:352px"><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">RC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:218px; top:350px"><a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">GD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:245px; top:355px"><a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">WB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:265px; top:375px"><a href="/wiki/Winona_County,_Minnesota" title="Winona County, Minnesota">WN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:239px; top:376px"><a href="/wiki/Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="Olmsted County, Minnesota">OL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:215px; top:368px"><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">DO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:197px; top:379px"><a href="/wiki/Steele_County,_Minnesota" title="Steele County, Minnesota">ST</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:177px; top:368px"><a href="/wiki/Waseca_County,_Minnesota" title="Waseca County, Minnesota">WE</a></div> <div 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<div style="position:absolute; left:103px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Minnesota" title="Jackson County, Minnesota">JK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:131px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Minnesota" title="Martin County, Minnesota">MR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:162px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">FA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:192px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">FE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:220px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="Mower County, Minnesota">MW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:257px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">FL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:283px; top:397px"><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">HU</a></div> </div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>There are 87 <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>. There are also several <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Historical_counties">historical counties</a>. </p><p>On October 27, 1849, nine counties were established: <a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dahkotah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey</a>, Mahkahta, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="Washington County, Minnesota">Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wahnata_County,_Minnesota_Territory" title="Wahnata County, Minnesota Territory">Wahnata</a>. Six of these names still exist. With the foundation of Kittson County on March 9, 1878, Pembina County no longer existed.<sup id="cite_ref-Place_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Place-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Minnesota was organized as a state, 57 of the present 87 counties were established. The last county to be created was Lake of the Woods County in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-AMC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The names of many of the counties allude to the long history of exploration. Over ten counties are named for Native American groups residing in parts of what is now Minnesota. Another fifteen counties are named after physical geographic features, and the remainder for politicians. </p><p>The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, the number 001 is shared by <a href="/wiki/Aitkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin County, Minnesota">Aitkin County, Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Wisconsin" title="Adams County, Wisconsin">Adams County, Wisconsin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Iowa" title="Adair County, Iowa">Adair County, Iowa</a>. To uniquely identify Aitkin County, Minnesota, one must use the state code of 27 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Aitkin County, Minnesota is 27001. The links in the column <a href="/wiki/FIPS_County_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS County Code">FIPS County Code</a> are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">County<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width:75px;"><abbr title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</abbr> code<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-Place_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Place-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;">Origin<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" class="unsortable">Etymology </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">Population<sup id="cite_ref-Cen_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cen_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 80px;" class="unsortable">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Aitkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin County, Minnesota">Aitkin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27001,00">001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aitkin,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin, Minnesota">Aitkin</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Aitken" title="William Alexander Aitken">William Alexander Aitken</a> <small>(1785–1851)</small>, early fur trader with <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe" title="Ojibwe">Ojibwe</a> Indians </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004161020000000000♠">16,102</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003181930000000000♠">1,819.30</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003471200000000000♠">4,712</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Aitkin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Aitkin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Aitkin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27003,00">003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anoka,_Minnesota" title="Anoka, Minnesota">Anoka</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_language" title="Dakota language">Dakota</a> word meaning "both sides" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005372441000000000♠">372,441</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002423610000000000♠">423.61</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003109700000000000♠">1,097</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Anoka County"><img alt="State map highlighting Anoka County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Anoka_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="Becker County, Minnesota">Becker County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27005,00">005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lakes,_Minnesota" title="Detroit Lakes, Minnesota">Detroit Lakes</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Loomis_Becker" title="George Loomis Becker">George Loomis Becker</a>, former state senator and third mayor of Saint Paul <small>(1856–1857)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004352830000000000♠">35,283</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003131042000000000♠">1,310.42</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003339400000000000♠">3,394</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Becker County"><img alt="State map highlighting Becker County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Becker_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27007,00">007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a></td> <td>1866</td> <td>Unorganized Territory, <a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Minnesota" title="Polk County, Minnesota">Polk County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami" title="Giacomo Beltrami">Giacomo Beltrami</a>, Italian explorer who explored the northern reaches of Mississippi River in 1823. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004467180000000000♠">46,718</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003250527000000000♠">2,505.27</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003648900000000000♠">6,489</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Beltrami County"><img alt="State map highlighting Beltrami County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Beltrami_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27009,00">009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foley,_Minnesota" title="Foley, Minnesota">Foley</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties; formed from residual <a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory">St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Hart Benton (senator)">Thomas Hart Benton</a> <small>(1782–1858)</small>, former United States Senator from Missouri <small>(1821–1851)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004416000000000000♠">41,600</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002408280000000000♠">408.28</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003105700000000000♠">1,057</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Benton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Benton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Benton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="Big Stone County, Minnesota">Big Stone County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27011,00">011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ortonville,_Minnesota" title="Ortonville, Minnesota">Ortonville</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_Lake" title="Big Stone Lake">Big Stone Lake</a>, a lake located in the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003510500000000000♠">5,105</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002496950000000000♠">496.95</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003128700000000000♠">1,287</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Big Stone County"><img alt="State map highlighting Big Stone County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Big_Stone_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27013,00">013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td>Unorganized Territory, <a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_River" title="Blue Earth River">Blue Earth River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004700060000000000♠">70,006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002752360000000000♠">752.36</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003194900000000000♠">1,949</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Blue Earth County"><img alt="State map highlighting Blue Earth County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Blue_Earth_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27015,00">015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota" title="New Ulm, Minnesota">New Ulm</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Renshaw_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Renshaw Brown">Joseph Renshaw Brown</a> <small>(1805–1870)</small>, member of Minnesota territorial legislature <small>(1854–55)</small> and prominent pioneer </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004256280000000000♠">25,628</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002610860000000000♠">610.86</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003158200000000000♠">1,582</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Brown County"><img alt="State map highlighting Brown County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_County,_Minnesota" title="Carlton County, Minnesota">Carlton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27017,00">017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton,_Minnesota" title="Carlton, Minnesota">Carlton</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine County</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis County, Minnesota">Saint Louis County</a></td> <td>Rueben B. Carlton <small>(1812–1863)</small>, early settler and state senator <small>(1857–1858)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004368250000000000♠">36,825</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002860330000000000♠">860.33</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003222800000000000♠">2,228</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Carlton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Carlton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carlton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27019,00">019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Carver" title="Jonathan Carver">Jonathan Carver</a> <small>(1710–1790)</small>, early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi river. