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Anoka County 003 330,844
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Becker County 005 32,504
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Beltrami County 007 44,442
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Benton County 009 Foley 1849 One of nine original counties; formed from residual St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory. Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), former United States Senator from Missouri (1821-1851) 38,451 408.28 sq mi
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(1,057 km2) State map highlighting Benton County
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Big Stone County 011 Ortonville 1862 Pierce County Big Stone Lake, a lake located in the county 5,269 496.95 sq mi
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(1,287 km2) State map highlighting Big Stone County
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Blue Earth County 013 Mankato 1853 Unorganized Territory, Dakota County Blue Earth River, a river that flows through Minnesota 64,013 752.36 sq mi
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(1,949 km2) State map highlighting Blue Earth County
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Brown County 015 New Ulm 1855 Blue Earth County Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870), member of Minnesota territorial legislature (1854-55) and prominent pioneer 25,893 610.86 sq mi
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(1,582 km2) State map highlighting Brown County
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Carver County 019 Chaska 1855 Hennepin County, Sibley County Jonathan Carver (1710–1790), early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi river. 91,042 357.04 sq mi
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(925 km2) State map highlighting Carver County
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Cass County 021 Walker 1851 Dakota County, Pembina County, Mankahto County, Wahnata County Lewis Cass (1782–1866), senator from Michigan (1845–1857) and United States Secretary of State (1831–1836) 28,567 2,017.60 sq mi
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(5,226 km2) State map highlighting Cass County
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Chippewa County 023 Montevideo 1870 Pierce County, Davis County Chippewa River, a river that flows through Minnesota 12,441 582.80 sq mi
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(1,509 km2) State map highlighting Chippewa County
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Chisago County 025 Center City 1851 Washington County, Ramsey County Chisago Lake, a lake located in the county 53,887 417.63 sq mi
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(1,082 km2) State map highlighting Chisago County
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Clay County 027 Moorhead 1862 Pembina County Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States (1825–1829) 58,999 1,045.24 sq mi
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(2,707 km2) State map highlighting Clay County
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Clearwater County 029 Bagley 1902 Beltrami County Clearwater River and lake, both features located in the state 8,695 994.71 sq mi
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(2,576 km2) State map highlighting Clearwater County
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Cottonwood County 033 Windom 1857 Brown County Cottonwood River 11,687 639.99 sq mi
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(1,658 km2) State map highlighting Cottonwood County
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Crow Wing County 035 Brainerd 1857 Ramsey County Crow Wing River 62,500 996.57 sq mi
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(2,581 km2) State map highlighting Crow Wing County
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Dakota County 037 Hastings 1849 One of nine original counties. From the Dakota language, after a local tribe Dakota, meaning "Allies" 398,552 569.58 sq mi
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(1,475 km2) State map highlighting Dakota County
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Dodge County 039 Mantorville 1855 Rice County, Unorganized Territory Henry Dodge (1782–1867), twice governor of Wisconsin.[9] 20,087 439.50 sq mi
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(1,138 km2) State map highlighting Dodge County
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Douglas County 041 Alexandria 1858 Cass County, Pembina County Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861), former United States Senator from Illinois (1847-1861) 36,009 634.32 sq mi
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(1,643 km2) State map highlighting Douglas County
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Faribault County 043 Blue Earth 1855 Blue Earth County Jean-Baptiste Faribault (1775-1860), early settler and fur trader 14,553 713.63 sq mi
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(1,848 km2) State map highlighting Faribault County
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Fi-llmore County 045 Preston 1853 Wabasha County Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), thirteenth president of the United States (1850-1853) 20,866 861.25 sq mi
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(2,231 km2) State map highlighting Fillmore County
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Freeborn County 047 Albert Lea 1855 Blue Earth County, Rice County William S. Freeborn (1816-1900), member of the Territorial Legislature 31,255 707.64 sq mi
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(1,833 km2) State map highlighting Freeborn County
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Goodhue County 049 Red Wing 1853 Wabasha County, Dakota County James Madison Goodhue, the first newspaper editor in Minnesota.[10] 46,183 758.27 sq mi
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(1,964 km2) State map highlighting Goodhue County
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Grant County 051 Elbow Lake 1868 Stevens County, Wilkin County, Traverse County Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), eighteenth president of the United States (1869-1877) 6,018 546.41 sq mi
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(1,415 km2) State map highlighting Grant County
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Hennepin County 053 Minneapolis 1852 Dakota County Father Louis Hennepin (1626-1705), early explorer of the Twin Cities area in the 17th Century 1,152,425 556.62 sq mi
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(1,442 km2) State map highlighting Hennepin County
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Houston County 055 Caledonia 1854 Fillmore County Sam Houston (1793–1863), the second and fourth president of the Republic of Texas and seventh governor of Texas 19,027 558.41 sq mi
