Editing Kanabec County, Minnesota (section)

==History==
The Minnesota legislature authorized creation of Kanabec County on March 13, 1858,<ref>[http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us Minnesota State Government Series - State Counties]</ref> with territory partitioned from [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine County]]. No county seat was designated at that time, and the county organization was not effected at that time. The county name came from [[Ojibwe language|the Ojibwe term]] ''ginebig'', meaning "snake," after the [[Snake River (St. Croix River)|Snake River]] — ''Kanabecosippi'' (''Ginebigo-ziibi'' in the modern spelling) — which flows through the county.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gannett, Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |year=1905 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n171 172]}}</ref>

The area of Kanabec County was attached to [[Chisago County, Minnesota|Chisago County]] for administrative and judicial purposes. What county business was handled locally was performed by part-time County Auditor and County Treasurer, in a single room in a stopping place operated by lumber-trader George Staples at Millet Rapids.

In 1871 the county was detached from Chisago, and assigned to [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine County]]. This assignment lasted through 1881.

The 1870 United States census listed 53 occupants of the Kanabec County area. However, an influx of settlers into its southern areas occurred in the early 1870s, and by 1876 an official county building was needed. A one-room wood building was erected at Millet Rapids, put into use in 1876. In 1881 the county was detached from Pine, and the government structure was finalized, with the county seat being designated at Brunswick. Only one court term was held at Brunswick; in the 1882 general election, a nearly-unanimous vote designated Mora as the county seat. The old courthouse building was sold to a local farmer, who moved it to his property to use as a home. The wood courthouse erected at Mora was used until 1894, when it burned and was replaced by a more fireproof building.<ref>[http://www.kanabeccounty.org/about_us/index.php ''About Us''. Kanabec County website (accessed March 13, 2019)]</ref>