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005111057000000000♠">111,057</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002357040000000000♠">357.04</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002925000000000000♠">925</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Carver County"><img alt="State map highlighting Carver County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Carver_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27021,00">021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walker,_Minnesota" title="Walker, Minnesota">Walker</a></td> <td>1851</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a>, Mankahto County, Wahnata County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Lewis Cass</a> <small> (1782–1866)</small>, senator from Michigan <small>(1845–1857) </small> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <small> (1831–1836)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004314460000000000♠">31,446</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003201760000000000♠">2,017.60</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003522600000000000♠">5,226</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cass County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cass County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27023,00">023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montevideo,_Minnesota" title="Montevideo, Minnesota">Montevideo</a></td> <td>1870</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davis_County,_Minnesota" title="Davis County, Minnesota">Davis County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_River_(Minnesota)" title="Chippewa River (Minnesota)">Chippewa River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004121720000000000♠">12,172</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002582800000000000♠">582.80</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003150900000000000♠">1,509</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Chippewa County"><img alt="State map highlighting Chippewa County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chippewa_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27025,00">025</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_City,_Minnesota" title="Center City, Minnesota">Center City</a></td> <td>1851</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="Washington County, Minnesota">Washington County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chisago_Lake" title="Chisago Lake">Chisago Lake</a>, a lake located in the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004585350000000000♠">58,535</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002417630000000000♠">417.63</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003108200000000000♠">1,082</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Chisago County"><img alt="State map highlighting Chisago County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Chisago_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">Clay County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27027,00">027</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorhead,_Minnesota" title="Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a> <small>(1777–1852)</small>, Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States <small>(1825–1829)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004662580000000000♠">66,258</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003104524000000000♠">1,045.24</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003270700000000000♠">2,707</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clay County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clay County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_County,_Minnesota" title="Clearwater County, Minnesota">Clearwater County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27029,00">029</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bagley,_Minnesota" title="Bagley, Minnesota">Bagley</a></td> <td>1902</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami County</a></td> <td>Clearwater River and lake, both features located in the state </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003864400000000000♠">8,644</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002994710000000000♠">994.71</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003257600000000000♠">2,576</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clearwater County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clearwater County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Clearwater_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Minnesota" title="Cook County, Minnesota">Cook County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27031,00">031</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Marais,_Minnesota" title="Grand Marais, Minnesota">Grand Marais</a></td> <td>1874</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Lake County</a></td> <td>Named for <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> veteran Major Michael Cook of <a href="/wiki/Faribault,_Minnesota" title="Faribault, Minnesota">Faribault</a>, who was also a territorial and state senator 1857–62 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003563900000000000♠">5,639</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003145060000000000♠">1,450.60</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003375700000000000♠">3,757</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cook County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cook County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Cottonwood County, Minnesota">Cottonwood County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27033,00">033</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windom,_Minnesota" title="Windom, Minnesota">Windom</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_River_(Minnesota)" title="Cottonwood River (Minnesota)">Cottonwood River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004113190000000000♠">11,319</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002639990000000000♠">639.99</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003165800000000000♠">1,658</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cottonwood County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cottonwood County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Cottonwood_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota" title="Crow Wing County, Minnesota">Crow Wing County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27035,00">035</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brainerd,_Minnesota" title="Brainerd, Minnesota">Brainerd</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_River" title="Crow Wing River">Crow Wing River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004683040000000000♠">68,304</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002996570000000000♠">996.57</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003258100000000000♠">2,581</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Crow Wing County"><img alt="State map highlighting Crow Wing County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Crow_Wing_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27037,00">037</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hastings,_Minnesota" title="Hastings, Minnesota">Hastings</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties.</td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Dakota_language" title="Dakota language">Dakota language</a>, after a local tribe <i>Dakota</i>, meaning "Allies" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005447440000000000♠">447,440</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002569580000000000♠">569.58</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003147500000000000♠">1,475</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Dakota County"><img alt="State map highlighting Dakota County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dakota_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27039,00">039</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mantorville,_Minnesota" title="Mantorville, Minnesota">Mantorville</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice County</a>, Unorganized Territory</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dodge" title="Henry Dodge">Henry Dodge</a> (1782–1867), twice governor of Wisconsin.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004210880000000000♠">21,088</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002439500000000000♠">439.50</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113800000000000♠">1,138</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Dodge County"><img alt="State map highlighting Dodge County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Dodge_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="Douglas County, Minnesota">Douglas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27041,00">041</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Minnesota" title="Alexandria, Minnesota">Alexandria</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Arnold_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Arnold Douglas">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a> <small>(1813–1861)</small>, former United States Senator from Illinois <small>(1847–1861)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004399530000000000♠">39,953</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002634320000000000♠">634.32</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003164300000000000♠">1,643</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Douglas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Douglas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27043,00">043</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Faribault" title="Jean-Baptiste Faribault">Jean-Baptiste Faribault</a> <small>(1775–1860)</small>, early settler and fur trader </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004138730000000000♠">13,873</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002713630000000000♠">713.63</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003184800000000000♠">1,848</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Faribault County"><img alt="State map highlighting Faribault County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Faribault_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27045,00">045</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota">Preston</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> <small>(1800–1874)</small>, thirteenth president of the United States <small>(1850–1853)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004215220000000000♠">21,522</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002861250000000000♠">861.25</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003223100000000000♠">2,231</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Fillmore County"><img alt="State map highlighting Fillmore County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27047,00">047</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice County</a></td> <td>William S. Freeborn <small>(1816–1900)</small>, member of the Territorial Legislature </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004305150000000000♠">30,515</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002707640000000000♠">707.64</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003183300000000000♠">1,833</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Freeborn County"><img alt="State map highlighting Freeborn County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Freeborn_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27049,00">049</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Wing,_Minnesota" title="Red Wing, Minnesota">Red Wing</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a></td> <td>James Madison Goodhue, the first