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(1,446 km2) State map highlighting Houston County
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Hubbard County 057 Park Rapids 1883 Cass County Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913), ninth governor of Minnesota (1882-1887) 20,428 922.46 sq mi
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(2,389 km2) State map highlighting Hubbard County
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Isanti County 059 Cambridge 1857 Ramsey County Division of the Dakotas called the Izatys, meaning [those that] dwell at Knife Lake, after where they resided. 37,816 439.07 sq mi
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(1,137 km2) State map highlighting Isanti County
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Jackson County 063 Jackson 1857 Brown County Henry Jackson, member of the first territorial legislature and the first merchant in St. Paul 10,266 701.69 sq mi
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(1,817 km2) State map highlighting Jackson County
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Kanabec County 065 Mora 1858 Pine County From the Ojibwe language Kan-a-bec-o-si-pi (Ginebigo-ziibi), meaning Snake River, which flows through the county 16,239 524.93 sq mi
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(1,360 km2) State map highlighting Kanabec County
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Kandiyohi County 067 Willmar 1858 Meeker County, Renville County, Pierce County, Davis County, Stearns County From the Sioux language for "buffalo fish" 42,239 796.06 sq mi
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(2,062 km2) State map highlighting Kandiyohi County
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Kittson County 069 Hallock 1879 Pembina County Norman Kittson (1814-1888), businessman and mayor of Saint Paul (1858-1859) 4,552 1,097.08 sq mi
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(2,841 km2) State map highlighting Kittson County
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Lac qui Parle County 073 Madison 1871 Redwood County French phrase meaning "lake which talks". 7,259 764.87 sq mi
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(1,981 km2) State map highlighting Lac qui Parle County
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Lake of the Woods County 077 Baudette 1923 Beltrami County Lake of the Woods, a lake located within the county. 4,045 1,296.70 sq mi
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(3,358 km2) State map highlighting Lake of the Woods County
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Le Sueur County 079 Le Center 1853 Dakota County Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (1657-1704), fur trader and early explorer of the Minnesota River Valley 27,703 448.50 sq mi
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(1,162 km2) State map highlighting Le Sueur County
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Lincoln County 081 Ivanhoe 1873 Lyon County Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865) 5,896 537.03 sq mi
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(1,391 km2) State map highlighting Lincoln County
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Lyon County 083 Marshall 1871 Redwood County Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), United States Army general killed during the Civil War 25,857 714.17 sq mi
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(1,850 km2) State map highlighting Lyon County
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McLeod County 085 Glencoe 1856 Carver County, Sibley County Martin McLeod early pioneer and member of the territorial legislature (1849–1856) 36,651 491.91 sq mi
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(1,274 km2) State map highlighting McLeod County
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Mahnomen County 087 Mahnomen 1906 Norman County Ojibwa word meaning "wild rice". 5,413 556.14 sq mi
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(1,440 km2) State map highlighting Mahnomen County
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Marshall County 089 Warren 1879 Kittson County William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896), fifth governor of Minnesota (1866-1870) 9,439 1,772.24 sq mi
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(4,590 km2) State map highlighting Marshall County
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Martin County 091 Fairmont 1857 Faribault County, Brown County Morgan Lewis Martin (1805-1887), delegate to Congress from Wisconsin Territory 20,840 709.34 sq mi
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(1,837 km2) State map highlighting Martin County
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Meeker County 093 Litchfield 1856 Davis County Bradley B. Meeker (1813–1873), Associate Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court (1849–1853) 23,300 608.54 sq mi
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(1,576 km2) State map highlighting Meeker County
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Mille Lacs County 095 Milaca 1857 Ramsey County Mille Lacs Lake, a lake located within the county. 26,097 574.47 sq mi
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(1,488 km2) State map highlighting Mille Lacs County
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Morrison County 097 Little Falls 1856 Benton County William & Allan Morrison, fur trading brothers[11] 33,198 1,124.50 sq mi
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(2,912 km2) State map highlighting Morrison County
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Mower County 099 Austin 1855 Rice County John Edward Mower (1815–1879), member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s 39,163 711.50 sq mi
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(1,843 km2) State map highlighting Mower County
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Murray County 101 Slayton 1857 Brown County William Pitt Murray (1825–1910), Minnesota statesman and member of the territorial legislature (1852–1855) and 1857 8,725 704.43 sq mi
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(1,824 km2) State map highlighting Murray County
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Nicollet County 103 St. Peter 1853 Dakota County Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843), early explore and cartographer of the Upper Mississippi River 32,727 452.29 sq mi
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(1,171 km2) State map highlighting Nicollet County
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Nobles County 105 Worthington 1857 Brown County William H. Nobles, member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1854 and 1856 21,378 715.39 sq mi
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(1,853 km2) State map highlighting Nobles County
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Norman County 107 Ada 1881 Polk County Early Norwegian, also known as Norman, settlers. 6,852 876.27 sq mi
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(2,270 km2) State map highlighting Norman County
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Olmsted County 109 Rochester 1855 Fillmore County, Wabasha County, Rice County David Olmsted, first mayor of Saint Paul and member of territorial legislature (1849-1850) 144,248 653.01 sq mi
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(1,691 km2) State map highlighting Olmsted County
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Otter Tail County 111 Fergus Falls 1858 Pembina County, Cass County Otter Tail Lake, a lake located within the county 57,303 1,979.71 sq mi
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(5,127 km2) State map highlighting Otter Tail County
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Pennington County 113 Thief River Falls 1910 Red Lake County Edmund Pennington (b. 1848), executive of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad 13,930 616.54 sq mi
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(1,597 km2) State map highlighting Pennington County
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Pine County 115 Pine City 1856 Chisago County, Ramsey County Giant forests of Eastern White Pine and Red Pine that flourish in the county 29,750 1,411.04 sq mi
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(3,655 km2) State map highlighting Pine County
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Pipestone County 117 Pipestone 1857 Brown County Name of a sacred Dakota quarry of red pipestone found in the county 9,596 465.89 sq mi
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(1,207 km2) State map highlighting Pipestone County
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Polk County 119 Crookston 1858 Pembina County James K. Polk (1795-1849), eleventh president of the United States (1845-1849) 31,600 1,970.37 sq mi
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(5,103 km2) State map highlighting Polk County
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Pope County 121 Glenwood 1862 Pierce County, Cass County, Unorganized Territory John Pope (1822–1892), United States Army general during the Dakota War of 1862 10,995 670.14 sq mi
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(1,736 km2) State map highlighting Pope County
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Ramsey County 123 Saint Paul 1849 One of nine original counties; formed from residual St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory. Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), second governor of Minnesota (1860-1863) 508,640 155.78 sq mi
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(403 km2) State map highlighting Ramsey County
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Red Lake County 125 Red Lake Falls 1896 Polk County Red Lake River, a river that flows through Minnesota. 4,089 432.43 sq mi
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(1,120 km2) State map highlighting Red Lake County
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Redwood County 127 Redwood Falls 1862 Brown County Redwood River, a river that flows through Minnesota. 16,059 879.73 sq mi
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(2,278 km2) State map highlighting Redwood County
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Renville County 129 Olivia 1855 Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Joseph Renville (1779-1846), interpreter for early explorations of the Louisiana Purchase 15,730 982.92 sq mi
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(2,546 km2) State map highlighting Renville County
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Rice County 131 Faribault 1853 Dakota County, Wabasha County Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894), former United States Senator from Minnesota (1858-1863) 64,142 497.57 sq mi
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(1,289 km2) State map highlighting Rice County
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Rock County 133 Luverne 1857 Brown County Large rocky plateau located within the county, known as "the mound." 9,687 482.61 sq mi
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(1,250 km2) State map highlighting Rock County
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Roseau County 135 Roseau 1894 Kittson County, Beltrami County Roseau River and Roseau Lake, both of which are located nearby 15,629 1,662.51 sq mi
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(4,306 km2) State map highlighting Roseau County
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Scott County 139 Shakopee 1853 Dakota County Winfield Scott (1786–1866), United States Army general who served from (1808–1861) 129,928 356.68 sq mi
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(924 km2) State map highlighting Scott County
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Sherburne County 141 Elk River 1856 Benton County Moses Sherburne (1813–1873), Associate Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court (1853-1857) 88,499 436.30 sq mi
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(1,130 km2) State map highlighting Sherburne County
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Sibley County 143 Gaylord 1853 Dakota County Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), first governor of Minnesota (1858-1860) 15,226 588.65 sq mi
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(1,525 km2) State map highlighting Sibley County
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Stearns County 145 St. Cloud 1855 Cass County, Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Charles Thomas Stearns (1814-1888), early settler of St. Cloud and member of the Minnesota territorial legislature (1849-1858) 150,642 1,344.52 sq mi
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(3,482 km2) State map highlighting Stearns County
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Steele County 147 Owatonna 1855 Rice County, Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County Franklin Steele (1813-1880), early settler of Minneapolis and developer of Saint Anthony Falls 36,576 429.55 sq mi
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(1,113 km2) State map highlighting Steele County
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Stevens County 149 Morris 1862 Pierce County, Unorganized Territory Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), first governor of Washington Territory (1853-1857) 9,726 562.06 sq mi
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(1,456 km2) State map highlighting Stevens County
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Swift County 151 Benson 1870 Chippewa County Henry Adoniram Swift (1823-1869), third governor of Minnesota (1863-1864) 9,783 743.53 sq mi