newspaper editor in Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004480350000000000♠">48,035</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002758270000000000♠">758.27</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003196400000000000♠">1,964</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Goodhue County"><img alt="State map highlighting Goodhue County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Goodhue_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Grant County, Minnesota">Grant County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27051,00">051</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elbow_Lake,_Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Elbow Lake, Grant County, Minnesota">Elbow Lake</a></td> <td>1868</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stevens_County,_Minnesota" title="Stevens County, Minnesota">Stevens County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Wilkin County, Minnesota">Wilkin County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traverse_County,_Minnesota" title="Traverse County, Minnesota">Traverse County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> <small>(1822–1885)</small>, eighteenth president of the United States <small>(1869–1877)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003613900000000000♠">6,139</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002546409999999999♠">546.41</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003141500000000000♠">1,415</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Grant_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Grant County"><img alt="State map highlighting Grant County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-sort-value="7002556620000000000♠">556.62</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003144200000000000♠">1,442</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hennepin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hennepin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hennepin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27055,00">055</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caledonia,_Minnesota" title="Caledonia, Minnesota">Caledonia</a></td> <td>1854</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a> <small>(1793–1863)</small>, the second and fourth president of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Texas" title="Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas</a> and seventh governor of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004185820000000000♠">18,582</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002558409999999999♠">558.41</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003144600000000000♠">1,446</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Houston County"><img alt="State map highlighting Houston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_County,_Minnesota" title="Hubbard County, Minnesota">Hubbard County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27057,00">057</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Park Rapids, Minnesota">Park Rapids</a></td> <td>1883</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Frederick_Hubbard" title="Lucius Frederick Hubbard">Lucius Frederick Hubbard</a> <small>(1836–1913)</small>, ninth governor of Minnesota <small>(1882–1887)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004221320000000000♠">22,132</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002922460000000000♠">922.46</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003238900000000000♠">2,389</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hubbard County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hubbard County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Hubbard_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="Isanti County, Minnesota">Isanti County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27059,00">059</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Minnesota" title="Cambridge, Minnesota">Cambridge</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td>Division of the <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Dakotas</a> called the <i>Izatys</i>, meaning <i>[those that] dwell at Knife Lake</i>, after where they resided. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004431820000000000♠">43,182</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002439070000000000♠">439.07</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113700000000000♠">1,137</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Isanti County"><img alt="State map highlighting Isanti County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Isanti_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27061,00">061</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Grand Rapids, Minnesota">Grand Rapids</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties; formed from residual <a href="/wiki/La_Pointe_County,_Wisconsin_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="La Pointe County, Wisconsin Territory">La Pointe County, Wisconsin Territory</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Itasca" title="Lake Itasca">Lake Itasca</a>, source of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> (located in northwestern Minnesota). </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004453650000000000♠">45,365</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003266506000000000♠">2,665.06</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003690200000000000♠">6,902</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Itasca County"><img alt="State map highlighting Itasca County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Itasca_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Minnesota" title="Jackson County, Minnesota">Jackson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27063,00">063</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Minnesota" title="Jackson, Minnesota">Jackson</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jackson_(Minnesota_pioneer)" title="Henry Jackson (Minnesota pioneer)">Henry Jackson</a>, member of the first <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Territory" title="Minnesota Territory">territorial</a> legislature and the first merchant in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003991900000000000♠">9,919</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002701690000000000♠">701.69</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003181700000000000♠">1,817</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jackson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jackson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota" title="Kanabec County, Minnesota">Kanabec County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27065,00">065</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mora,_Minnesota" title="Mora, Minnesota">Mora</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine County</a></td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe_language" title="Ojibwe language">Ojibwe language</a> Kan-a-bec-o-si-pi (<i>Ginebigo-ziibi</i>), meaning <a href="/wiki/Snake_River_(St._Croix_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Snake River (St. Croix River)">Snake River</a>, which flows through the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004166020000000000♠">16,602</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002524929999999999♠">524.93</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003136000000000000♠">1,360</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kanabec County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kanabec County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kanabec_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kandiyohi_County,_Minnesota" title="Kandiyohi County, Minnesota">Kandiyohi County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27067,00">067</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willmar,_Minnesota" title="Willmar, Minnesota">Willmar</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="Meeker County, Minnesota">Meeker County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renville_County,_Minnesota" title="Renville County, Minnesota">Renville County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davis_County,_Minnesota" title="Davis County, Minnesota">Davis County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stearns_County,_Minnesota" title="Stearns County, Minnesota">Stearns County</a></td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Sioux_language" title="Sioux language">Sioux language</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo fish">buffalo fish</a>" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004438130000000000♠">43,813</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002796060000000000♠">796.06</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003206200000000000♠">2,062</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kandiyohi County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kandiyohi County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kandiyohi_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Kittson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27069,00">069</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hallock,_Minnesota" title="Hallock, Minnesota">Hallock</a></td> <td>1879</td> <td>Pembina County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Kittson" title="Norman Kittson">Norman Kittson</a> <small>(1814–1888)</small>, businessman and mayor of Saint Paul <small>(1858–1859)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003406000000000000♠">4,060</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003109708000000000♠">1,097.08</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003284100000000000♠">2,841</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kittson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kittson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Kittson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Koochiching_County,_Minnesota" title="Koochiching County, Minnesota">Koochiching County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27071,00">071</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Falls,_Minnesota" title="International Falls, Minnesota">International Falls</a></td> <td>1906</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca County</a></td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe_language" title="Ojibwe language">Ojibwe language</a> <i>Gojijiing</i> (Place of inlets), which was the Cree name for <a href="/wiki/Rainy_Lake" title="Rainy Lake">Rainy Lake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rainy_River_(Minnesota-Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainy River (Minnesota-Ontario)">Rainy River</a>. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004117510000000000♠">11,751</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003310236000000000♠">3,102.36</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003803500000000000♠">8,035</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Koochiching County"><img alt="State map highlighting Koochiching County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Koochiching_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">Lac qui Parle County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27073,00">073</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Minnesota" title="Madison, Minnesota">Madison</a></td> <td>1871</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Redwood County, Minnesota">Redwood County</a></td> <td>French phrase meaning "lake which talks". </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003663000000000000♠">6,630</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002764870000000000♠">764.87</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003198100000000000♠">1,981</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lac qui Parle County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lac qui Parle County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lac_qui_Parle_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Lake County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27075,00">075</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Two_Harbors,_Minnesota" title="Two Harbors, Minnesota">Two Harbors</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior" title="Lake Superior">Lake Superior</a>, which forms one of its edges </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004108550000000000♠">10,855</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003209916000000000♠">2,099.16</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003543700000000000♠">5,437</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lake County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lake County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota">Lake of the Woods County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27077,00">077</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baudette,_Minnesota" title="Baudette, Minnesota">Baudette</a></td> <td>1923</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods" title="Lake of the Woods">Lake of the Woods</a>, a lake located within the county. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003377800000000000♠">3,778</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003129670000000000♠">1,296.70</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003335800000000000♠">3,358</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_of_the_Woods_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lake of the Woods County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lake of the Woods County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_of_the_Woods_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_of_the_Woods_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_of_the_Woods_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lake_of_the_Woods_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-sort-value="7004292550000000000♠">29,255</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002448500000000000♠">448.50</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003116200000000000♠">1,162</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Le_Sueur_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Le Sueur County"><img alt="State map highlighting Le Sueur County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Le_Sueur_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Le_Sueur_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Le_Sueur_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Le_Sueur_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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/>(<span data-sort-value="7003139100000000000♠">1,391</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lincoln County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lincoln County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Minnesota" title="Lyon County, Minnesota">Lyon County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27083,00">083</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall,_Minnesota" title="Marshall, Minnesota">Marshall</a></td> <td>1871</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Redwood County, Minnesota">Redwood County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Lyon" title="Nathaniel Lyon">Nathaniel Lyon</a> <small>(1818–1861)</small>, United States Army general killed during the Civil War </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004254270000000000♠">25,427</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002714170000000000♠">714.17</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185000000000000♠">1,850</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lyon County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lyon County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McLeod_County,_Minnesota" title="McLeod County, Minnesota">McLeod County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27085,00">085</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glencoe,_Minnesota" title="Glencoe, Minnesota">Glencoe</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a></td> <td>Martin McLeod early pioneer and member of the territorial legislature <small>(1849–1856)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004367850000000000♠">36,785</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002491910000000000♠">491.91</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003127400000000000♠">1,274</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McLeod County"><img alt="State map highlighting McLeod County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_McLeod_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mahnomen_County,_Minnesota" title="Mahnomen County, Minnesota">Mahnomen County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27087,00">087</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahnomen,_Minnesota" title="Mahnomen, Minnesota">Mahnomen</a></td> <td>1906</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_County,_Minnesota" title="Norman County, Minnesota">Norman County</a></td> <td>Ojibwa word meaning "wild rice". </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003528000000000000♠">5,280</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002556140000000000♠">556.14</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003144000000000000♠">1,440</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mahnomen County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mahnomen County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mahnomen_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Minnesota" title="Marshall County, Minnesota">Marshall County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27089,00">089</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Minnesota" title="Warren, Minnesota">Warren</a></td> <td>1879</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Kittson County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Rainey_Marshall" title="William Rainey Marshall">William Rainey Marshall</a> <small>(1825–1896)</small>, fifth governor of Minnesota <small>(1866–1870)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003881000000000000♠">8,810</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003177224000000000♠">1,772.24</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003459000000000000♠">4,590</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marshall County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marshall County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Minnesota" title="Martin County, Minnesota">Martin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27091,00">091</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_Minnesota" title="Fairmont, Minnesota">Fairmont</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Lewis_Martin" title="Morgan Lewis Martin">Morgan Lewis Martin</a> (1805–1887), delegate to Congress from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004196570000000000♠">19,657</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002709340000000000♠">709.34</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003183700000000000♠">1,837</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Martin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Martin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Martin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="Meeker County, Minnesota">Meeker County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27093,00">093</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_Minnesota" title="Litchfield, Minnesota">Litchfield</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_County,_Minnesota" title="Davis County, Minnesota">Davis County</a></td> <td>Bradley B. Meeker <small>(1813–1873)</small>, Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court</a> <small>(1849–1853)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004234900000000000♠">23,490</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002608540000000000♠">608.54</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003157600000000000♠">1,576</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Meeker County"><img alt="State map highlighting Meeker County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Meeker_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">Mille Lacs County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27095,00">095</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milaca,_Minnesota" title="Milaca, Minnesota">Milaca</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_Lake" title="Mille Lacs Lake">Mille Lacs Lake</a>, a lake located within the county. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004274270000000000♠">27,427</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002574470000000000♠">574.47</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148800000000000♠">1,488</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mille Lacs County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mille Lacs County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mille_Lacs_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota" title="Morrison County, Minnesota">Morrison County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27097,00">097</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Little Falls, Minnesota">Little Falls</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton County</a></td> <td>William & Allan Morrison, fur trading brothers<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004342500000000000♠">34,250</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003112450000000000♠">1,124.50</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003291200000000000♠">2,912</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Morrison County"><img alt="State map highlighting Morrison County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Morrison_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="Mower County, Minnesota">Mower County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27099,00">099</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Mower" title="John Edward Mower">John Edward Mower</a> <small>(1815–1879)</small>, member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004400580000000000♠">40,058</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002711500000000000♠">711.50</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003184300000000000♠">1,843</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mower County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mower County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Mower_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Murray_County,_Minnesota" title="Murray County, Minnesota">Murray County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27101,00">101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slayton,_Minnesota" title="Slayton, Minnesota">Slayton</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td>William Pitt Murray <small>(1825–1910)</small>, Minnesota statesman and member of the territorial legislature <small>(1852–1855) and 1857</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003804900000000000♠">8,049</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002704430000000000♠">704.43</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003182400000000000♠">1,824</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Murray County"><img alt="State map highlighting Murray County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Murray_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27103,00">103</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Peter,_Minnesota" title="St. Peter, Minnesota">St. Peter</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Nicollet" title="Joseph Nicollet">Joseph Nicolas Nicollet</a> <small>(1786–1843)</small>, early explorer and cartographer of the Upper Mississippi River </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004342420000000000♠">34,242</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002452290000000000♠">452.29</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003117100000000000♠">1,171</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Nicollet County"><img alt="State map highlighting Nicollet County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nicollet_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nobles_County,_Minnesota" title="Nobles County, Minnesota">Nobles County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27105,00">105</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Worthington,_Minnesota" title="Worthington, Minnesota">Worthington</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td>William H. Nobles, member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1854 and 1856 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004217270000000000♠">21,727</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002715390000000000♠">715.39</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185300000000000♠">1,853</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Nobles County"><img alt="State map highlighting Nobles County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Nobles_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Norman_County,_Minnesota" title="Norman County, Minnesota">Norman County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27107,00">107</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ada,_Minnesota" title="Ada, Minnesota">Ada</a></td> <td>1881</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Minnesota" title="Polk County, Minnesota">Polk County</a></td> <td>Early Norwegian, also known as Norman, settlers. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003632900000000000♠">6,329</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002876270000000000♠">876.27</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003227000000000000♠">2,270</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Norman County"><img alt="State map highlighting Norman County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Norman_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="Olmsted County, Minnesota">Olmsted County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27109,00">109</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Olmsted" title="David Olmsted">David Olmsted</a>, first mayor of Saint Paul and member of territorial legislature <small>(1849–1850)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005164784000000000♠">164,784</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002653010000000000♠">653.01</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003169100000000000♠">1,691</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Olmsted County"><img alt="State map highlighting Olmsted County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Olmsted_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota" title="Otter Tail County, Minnesota">Otter Tail County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27111,00">111</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fergus_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Fergus Falls, Minnesota">Fergus Falls</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otter_Tail_Lake" title="Otter Tail Lake">Otter Tail Lake</a>, a lake located within the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004606260000000000♠">60,626</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003197971000000000♠">1,979.71</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003512700000000000♠">5,127</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Otter Tail County"><img alt="State map highlighting Otter Tail County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Otter_Tail_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_Minnesota" title="Pennington County, Minnesota">Pennington County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27113,00">113</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thief_River_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Thief River Falls, Minnesota">Thief River Falls</a></td> <td>1910</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Red Lake County, Minnesota">Red Lake County</a></td> <td>Edmund Pennington <small>(1848-1926)</small>, executive of the <a href="/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad" title="Soo Line Railroad">Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004137140000000000♠">13,714</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002616540000000000♠">616.54</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003159700000000000♠">1,597</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pennington County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pennington County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pennington_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27115,00">115</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_City,_Minnesota" title="Pine City, Minnesota">Pine City</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a></td> <td>Giant forests of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_White_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern White Pine">Eastern White Pine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Pine">Red Pine</a> that flourish in the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004301970000000000♠">30,197</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003141104000000000♠">1,411.04</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003365500000000000♠">3,655</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pine County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pine County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pine_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pipestone_County,_Minnesota" title="Pipestone County, Minnesota">Pipestone County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27117,00">117</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pipestone,_Minnesota" title="Pipestone, Minnesota">Pipestone</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td>Name of a sacred <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Dakota</a> quarry of red pipestone found in the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003924500000000000♠">9,245</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002465890000000000♠">465.89</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003120700000000000♠">1,207</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pipestone County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pipestone County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pipestone_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Minnesota" title="Polk County, Minnesota">Polk County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27119,00">119</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crookston,_Minnesota" title="Crookston, Minnesota">Crookston</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a> <small>(1795–1849)</small>, eleventh president of the United States <small>(1845–1849)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004304120000000000♠">30,412</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003197037000000000♠">1,970.37</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003510300000000000♠">5,103</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Polk County"><img alt="State map highlighting Polk County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Polk_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Minnesota" title="Pope County, Minnesota">Pope County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27121,00">121</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenwood,_Minnesota" title="Glenwood, Minnesota">Glenwood</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, Unorganized Territory</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pope_(military_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pope (military officer)">John Pope</a> <small>(1822–1892)</small>, United States Army general during the <a href="/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862" title="Dakota War of 1862">Dakota War of 1862</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004114000000000000♠">11,400</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002670140000000000♠">670.14</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003173600000000000♠">1,736</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pope County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pope County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27123,00">123</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties; formed from residual <a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory">St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ramsey" title="Alexander Ramsey">Alexander Ramsey</a> <small>(1815–1903)</small>, first governor of Minnesota Territory <small>(1849–1853)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005536075000000000♠">536,075</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002155780000000000♠">155.78</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002403000000000000♠">403</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ramsey County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ramsey County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Ramsey_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Red Lake County, Minnesota">Red Lake County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27125,00">125</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Red Lake Falls, Minnesota">Red Lake Falls</a></td> <td>1896</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Minnesota" title="Polk County, Minnesota">Polk County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_River" title="Red Lake River">Red Lake River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003391100000000000♠">3,911</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002432430000000000♠">432.43</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003112000000000000♠">1,120</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Red Lake County"><img alt="State map highlighting Red Lake County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Red_Lake_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Redwood County, Minnesota">Redwood County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27127,00">127</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwood_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Redwood Falls, Minnesota">Redwood Falls</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwood_River" title="Redwood River">Redwood River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004152880000000000♠">15,288</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002879730000000000♠">879.73</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003227800000000000♠">2,278</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Redwood County"><img alt="State map highlighting Redwood County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Redwood_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Renville_County,_Minnesota" title="Renville County, Minnesota">Renville County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27129,00">129</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olivia,_Minnesota" title="Olivia, Minnesota">Olivia</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Renville" title="Joseph Renville">Joseph Renville</a> <small>(1779–1846)</small>, interpreter for early explorations of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004143480000000000♠">14,348</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002982920000000000♠">982.92</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003254600000000000♠">2,546</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Renville County"><img alt="State map highlighting Renville County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Renville_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27131,00">131</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faribault,_Minnesota" title="Faribault, Minnesota">Faribault</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Mower_Rice" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Mower Rice">Henry Mower Rice</a> <small>(1816–1894)</small>, former United States Senator from Minnesota <small>(1858–1863)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004679480000000000♠">67,948</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002497570000000000♠">497.57</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003128900000000000♠">1,289</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rice County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rice County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rock_County,_Minnesota" title="Rock County, Minnesota">Rock County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27133,00">133</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luverne,_Minnesota" title="Luverne, Minnesota">Luverne</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td>Large