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(1,926 km2) State map highlighting Swift County
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Todd County 153 Long Prairie 1855 Cass County John Blair Smith Todd, commander of Fort Ripley (1849-56); general in the Civil War; delegate in Congress from Dakota Territory (1861 and 1863-65); governor of Dakota Territory (1869-71) 24,895 942.02 sq mi
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(2,440 km2) State map highlighting Todd County
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Traverse County 155 Wheaton 1862 Pierce County, Unorganized Territory Lake Traverse, a lake located in the county. 3,558 574.09 sq mi
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(1,487 km2) State map highlighting Traverse County
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Wabasha County 157 Wabasha 1849 One of nine original counties. Named after M'dewakanton Dakota Indian Chief Wabasha III 21,676 525.01 sq mi
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(1,360 km2) State map highlighting Wabasha County
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Wadena County 159 Wadena 1858 Cass County, Todd County Wadena Trading Post, in turn for a Ojibway word meaning "a little round hill". 13,843 535.02 sq mi
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(1,386 km2) State map highlighting Wadena County
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Waseca County 19,136
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Washington County 238,136
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Watonwan County 11,211
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Wilkin County 6,576
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Winona County 51,461
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Wright County 124,700
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Yellow Medicine County 10,438

Revision as of 23:54, 17 August 2018

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RL Location My Location Population School(s) Military Posts
1. NORTH MAGOOTZ
Region 1, AB Example 82,627 North Magootz State
Region 2, AB Example 169,729 North Magootz, Magootz Tech
Region 4, AB Oyster Creek 9,573 Example
Region 5, AB Example 55,078 Example
2. RED DEER
Region 19, AB Wrightsville 120,380 Wright State
Region 18, AB Cathedral City 14,488
Region 17, AB Institute 61,590 Western Military College
Region 16, AB Saint Hedwig 73,988 Red Deer
3. QUEENSLAND
Region 7, AB Morgantown 41,574 Morgan State
Region 8, AB West Liberty 209,395 West Liberty State
Region 10, AB Liberty City 97,449 Liberty
Region 11, AB Example 1,366,050 Qeensland, Queensland A & M
Region 13, AB Salisbury 71,016 Salisbury State
Region 12, AB Oxford 67,120 Queensland State
4. LIVONIA
Region 14, AB Lewisburg 29,291 Davis & Lewis College
Region 15, AB Albany 38,594 Albany
Region 9, AB Example 20,869
Region 6, AB Example 1,498,778 Livonia State
Region 3, AB Example 38,956
5. NORTHLAND
Region 18, SK Example 36,557
Region 17, SK Example 44,180 Northland Christian
Region 16, SK Example 37,845
Region 15, SK Example 83,725 Northland State, Northland A & M
Region 14, SK Example 37,195
6. NORTH COLUMBIA ALL SK
Region 13 Fullerton 23,089 North Columbia-Fullerton
Region 12 Example 23,228 Example
Region 8 Kingsville 29,962 North Columbia-Kingsville
Region 4 Example 10,879 Example
Region 7 Example 46,648 North Columbia
Region 3 Example 12,691 Example
7. WEST YORK ALL SK
Region 11 Example 271,170 Example
Region 10 Example 17,546 Example
Region 6 Example 237,746 West York
Region 2 Example 22,266 Example
Region 1 Example 31,333 Example
Region 9 Example 35,314 Example
Region 5 Example 32,007 Example
8. WASHINGTON ALL MB
Central Plains (8-10) Example 48,289 Example
Eastman (1-2, 12) Example 104,535 Washington State
Interlake (13-14, 18) Example 91,743 Example
Northern (19, 21-23) Example 88,146 Northern Washington
Parkland (16-17, 20) Example 42,088 Example
Pembina Valley (3-4) Example 52,126 Southern Washington
Westman (5-7, 15) Example 108,868 Washington
Capital Region (11) Example 636,137
9. SOUTH HAMPSHIRE ALL NE
Box Butte County Example 11,305 Example
Deuel County Example 1,937 Example
Scoots Bluff County Saltville 36,848 South Hampshire, Saltville State
Cheyenne County Example 10,091 Hampshire State
Sioux County Example 1,475 Example
Banner, Kimball County Example 4,461 Example
Dawes County Example 9,088 Example
Sheridan County Example 5,251 Example
Morrill, Garden County Example 6,810 Example
10. SOUTH COLUMBIA
Holt County, NE Example 10,449 South Columbia
Cherry County, NE Example 5,788 Example
Grant, Hooker County, NE Example 1,371 Example
Thomas County, NE Example 699 Example
Keya Paha, Brown, Rock County, NE Example 5,127 Example
Blaine, Loup County, NE Example 1,058 Example
Garfield, Wheeler County, NE Example 2,794 Example
Boyd County, NE Example 2,032 Example
11. SOUTH MAGOOTZ
Red Willow County, NE Example 11,006 Example
Lincoln County, NE Lincoln 36,051 Lincoln, South Magootz
Dundy, Chase County, NE Example 5,981 Example
Hayes Hitchcock County, NE Example 3,848 Example
Frontier County, NE Example 2,709 Example
Perkins, Keith County, NE Example 11,051 South Magootz State
Arthur, McPherson County, NE Example 984 Example
Logan County, NE Example 763 Example
12. EAGLETON
Washington County, NE Example 20,223 Example
Platte County, NE Example 32,505 Example
Dakota County, NE Example 20,947 Example
Madison County, NE Example 35,278 Eagleton
Boone County, NE Example 5,505 Example
Burt, Thurston County, NE Example 13,469 Example
Cuming, Stanton County, NE Example 15,129 Example
Wayne County, NE Example 9,411 Example
Dixon, Cedar County, NE Example 14,562 Northern Eagleton
Dodge County, NE Example 36,515 Southern Eagleton State
Colfax County, NE Example 10,425 Example
Knox County, NE Example 8,565 Example
Antelope, Pierce County, NE Example 13,966 Example
13. DINAGAT
Bennett County, SD Example 3,431 Example
Custer County, SD Example 8,216 Example
Fall River County, SD Example 7,094 Example
Gregory County, SD Example 4,271 Southern Dinagat State
Haakon County, SD Example 1,937 Example
Jackson County, SD Example 3,031 Example
Tripp County, SD Example 5,644 Example
Todd County, SD Example 9,612 Example
Stanley County, SD Example 2,966 Example
Pennington County, SD Summersville 100,948 Northern Dinagat State, Air force
Oglala Lakota County, SD Example 13,586 Example
Jones County, SD Example 1,006 Example
Lyman County, SD Example 3,755 Example
Mellette County, SD Example 2,048 Example
14. SPOKANIA
Butte County, SD Example 10,110 Example
Corson County, SD Example 4,050 Example
Dewey County, SD Example 5,301 Example
Harding County, SD Example 1,255 Example
Lawrence County, SD Spokane 24,097 Spokane
Meade County, SD Example 25,434 Spokania State
Perkins County, SD Example 2,982 Example
Ziebach County, SD Example 2,801 Example
15. RIVERTON
Richardson, Nemaha, Johnson, Pawnee County, NE Example 23,135 Example
Gage County, NE Example 21,864 Example
Lancaster County, NE Lancaster 297,036 Riverton Tech