rocky plateau located within the county, known as "the mound." </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003955100000000000♠">9,551</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002482610000000000♠">482.61</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003125000000000000♠">1,250</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rock County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rock County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Rock_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Roseau_County,_Minnesota" title="Roseau County, Minnesota">Roseau County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27135,00">135</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roseau,_Minnesota" title="Roseau, Minnesota">Roseau</a></td> <td>1894</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Kittson County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roseau_River_(Manitoba)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roseau River (Manitoba)">Roseau River</a> and Roseau Lake, both of which are located nearby </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004152520000000000♠">15,252</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003166251000000000♠">1,662.51</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003430600000000000♠">4,306</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Roseau County"><img alt="State map highlighting Roseau County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Louis County, Minnesota">Saint Louis County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27137,00">137</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca County</a>, Newton</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_River_(Lake_Superior_tributary)" title="Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary)">Saint Louis River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005200514000000000♠">200,514</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003622516000000000♠">6,225.16</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7004161230000000000♠">16,123</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Saint Louis County"><img alt="State map highlighting Saint Louis County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Saint_Louis_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Minnesota" title="Scott County, Minnesota">Scott County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27139,00">139</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota" title="Shakopee, Minnesota">Shakopee</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a> <small>(1786–1866)</small>, United States Army general who served from <small>(1808–1861)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005155814000000000♠">155,814</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002356680000000000♠">356.68</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002924000000000000♠">924</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Scott County"><img alt="State map highlighting Scott County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sherburne_County,_Minnesota" title="Sherburne County, Minnesota">Sherburne County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27141,00">141</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elk_River,_Minnesota" title="Elk River, Minnesota">Elk River</a></td> <td>1856</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moses_Sherburne" title="Moses Sherburne">Moses Sherburne</a> <small>(1813–1873)</small>, Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court</a> <small>(1853–1857)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005102206000000000♠">102,206</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002436300000000000♠">436.30</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113000000000000♠">1,130</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sherburne County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sherburne County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sherburne_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27143,00">143</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaylord,_Minnesota" title="Gaylord, Minnesota">Gaylord</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hastings_Sibley" title="Henry Hastings Sibley">Henry Hastings Sibley</a> <small>(1811–1891)</small>, first governor of Minnesota <small>(1858–1860)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004150840000000000♠">15,084</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002588650000000000♠">588.65</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003152500000000000♠">1,525</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sibley County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sibley County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Sibley_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stearns_County,_Minnesota" title="Stearns County, Minnesota">Stearns County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27145,00">145</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_Stearns" title="Charles Thomas Stearns">Charles Thomas Stearns</a> <small>(1814–1888)</small>, early settler of <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a> and member of the Minnesota territorial legislature <small>(1849–1858)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005160977000000000♠">160,977</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003134452000000000♠">1,344.52</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003348200000000000♠">3,482</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stearns_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stearns County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stearns County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stearns_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stearns_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stearns_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stearns_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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of Minneapolis and developer of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Falls" title="Saint Anthony Falls">Saint Anthony Falls</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004374210000000000♠">37,421</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002429550000000000♠">429.55</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003111300000000000♠">1,113</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Steele County"><img alt="State map highlighting Steele County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Steele_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stevens_County,_Minnesota" title="Stevens County, Minnesota">Stevens County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27149,00">149</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morris,_Minnesota" title="Morris, Minnesota">Morris</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, Unorganized Territory</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stevens" title="Isaac Stevens">Isaac Ingalls Stevens</a> <small>(1818–1862)</small>, first governor of <a href="/wiki/Washington_Territory" title="Washington Territory">Washington Territory</a> <small>(1853–1857)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003972800000000000♠">9,728</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002562059999999999♠">562.06</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003145600000000000♠">1,456</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stevens County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stevens County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swift_County,_Minnesota" title="Swift County, Minnesota">Swift County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27151,00">151</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benson,_Minnesota" title="Benson, Minnesota">Benson</a></td> <td>1870</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Adoniram_Swift" title="Henry Adoniram Swift">Henry Adoniram Swift</a> <small>(1823–1869)</small>, third governor of Minnesota <small>(1863–1864)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003971900000000000♠">9,719</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002743530000000000♠">743.53</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003192600000000000♠">1,926</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Swift County"><img alt="State map highlighting Swift County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Swift_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Todd_County,_Minnesota" title="Todd County, Minnesota">Todd County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27153,00">153</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Long Prairie, Minnesota">Long Prairie</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Blair_Smith_Todd" title="John Blair Smith Todd">John Blair Smith Todd</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ripley_(Minnesota_fort)" title="Fort Ripley (Minnesota fort)">Fort Ripley</a> (1849–56); general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>; delegate in Congress from <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Territory" title="Dakota Territory">Dakota Territory</a> (1861 and 1863–65); <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Dakota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Dakota Territory">governor of Dakota Territory</a> (1869–71) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004256670000000000♠">25,667</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002942020000000000♠">942.02</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003244000000000000♠">2,440</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Todd County"><img alt="State map highlighting Todd County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Todd_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Traverse_County,_Minnesota" title="Traverse County, Minnesota">Traverse County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27155,00">155</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Minnesota" title="Wheaton, Minnesota">Wheaton</a></td> <td>1862</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a>, Unorganized Territory</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Traverse" title="Lake Traverse">Lake Traverse</a>, a lake located in the county. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003313600000000000♠">3,136</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002574090000000000♠">574.09</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148700000000000♠">1,487</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Traverse County"><img alt="State map highlighting Traverse County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Traverse_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27157,00">157</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wabasha,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha, Minnesota">Wabasha</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties.</td> <td>Named after M'dewakanton Dakota Indian Chief Wabasha III </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004216830000000000♠">21,683</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002525010000000000♠">525.01</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003136000000000000♠">1,360</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wabasha County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wabasha County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wabasha_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wadena_County,_Minnesota" title="Wadena County, Minnesota">Wadena County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27159,00">159</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wadena,_Minnesota" title="Wadena, Minnesota">Wadena</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_County,_Minnesota" title="Todd County, Minnesota">Todd County</a></td> <td>Wadena Trading Post, in turn for a Ojibway word meaning "a little round hill". </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004142410000000000♠">14,241</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002535020000000000♠">535.02</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003138600000000000♠">1,386</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wadena County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wadena County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wadena_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Waseca_County,_Minnesota" title="Waseca County, Minnesota">Waseca County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27161,00">161</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waseca,_Minnesota" title="Waseca, Minnesota">Waseca</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steele_County,_Minnesota" title="Steele County, Minnesota">Steele County</a></td> <td>Dakota word meaning "rich and fertile" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004189810000000000♠">18,981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002423250000000000♠">423.25</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003109600000000000♠">1,096</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Waseca County"><img alt="State map highlighting Waseca County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Waseca_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="Washington County, Minnesota">Washington County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27163,00">163</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stillwater,_Minnesota" title="Stillwater, Minnesota">Stillwater</a></td> <td>1849</td> <td>One of nine original counties; formed from residual <a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory">St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> <small>(1732–1799)</small>, first president of the United States <small>(1789–1797)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005278936000000000♠">278,936</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002391700000000000♠">391.70</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003101400000000000♠">1,014</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Washington County"><img alt="State map highlighting Washington County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Watonwan_County,_Minnesota" title="Watonwan County, Minnesota">Watonwan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27165,00">165</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._James,_Minnesota" title="St. James, Minnesota">St. James</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watonwan_River" title="Watonwan River">Watonwan River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004110770000000000♠">11,077</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002434510000000000♠">434.51</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003112500000000000♠">1,125</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Watonwan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Watonwan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Watonwan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wilkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Wilkin County, Minnesota">Wilkin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27167,00">167</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Breckenridge,_Minnesota" title="Breckenridge, Minnesota">Breckenridge</a></td> <td>1858</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Pembina County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a></td> <td>Alexander Wilkin <small>(1820–1864)</small>, Minnesota politician and soldier killed in the Civil War </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003630600000000000♠">6,306</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002751430000000000♠">751.43</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003194600000000000♠">1,946</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wilkin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wilkin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wilkin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Winona_County,_Minnesota" title="Winona County, Minnesota">Winona County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27169,00">169</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota" title="Winona, Minnesota">Winona</a></td> <td>1854</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha County</a></td> <td>Named after Wee-No-Nah, Sister, or Cousin of Chief Wabasha III </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004497210000000000♠">49,721</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002626300000000000♠">626.30</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003162200000000000♠">1,622</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Winona County"><img alt="State map highlighting Winona County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Winona_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wright_County,_Minnesota" title="Wright County, Minnesota">Wright County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27171,00">171</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Minnesota" title="Buffalo, Minnesota">Buffalo</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sibley_County,_Minnesota" title="Sibley County, Minnesota">Sibley County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silas_Wright" title="Silas Wright">Silas Wright</a> <small>(1795–1847)</small>, former United States Senator from New York <small>(1833–1844)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005151150000000000♠">151,150</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002660750000000000♠">660.75</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003171100000000000♠">1,711</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wright County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wright County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Wright_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Medicine_County,_Minnesota" title="Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota">Yellow Medicine County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/27173,00">173</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Granite_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Granite Falls, Minnesota">Granite Falls</a></td> <td>1871</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Redwood County, Minnesota">Redwood County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Medicine_River" title="Yellow Medicine River">Yellow Medicine River</a>, a river that flows through Minnesota. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003946700000000000♠">9,467</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002757960000000000♠">757.96</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003196300000000000♠">1,963</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Yellow Medicine County"><img alt="State map highlighting Yellow Medicine County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Yellow_Medicine_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="1189" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_counties">Historical counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Minnesota.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/220px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/330px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/440px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1201" data-file-height="1201" /></a><figcaption>The new <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Minnesota" title="Seal of Minnesota">Seal of Minnesota</a> contains 98 <a href="/wiki/Gold_(color)" title="Gold (color)">gold</a> "boxes" around the edge, symbolizing the state's 87 counties and <a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_by_state#Minnesota" title="List of federally recognized tribes by state">11 recognized Native American tribes</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Before_statehood">Before statehood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Before statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>St. Clair County, Indiana Territory (1801–1812) (Transferred to Illinois in 1809)</li> <li>St. Charles County, Louisiana Territory (1809–1813) (Transferred to Missouri Territory in 1812)</li> <li>Madison County, Illinois Territory (1812–1818) Formed from St. Clair County</li> <li>Michilimackinac County, Michigan Territory (1818–1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Wisconsin" title="Crawford County, Wisconsin">Crawford County</a>, Michigan Territory (1818–1840) (Transferred to Wisconsin Territory in 1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Michigan" title="Chippewa County, Michigan">Chippewa County</a>, Michigan Territory (1827–1837)</li> <li>Dubuque County, Michigan Territory (1834–1837)</li> <li>Fayette County, Wisconsin Territory (1837–1849)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin">St. Croix County</a>, Wisconsin Territory (1840–1849)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Pointe_County,_Wisconsin" title="La Pointe County, Wisconsin">La Pointe County</a>, Wisconsin Territory (1845–1849) Formed from St. Croix</li> <li>Mahkatah County (1849–1851) (Mahkahto) (One of Original 9 counties) Dissolved to Pembina and Cass</li> <li>Wahnata County (1849–1851) (One of Original 9 counties) Dissolved to Pembina and Cass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Superior County</a> (February 20, 1855 to March 3, 1855) Name changed to Saint Louis, then to Lake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Newton County, Minnesota">Newton County</a> (1855–1856) Formed from Itasca County and Un-organized. Name Changed from <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis County, Minnesota">Doty County</a>, then to Saint Louis County.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Saint Louis County</a> (1855-1856) Name changed from Superior, then to Lake. Saint Louis name given to former Newton County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_statehood">After statehood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Minnesota" title="Buchanan County, Minnesota">Buchanan County</a> (1857–1861) Formed from Pine County, dissolved back to Pine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Minnesota" title="Pierce County, Minnesota">Pierce County</a> (1853–1862) Formed from Dakota County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_County,_Minnesota" title="Davis County, Minnesota">Davis County</a> (1855–1862) Formed from Cass, Nicollet, and Sibley Counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Wilkin County, Minnesota">Toombs County</a> (1858–1862) Formed from Pembina, name changed to Andy Johnson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">Monroe County</a> (1858-1860) Merged with Mille Lacs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Lincoln_County,_Minnesota" title="Historic Lincoln County, Minnesota">Lincoln County</a> (1861–1868) Formed from Renville County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="Historic Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">Lac qui Parle County</a> (1862–1868) Formed from Davis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manomin_County,_Minnesota" title="Manomin County, Minnesota">Manomin County</a> (1857–1869) Formed from <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a>, Merged into <a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka County</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_County,_Minnesota" title="Monongalia County, Minnesota">Monongalia County</a> (1861–1870) Formed from Ramsey, Pierce, and un-organized counties. Dissolved to Kandiyohi County.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Aiken County, Minnesota">Aiken County</a> (1857–1872) Formed from Pine and Ramsey counties, name changed to Aitkin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Pembina County</a> (1849–1878) (One of Original 9 counties) Name changed to Kittson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">Breckenridge County</a> (1858–1862) Formed from Pembina, name changed to Clay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Wilkin County, Minnesota">Andy Johnson County</a> (1862–1868) Formerly Toombs, name changed to Wilkin</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midway_County,_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midway County, Minnesota (page does not exist)">Midway County</a> (1857–1858) Area created from Brown county, overlapped Pipestone county. 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href="/wiki/Index_of_Minnesota-related_articles" title="Index of Minnesota-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Minnesota" title="Outline of Minnesota">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Minnesota" title="Cycling in Minnesota">Biking/Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Minnesota" title="List of cities in Minnesota">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Minnesota" title="Climate of Minnesota">Climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Minnesota" title="Climate change in Minnesota">Climate change</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Minnesota" title="List of colleges and universities in Minnesota">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_congressional_districts" title="Minnesota's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Minnesota" title="United States congressional delegations from 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Minnesota">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Minnesota" title="Local government in Minnesota">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Minnesota" title="List of townships in Minnesota">Townships</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Minnesota" title="List of people from Minnesota">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Minnesota" title="List of political parties in Minnesota">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Minnesota" title="List of rivers of Minnesota">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Minnesota" title="List of school districts in Minnesota">School districts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Minnesota" title="List of high schools in Minnesota">High schools</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Minnesota" title="Scouting in Minnesota">Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fair" title="Minnesota State Fair">State fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Statutes" title="Minnesota Statutes">Statutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks" title="List of Minnesota state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_symbols" title="List of Minnesota state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Territory" title="Minnesota Territory">Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Minnesota" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Minnesota">Tourist attractions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mall_of_America" title="Mall of America">Mall of America</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Minnesota" title="Transportation in Minnesota">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Minnesota" title="Abortion in Minnesota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Minnesota" title="Culture of Minnesota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Minnesota" title="Crime in Minnesota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Minnesota" title="Demographics of Minnesota">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Minnesota" title="Economy of Minnesota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Minnesota" title="Education in Minnesota">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Minnesota">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Minnesota" title="Law of Minnesota">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Minnesota" title="Cannabis in Minnesota">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Minnesota" title="Gun laws in Minnesota">Guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Minnesota">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_shows_and_movies_in_Minnesota" title="List of television shows and movies in Minnesota">Movies and TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Minnesota" title="Music of Minnesota">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Minnesota" title="List of newspapers in Minnesota">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Minnesota" title="Politics of Minnesota">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Minnesota" title="Religion in Minnesota">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Minnesota" title="Sports in Minnesota">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater in Minnesota">Theater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Minnesota#Regions" title="Geography of Minnesota">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrowhead_Region" title="Arrowhead Region">Arrowhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Waters" title="Boundary Waters">Boundary Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Ridge" title="Buffalo Ridge">Buffalo Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Minnesota" title="Central Minnesota">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_River" title="Minnesota River">Minnesota River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Lake_Superior)" title="North Shore (Lake Superior)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Angle" title="Northwest Angle">Northwest Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentian_Mixed_Forest_Province" title="Laurentian Mixed Forest Province">North Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipestone_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipestone Region">Pipestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley" title="Red River Valley">Red River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Minnesota" title="Southeast Minnesota">Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul">Twin Cities metropolitan area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Minnesota" title="List of cities in Minnesota">Largest cities<br />pop. over 25,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Minnesota" title="Andover, Minnesota">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Apple Valley, Minnesota">Apple Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Center,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Center, Minnesota">Brooklyn Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Park,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Park, Minnesota">Brooklyn Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnsville,_Minnesota" title="Burnsville, Minnesota">Burnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota" title="Chanhassen, Minnesota">Chanhassen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coon_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Coon Rapids, Minnesota">Coon Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottage_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Cottage Grove, Minnesota">Cottage Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Eden Prairie, Minnesota">Eden Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edina,_Minnesota" title="Edina, Minnesota">Edina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_River,_Minnesota" title="Elk River, Minnesota">Elk River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fridley,_Minnesota" title="Fridley, Minnesota">Fridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver_Grove_Heights,_Minnesota" title="Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota">Inver Grove Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Minnesota" title="Lakeville, Minnesota">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Maple Grove, Minnesota">Maple Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_Minnesota" title="Maplewood, Minnesota">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorhead,_Minnesota" title="Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakdale,_Minnesota" title="Oakdale, Minnesota">Oakdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owatonna,_Minnesota" title="Owatonna, Minnesota">Owatonna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Minnesota" title="Plymouth, Minnesota">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_Lake,_Minnesota" title="Prior Lake, Minnesota">Prior Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey, Minnesota">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richfield,_Minnesota" title="Richfield, Minnesota">Richfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemount,_Minnesota" title="Rosemount, Minnesota">Rosemount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Minnesota" title="Roseville, Minnesota">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis Park, Minnesota">St. Louis Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savage,_Minnesota" title="Savage, Minnesota">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota" title="Shakopee, Minnesota">Shakopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreview,_Minnesota" title="Shoreview, Minnesota">Shoreview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota" title="Winona, Minnesota">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbury,_Minnesota" title="Woodbury, Minnesota">Woodbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin County, Minnesota">Aitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="Becker County, Minnesota">Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="Big Stone County, Minnesota">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_County,_Minnesota" title="Carlton County, Minnesota">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_County,_Minnesota" title="Clearwater County, Minnesota">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Minnesota" title="Cook County, Minnesota">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Cottonwood County, Minnesota">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota" title="Crow Wing County, Minnesota">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="Douglas County, Minnesota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Grant County, Minnesota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_County,_Minnesota" title="Hubbard County, Minnesota">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="Isanti County, Minnesota">Isanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Minnesota" title="Jackson County, Minnesota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota" title="Kanabec County, Minnesota">Kanabec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandiyohi_County,_Minnesota" title="Kandiyohi County, Minnesota">Kandiyohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Kittson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koochiching_County,_Minnesota" title="Koochiching County, Minnesota">Koochiching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">Lac qui Parle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota">Lake of the Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sueur_County,_Minnesota" title="Le Sueur County, Minnesota">Le Sueur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Minnesota" title="Lincoln County, Minnesota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Minnesota" title="Lyon County, Minnesota">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahnomen_County,_Minnesota" title="Mahnomen County, Minnesota">Mahnomen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Minnesota" title="Marshall County, Minnesota">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Minnesota" title="Martin County, Minnesota">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLeod_County,_Minnesota" title="McLeod County, Minnesota">McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="Meeker County, Minnesota">Meeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">Mille Lacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota" title="Morrison County, Minnesota">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="Mower County, Minnesota">Mower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_County,_Minnesota" title="Murray County, Minnesota">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobles_County,_Minnesota" title="Nobles County, Minnesota">Nobles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_County,_Minnesota" title="Norman County, Minnesota">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="Olmsted County, Minnesota">Olmsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota" title="Otter Tail County, Minnesota">Otter Tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_Minnesota" title="Pennington County, Minnesota">Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine</a></li> <li><a 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