Cass County, NE Example 25,357 Example
Otoe County, NE Example 15,752 Example
Douglas County, NE Charlestown 537,256 Riverton, Charlestown State
Sarpy County, NE Bridgewater 169,331 Bridgewater State
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Hamilton County, NE Example 9,112 Example
Jefferson County, NE Example 7,560 Example
Polk County, NE Example 5,275 Example
Thayer County, NE Example 5,189 Example
Saunders County, NE 20,929
York County, NE 13,883
Seward County, NE 17,089
Fillmore County, NE 5,698
Saline County, NE 14,416
Nance, Merrick County, NE 11,425
Butler County, NE Butler 8,312 Butler
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Dunn County, ND Example 3,536 Example
Golden Valley County, ND Example 1,680 Example
Adams County, ND Example 2,343 Example
Billings County, ND Example 783 Example
Bowman County, ND Example 3,151 Example
Grant County, ND Example 2,394 Example
Hettinger County, ND Example 2,477 Example
McKenzie County, ND Example 6,360 Example
Mercer County, ND Mercer 8,424 Example
Morton County, ND Example 27,471 Example
Oliver County, ND Mount Oliver 1,846 Example
Sioux County, ND Example 4,153 Example
Slope County, ND Barr Slope 727 Example
Stark County, ND Starkville 24,199
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Burke County, ND Example 1,968 Example
Burleigh County, ND Example 81,308 Example
Divide County, ND Example 2,071 Example
Eddy County, ND Example 2,385 Example
Emmons County, ND Example 3,550 Example
Foster County, ND Example 3,343 Example
Kidder County, ND Example 2,435 Example
Pierce County, ND Example 4,357 Example
Renville County, ND Example 2,470 Example
Rolette County, ND Example 13,937 Example
Logan County, ND Logan 1,990 Example
McHenry County, ND Example 5,395 Example
McIntosh County, ND Example 2,809 Example
McLean County, ND Example 8,962 Example
Mountrail County, ND Example 7,673 Example
Ward County, ND Example 61,675 Example
Wells County, ND Wellsburg 4,207 Example
Williams County, ND Williamsburg 22,398 Williams College
Benson County, ND Example 6,660 Example
Bottineau County, ND Example 6,429 Example
Sheridan County, ND Example 1,321 Example
Towner County, ND Example 2,246 Example
19. MIDLANDS
LaMoure County, ND Example 4,139 Example
Dickey County, ND Example 5,289 Example
Griggs County, ND Example 2,420 Example
Barnes County, ND Barnettsville 11,066
Cass County, ND 149,778 Carlisle Midlands
Cavalier County, ND Example 3,993 Example
Grand Forks County, ND Example 66,861 Midlands Tech
Nelson County, ND 3,126
Pembina County, ND 7,413
Ramsey County, ND 11,451
Ransom County, ND 5,457
Richland County, ND Richland 16,321
Sargent County, ND 3,829
Steele County, ND Steelton 1,975
Stutsman County, ND 21,100
Traill County, ND 8,121
Walsh County, ND 11,119
20. NEWCASTLE
Hastings, ON Hastings 134,934
Frontenac, ON Keller 149,738 Northwestern State
Toronto, ON Saint Catherine 2,615,060 Saint Catherine State, Queen's College
Peel, ON Zanesville 1,296,814 Lake Erie College
York, ON Port Erie 1,032,524 Saint Lawrence
Ottawa, ON Trois-Rivieres 883,391 Trois-Rivieres, Newcastle
Durham, ON 608,124
Simcoe, ON 446,063
Peterborough, ON Parker 134,933
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, ON Fair Haven 111,164 Fair Haven State
Prescott and Russell, ON Bradbury 85,381 Example
Leeds and Greenville, ON Fairwood 99,306
Northumberland, ON 82,126 Example
Kawartha Lakes, ON Westminster 73,214 Westminster College
Lanark, ON Belmont 65,667 Belmont
Dufferin, ON Greenville 56,881
Lennox and Adington, ON Anderson 41,824
Prince Edward, ON Green Bluff 25,258
21. WEST ONTARIO
Renfrew, ON Canterwood 101,326
Nipissing, ON 84,736
Muskoka, ON Aberdeen Gardens 58,047 Aberdeen
Parry Sound, ON Normandy Park 42,162 Western Ontario
Haliburton, ON Edgewood 17,026
22. ALGOMA
Greater Sudbury, ON Cascade 160,274 Algoma
Thunder Bay, ON Clarksburg 146,057 Algoma Tech, Lake Superior State
Algoma, ON Dryden 115,870
Cochrane, ON West Grimsby 81,122
Kenora, ON West Kenmore 57,607 Algoma Tech, Western Algoma
Timiskaming, ON Agate 32,634
Sudbury, ON Salmon Creek 21,196
Rainy River, ON Rainy River 20,370 Fort Algoma
Manitoulin, ON Maple Falls 13,048
23. WINDSOR
Oxford, ON Davenport 105,719
Lambton, ON Marysville 126,199
Wellington, ON Porter 208,360 Windsor A & M
Essex, ON Alexandria 388,782
Middlesex, ON Highland Heights 439,151
Halton, ON Milford 501,669 East Detroit
Waterloo, ON Malden 507,096 Windsor
Chatham-Kent, ON Apollo 103,671
Grey, ON Outlook 92,568
Elgin, ON Madison 87,461 Windsor-Madison
Perth, ON Endicott 75,112 Endicott College
Bruce, ON Kenmore 66,102
Huron, ON Mill Creek 59,100
24. EAST ONTARIO
Hamilton, ON Hogan's Corner 519,949 Eastern Ontario
Niagara, ON Ashland 431,346 Ashland
Brant, ON Cascade Valley 136,035
Norfolk, ON Maple Valley 63,175
Haldimand, ON Bridgeport 44,876
25. NORTH ROYALTON
Lanaudiere and Laurentides, PQ Laurenderry 1,031,448
Outaouais and Abitibi-Temiscaminque, PQ Le Mars 514,861
Nord-du-Quebec, PQ Nord-du-Montreal 42,579
Sauguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Cote-Nord, PQ Northlake 369,646
Capitale-Nationale and Mauricie, PQ French River 964,219
Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Lauernt and Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeline, PQ 704,885
Estrie, Monteregie and Centre-du-Quebec, PQ Central City 1,987,329 North Royalton State
Montreal and Laval, PQ Montreal 2,288,034 Montreal, Montreal State
Newfoundland and Labrador New Labrador 514,536 Atlantic Christian
26. NE
Adams County NE Adamsburg 31,610 Adams State
Hall County, NE 60,720
Custer County, NE Example 10,792 Example
Buffalo County, NE Buffalo 47,893 Buffalo
Valley, Greeley, Sherman, Howard County, NE Example 16,188 Example
Dawson County, NE Dawson Creek 24,207 Example
Franklin County, NE Example 3,085 Example
Furnas, Gosper County, NE Example 6,837 Example
Phelps, Harlan County, NE Example 12,726 Example
Kearney County, NE Example 6,548 Example
Clay County, NE Claysburg 6,392 Example
Webster, Nuckolls County, NE Webster Springs 8,101 Example
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Aurora County, SD Aurora 2,710 Example
Bon Homme County, SD Example 7,070 Example
Brule County, SD Example 5,255 Example
Buffalo County, SD Example 1,912 Example
Charles Mix County, SD Example 9,129 Example
Clay County, SD Example 13,864 Example
Davison County, SD Example 19,504 Example
Douglas County, SD Example 3,002 Example
Hanson County, SD Example 3,331 Example
Hutchinson County, SD Example 7,343 Example
Lincoln County, SD Example 44,828 Example
Lake County, SD Example 11,200 Example
Sanborn County, SD Example 2,355 Example
Union County, SD Uniontown 14,399 Union College
Yankton County, SD Example 22,438 Example
Turner County, SD Example 8,347 Example
Moody County, SD Example 6,486 Example
Jerauld County, SD Example 2,070 Example
McCook County, SD Example 5,618 Example
Miner County, SD Minersville 2,389 Example
Minnehaha County, SD Example 169,468 Example
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Grant County, SD Example 7,356 Example
Hamlin County, SD Example 5,903 Example
Hand County, SD Left Hand 3,431 Example
Hughes County, SD Hughesville 17,022 Example
Hyde County, SD Hyde 1,420 Example
Kingsbury County, SD Example 5,148 Example
Marshall County, SD Example 4,656 Example
Faulk County, SD Example 2,364 Example
Edmunds County, SD Example 4,071 Example
Deuel County, SD Example 4,364 Example
Day County, SD Example 5,710 Example
Codington County, SD Example 27,227 Example
Clark County, SD Clarksville 3,691 Example
Campbell County, SD Example 1,466 Example
Brown County, SD Example 36,531 Brown
Brookings County, SD Example 31,965 Example
Beadle County, SD Example 17,398 Example
McPherson County, SD Example 2,459 Example
Walworth County, SD Example 5,438 Example
Sully County, SD Example 1,373 Example
Potter County, SD Example 2,329 Example
Roberts County, SD Example 10,149 Example
Spink County, SD Example 6,451 Example
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Kossuth County, IA Example 15,543 Example
Winnebago County, IA Example 10,866 Example
Palo Alto County, IA Example 9,421 Example
Hancock County, IA Example 11,341 Example
Pocahontas County, IA Poca 7,310 Example
Humboldt County, IA Example 9,815 Example
Wright County, IA Example 13,229 Example
Emmet County, IA Example 10,302 Example
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Lyon County, IA Example 11,581 Example
Osceola County, IA Osceola Mills 6,462 Example
Dickinson County, IA Example 16,667 Example
Sioux County, IA Example 33,704 Example
O'Brien County, IA Example 14,398 Example
Clay County, IA Claysville 16,667 Example
Plymouth County, IA Example 24,986 Example
Cherokee County, IA Example 12,072 Example
Buena Vista County, IA Example 20,260 Example
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Mahaska County, IA Example 22,381 Example
Keokuk County, IA Example 10,511 Example
Wapello County, IA Example 35,625 Example
Jefferson County, IA Jefferson City 16,843 Example
Henry County, IA Example 20,145 Example
Des Moines County, IA Example 40,325 Example
Davis County, IA Example 8,753 Example
Van Buren County, IA Example 7,570 Example
Lee County, IA Example 35,862 Example
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Winneshiek County, IA Example 21,056 Example
Allamakee County, IA Example 14,330 Example
Fayette County, IA Fayetteville 20,880 Example
Clayton County, IA Example 18,129 Example
Buchanan County, IA Example 20,958 Example
Delaware County, IA Example 17,764 Example
Dubuque County, IA Example 93,653 Example
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Woodbury County, IA Example 102,172 Example
Ida County, IA Example 7,089 Example
Sac County, IA Sacramento 10,350 Example
Monona County, IA Example 9,243 Example
Crawford County, IA Example 17,096 Example
Carroll County, IA Carrolltown 20,816 John Carroll
Harrison County, IA Example 14,928 Example
Shelby County, IA Example 12,167 Example
Audubon County, IA Example 6,119 Example
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Grundy County, IA Example 12,453 Example
Black Hawk County, IA Example 131,090 Example
Tama County, IA Example 17,767 Example
Marshall County, IA Example 40,648 Example
Hardin County, IA Example 17,534 Example
Benton County, IA Bentonville 26,076 Example
Powesheik County, IA Example 18,914 Example
Iowa County, IA Example 16,355 Example
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Madison County, IA Example 15,679 Example
Warren County, IA Warrensville 46,225 Example
Marion County, IA Example 33,309 Example
Clarke County, IA Example 9,286 Example
Lucas County, IA Example 8,898 Example
Monroe County, IA Monroeville 7,970 Example
Decatur County, IA Example 8,457 Example
Wayne County, IA Waynesburg 46,225 Wayne State
Appanoose County, IA Example 12,884 Example
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Pottawattamie County, IA Example 93,158 Example
Cass County, IA Example 13,956 Example
Adair County, IA Example 7,682 Example
Mills County, IA Example 15,059 Example
Montgomery County, IA Example 10,740 Example
Adams County, IA Example 4,029 Example
Union County, IA Example 12,534 Example
Fremont County, IA Example 7,441 Example
Page County, IA Example 15,932 Example
Taylor County, IA Taylorsville 6,317 Example
Ringgold County, IA Example 5,131 Example
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Calhoun County, IA Example 9,670 Example
Webster County, IA Example 38,013 Example
Hamilton County, IA Example 15,673 Example
Boone County, IA Example 26,306 Example
Guthrie County, IA Example 10,954 Example
Dallas County, IA Dallastown 66,135 Example
Greene County, IA Greenville 9,336 Example
Story County, IA Example 89,542 Example
Polk County, IA Example 430,640 Example
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Worth County, IA Example 7,598 Example
Mitchell County, IA Example 10,776 Example
Howard County, IA Example 9,566 Example
Cerro Gordo County, IA Example 44,151 Example
Floyd County, IA Example 16,303 Example
Chickasaw County, IA Example 12,439 Example
Franklin County, IA Example 10,680 Example
Butler County, IA Example 14,867 Example
Bremer County, IA Bremerton 24,276 Example
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Johnson County, IA Johnstown 130,882 Example
Clinton County, IA Example 49,116 Example
Muscatine County, IA Example 42,745 Example
Scott County, IA Scottsdale 165,224 Example
Louisa County, IA Example 11,387 Example
Washington County, IA Example 21,704 Example
Cedar County, IA Example 18,499 Example
Jackson County, IA Jacksonville 19,848 Jacksonville State
Jones County, IA Example 20,638 Example
Linn County, IA Example 211,226 Example
40. CAPERTON
Lake County, MN Westernport 10,866
Cook County, MN Cookport 5,176 Example
Saint Louis County, MN Lakeview 200,226 Lakeview, Lake Shore State
Carlton County, MN Collegeville 35,386 Example
Aitkin County, MN Example 16,202 Example
Itasca County, MN Example 45,058 Example
Koochiching County, MN Example 13,311 Example
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Anoka County 003 330,844 Becker County 005 32,504 Beltrami County 007 44,442 Benton County 009 Foley 1849 One of nine original counties; formed from residual St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory. Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), former United States Senator from Missouri (1821-1851) 38,451 408.28 sq mi (1,057 km2) State map highlighting Benton County Big Stone County 011 Ortonville 1862 Pierce County Big Stone Lake, a lake located in the county 5,269 496.95 sq mi (1,287 km2) State map highlighting Big Stone County Blue Earth County 013 Mankato 1853 Unorganized Territory, Dakota County Blue Earth River, a river that flows through Minnesota 64,013 752.36 sq mi (1,949 km2) State map highlighting Blue Earth County Brown County 015 New Ulm 1855 Blue Earth County Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870), member of Minnesota territorial legislature (1854-55) and prominent pioneer 25,893 610.86 sq mi (1,582 km2) State map highlighting Brown County Carver County 019 Chaska 1855 Hennepin County, Sibley County Jonathan Carver (1710–1790), early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi river. 91,042 357.04 sq mi (925 km2) State map highlighting Carver County

Cass County 021 Walker 1851 Dakota County, Pembina County, Mankahto County, Wahnata County Lewis Cass (1782–1866), senator from Michigan (1845–1857) and United States Secretary of State (1831–1836) 28,567 2,017.60 sq mi (5,226 km2) State map highlighting Cass County Chippewa County 023 Montevideo 1870 Pierce County, Davis County Chippewa River, a river that flows through Minnesota 12,441 582.80 sq mi (1,509 km2) State map highlighting Chippewa County Chisago County 025 Center City 1851 Washington County, Ramsey County Chisago Lake, a lake located in the county 53,887 417.63 sq mi (1,082 km2) State map highlighting Chisago County Clay County 027 Moorhead 1862 Pembina County Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States (1825–1829) 58,999 1,045.24 sq mi (2,707 km2) State map highlighting Clay County Clearwater County 029 Bagley 1902 Beltrami County Clearwater River and lake, both features located in the state 8,695 994.71 sq mi (2,576 km2) State map highlighting Clearwater County Cottonwood County 033 Windom 1857 Brown County Cottonwood River 11,687 639.99 sq mi (1,658 km2) State map highlighting Cottonwood County Crow Wing County 035 Brainerd 1857 Ramsey County Crow Wing River 62,500 996.57 sq mi (2,581 km2) State map highlighting Crow Wing County Dakota County 037 Hastings 1849 One of nine original counties. From the Dakota language, after a local tribe Dakota, meaning "Allies" 398,552 569.58 sq mi (1,475 km2) State map highlighting Dakota County Dodge County 039 Mantorville 1855 Rice County, Unorganized Territory Henry Dodge (1782–1867), twice governor of Wisconsin.[9] 20,087 439.50 sq mi (1,138 km2) State map highlighting Dodge County Douglas County 041 Alexandria 1858 Cass County, Pembina County Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861), former United States Senator from Illinois (1847-1861) 36,009 634.32 sq mi (1,643 km2) State map highlighting Douglas County Faribault County 043 Blue Earth 1855 Blue Earth County Jean-Baptiste Faribault (1775-1860), early settler and fur trader 14,553 713.63 sq mi (1,848 km2) State map highlighting Faribault County Fi-llmore County 045 Preston 1853 Wabasha County Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), thirteenth president of the United States (1850-1853) 20,866 861.25 sq mi (2,231 km2) State map highlighting Fillmore County Freeborn County 047 Albert Lea 1855 Blue Earth County, Rice County William S. Freeborn (1816-1900), member of the Territorial Legislature 31,255 707.64 sq mi (1,833 km2) State map highlighting Freeborn County Goodhue County 049 Red Wing 1853 Wabasha County, Dakota County James Madison Goodhue, the first newspaper editor in Minnesota.[10] 46,183 758.27 sq mi (1,964 km2) State map highlighting Goodhue County Grant County 051 Elbow Lake 1868 Stevens County, Wilkin County, Traverse County Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), eighteenth president of the United States (1869-1877) 6,018 546.41 sq mi (1,415 km2) State map highlighting Grant County Hennepin County 053 Minneapolis 1852 Dakota County Father Louis Hennepin (1626-1705), early explorer of the Twin Cities area in the 17th Century 1,152,425 556.62 sq mi (1,442 km2) State map highlighting Hennepin County Houston County 055 Caledonia 1854 Fillmore County Sam Houston (1793–1863), the second and fourth president of the Republic of Texas and seventh governor of Texas 19,027 558.41 sq mi (1,446 km2) State map highlighting Houston County Hubbard County 057 Park Rapids 1883 Cass County Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913), ninth governor of Minnesota (1882-1887) 20,428 922.46 sq mi (2,389 km2) State map highlighting Hubbard County Isanti County 059 Cambridge 1857 Ramsey County Division of the Dakotas called the Izatys, meaning [those that] dwell at Knife Lake, after where they resided. 37,816 439.07 sq mi (1,137 km2) State map highlighting Isanti County

Jackson County 063 Jackson 1857 Brown County Henry Jackson, member of the first territorial legislature and the first merchant in St. Paul 10,266 701.69 sq mi (1,817 km2) State map highlighting Jackson County Kanabec County 065 Mora 1858 Pine County From the Ojibwe language Kan-a-bec-o-si-pi (Ginebigo-ziibi), meaning Snake River, which flows through the county 16,239 524.93 sq mi (1,360 km2) State map highlighting Kanabec County Kandiyohi County 067 Willmar 1858 Meeker County, Renville County, Pierce County, Davis County, Stearns County From the Sioux language for "buffalo fish" 42,239 796.06 sq mi (2,062 km2) State map highlighting Kandiyohi County Kittson County 069 Hallock 1879 Pembina County Norman Kittson (1814-1888), businessman and mayor of Saint Paul (1858-1859) 4,552 1,097.08 sq mi (2,841 km2) State map highlighting Kittson County Lac qui Parle County 073 Madison 1871 Redwood County French phrase meaning "lake which talks". 7,259 764.87 sq mi (1,981 km2) State map highlighting Lac qui Parle County Lake of the Woods County 077 Baudette 1923 Beltrami County Lake of the Woods, a lake located within the county. 4,045 1,296.70 sq mi (3,358 km2) State map highlighting Lake of the Woods County Le Sueur County 079 Le Center 1853 Dakota County Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (1657-1704), fur trader and early explorer of the Minnesota River Valley 27,703 448.50 sq mi (1,162 km2) State map highlighting Le Sueur County Lincoln County 081 Ivanhoe 1873 Lyon County Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865) 5,896 537.03 sq mi (1,391 km2) State map highlighting Lincoln County Lyon County 083 Marshall 1871 Redwood County Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), United States Army general killed during the Civil War 25,857 714.17 sq mi (1,850 km2) State map highlighting Lyon County McLeod County 085 Glencoe 1856 Carver County, Sibley County Martin McLeod early pioneer and member of the territorial legislature (1849–1856) 36,651 491.91 sq mi (1,274 km2) State map highlighting McLeod County Mahnomen County 087 Mahnomen 1906 Norman County Ojibwa word meaning "wild rice". 5,413 556.14 sq mi (1,440 km2) State map highlighting Mahnomen County Marshall County 089 Warren 1879 Kittson County William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896), fifth governor of Minnesota (1866-1870) 9,439 1,772.24 sq mi (4,590 km2) State map highlighting Marshall County Martin County 091 Fairmont 1857 Faribault County, Brown County Morgan Lewis Martin (1805-1887), delegate to Congress from Wisconsin Territory 20,840 709.34 sq mi (1,837 km2) State map highlighting Martin County Meeker County 093 Litchfield 1856 Davis County Bradley B. Meeker (1813–1873), Associate Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court (1849–1853) 23,300 608.54 sq mi (1,576 km2) State map highlighting Meeker County Mille Lacs County 095 Milaca 1857 Ramsey County Mille Lacs Lake, a lake located within the county. 26,097 574.47 sq mi (1,488 km2) State map highlighting Mille Lacs County Morrison County 097 Little Falls 1856 Benton County William & Allan Morrison, fur trading brothers[11] 33,198 1,124.50 sq mi (2,912 km2) State map highlighting Morrison County Mower County 099 Austin 1855 Rice County John Edward Mower (1815–1879), member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s 39,163 711.50 sq mi (1,843 km2) State map highlighting Mower County

Murray County 101 Slayton 1857 Brown County William Pitt Murray (1825–1910), Minnesota statesman and member of the territorial legislature (1852–1855) and 1857 8,725 704.43 sq mi (1,824 km2) State map highlighting Murray County Nicollet County 103 St. Peter 1853 Dakota County Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843), early explore and cartographer of the Upper Mississippi River 32,727 452.29 sq mi (1,171 km2) State map highlighting Nicollet County Nobles County 105 Worthington 1857 Brown County William H. Nobles, member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1854 and 1856 21,378 715.39 sq mi (1,853 km2) State map highlighting Nobles County Norman County 107 Ada 1881 Polk County Early Norwegian, also known as Norman, settlers. 6,852 876.27 sq mi (2,270 km2) State map highlighting Norman County Olmsted County 109 Rochester 1855 Fillmore County, Wabasha County, Rice County David Olmsted, first mayor of Saint Paul and member of territorial legislature (1849-1850) 144,248 653.01 sq mi (1,691 km2) State map highlighting Olmsted County Otter Tail County 111 Fergus Falls 1858 Pembina County, Cass County Otter Tail Lake, a lake located within the county 57,303 1,979.71 sq mi (5,127 km2) State map highlighting Otter Tail County Pennington County 113 Thief River Falls 1910 Red Lake County Edmund Pennington (b. 1848), executive of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad 13,930 616.54 sq mi (1,597 km2) State map highlighting Pennington County Pine County 115 Pine City 1856 Chisago County, Ramsey County Giant forests of Eastern White Pine and Red Pine that flourish in the county 29,750 1,411.04 sq mi (3,655 km2) State map highlighting Pine County Pipestone County 117 Pipestone 1857 Brown County Name of a sacred Dakota quarry of red pipestone found in the county 9,596 465.89 sq mi (1,207 km2) State map highlighting Pipestone County Polk County 119 Crookston 1858 Pembina County James K. Polk (1795-1849), eleventh president of the United States (1845-1849) 31,600 1,970.37 sq mi (5,103 km2) State map highlighting Polk County

Pope County 121 Glenwood 1862 Pierce County, Cass County, Unorganized Territory John Pope (1822–1892), United States Army general during the Dakota War of 1862 10,995 670.14 sq mi (1,736 km2) State map highlighting Pope County Ramsey County 123 Saint Paul 1849 One of nine original counties; formed from residual St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory. Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), second governor of Minnesota (1860-1863) 508,640 155.78 sq mi (403 km2) State map highlighting Ramsey County Red Lake County 125 Red Lake Falls 1896 Polk County Red Lake River, a river that flows through Minnesota. 4,089 432.43 sq mi (1,120 km2) State map highlighting Red Lake County Redwood County 127 Redwood Falls 1862 Brown County Redwood River, a river that flows through Minnesota. 16,059 879.73 sq mi (2,278 km2) State map highlighting Redwood County Renville County 129 Olivia 1855 Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Joseph Renville (1779-1846), interpreter for early explorations of the Louisiana Purchase 15,730 982.92 sq mi (2,546 km2) State map highlighting Renville County Rice County 131 Faribault 1853 Dakota County, Wabasha County Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894), former United States Senator from Minnesota (1858-1863) 64,142 497.57 sq mi (1,289 km2) State map highlighting Rice County Rock County 133 Luverne 1857 Brown County Large rocky plateau located within the county, known as "the mound." 9,687 482.61 sq mi (1,250 km2) State map highlighting Rock County Roseau County 135 Roseau 1894 Kittson County, Beltrami County Roseau River and Roseau Lake, both of which are located nearby 15,629 1,662.51 sq mi (4,306 km2) State map highlighting Roseau County Scott County 139 Shakopee 1853 Dakota County Winfield Scott (1786–1866), United States Army general who served from (1808–1861) 129,928 356.68 sq mi (924 km2) State map highlighting Scott County Sherburne County 141 Elk River 1856 Benton County Moses Sherburne (1813–1873), Associate Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court (1853-1857) 88,499 436.30 sq mi (1,130 km2) State map highlighting Sherburne County Sibley County 143 Gaylord 1853 Dakota County Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), first governor of Minnesota (1858-1860) 15,226 588.65 sq mi (1,525 km2) State map highlighting Sibley County Stearns County 145 St. Cloud 1855 Cass County, Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Charles Thomas Stearns (1814-1888), early settler of St. Cloud and member of the Minnesota territorial legislature (1849-1858) 150,642 1,344.52 sq mi (3,482 km2) State map highlighting Stearns County Steele County 147 Owatonna 1855 Rice County, Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County Franklin Steele (1813-1880), early settler of Minneapolis and developer of Saint Anthony Falls 36,576 429.55 sq mi (1,113 km2) State map highlighting Steele County Stevens County 149 Morris 1862 Pierce County, Unorganized Territory Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), first governor of Washington Territory (1853-1857) 9,726 562.06 sq mi (1,456 km2) State map highlighting Stevens County Swift County 151 Benson 1870 Chippewa County Henry Adoniram Swift (1823-1869), third governor of Minnesota (1863-1864) 9,783 743.53 sq mi (1,926 km2) State map highlighting Swift County Todd County 153 Long Prairie 1855 Cass County John Blair Smith Todd, commander of Fort Ripley (1849-56); general in the Civil War; delegate in Congress from Dakota Territory (1861 and 1863-65); governor of Dakota Territory (1869-71) 24,895 942.02 sq mi (2,440 km2) State map highlighting Todd County Traverse County 155 Wheaton 1862 Pierce County, Unorganized Territory Lake Traverse, a lake located in the county. 3,558 574.09 sq mi (1,487 km2) State map highlighting Traverse County Wabasha County 157 Wabasha 1849 One of nine original counties. Named after M'dewakanton Dakota Indian Chief Wabasha III 21,676 525.01 sq mi (1,360 km2) State map highlighting Wabasha County Wadena County 159 Wadena 1858 Cass County, Todd County Wadena Trading Post, in turn for a Ojibway word meaning "a little round hill". 13,843 535.02 sq mi (1,386 km2) State map highlighting Wadena County

Waseca County 19,136 Washington County 238,136 Watonwan County 11,211 Wilkin County 6,576 Winona County 51,461 Wright County 124,700 Yellow Medicine County 10,438