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==List== {{Countytabletop |region_width = |fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS"/> |region_seat_title = [[County seat]] |region_seat_width = |region_seat_ref = <ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=MN|title=NACo β Find a county|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=February 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181322/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=MN|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> |data2_title = {{abbr|Est.|Established}} |data2_width = |data2_ref = <ref name="Place"/><ref name="NACO"/> |data3_title = Origin |data3_width = |data3_ref = <ref>{{cite book|title=Minnesota Geographic Names|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|last=Upham|first=Warren|year=1969|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|location=St. Paul}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mncounties.org/About_Counties/county_names.htm|title=County Name Origins|work=Association of Minnesota Counties|access-date=November 5, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527203912/http://www.mncounties.org/About_Counties/county_names.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/coorigan.html|title=Origin of Minnesota County Name|work=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=November 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108163956/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/coorigan.html|archive-date=November 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |data4_unsortable = yes |population_ref = <ref name="Cen"/> |area_ref = <ref name="NACO"/><ref name="Cen">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MN/PST045221|title=Minnesota QuickFacts|work=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref> }} {{Countyrow|Name=Aitkin |N=27 |Num=001 |Seat=Aitkin |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine County]], [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=[[William Alexander Aitken]] <small>(1785β1851)</small>, early fur trader with [[Ojibwe]] Indians |Population=16335 |Area=1819.30 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Anoka |N=27 |Num=003 |Seat=Anoka |Data1=1857 |Data2=[[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=[[Dakota language|Dakota]] word meaning "both sides" |Population=376840 |Area=423.61 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Becker |N=27 |Num=005 |Seat=Detroit Lakes |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] |Data3=[[George Loomis Becker]], former state senator and third mayor of Saint Paul <small>(1856β1857)</small> |Population=35444 |Area=1310.42 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Beltrami |N=27 |Num=007 |Seat=Bemidji |Data1=1866 |Data2= Unorganized Territory, [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca County]], [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]], [[Polk County, Minnesota|Polk County]] |Data3=[[Giacomo Beltrami]], Italian explorer who explored the northern reaches of Mississippi River in 1823 |Population=46762 |Area=2505.27 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Benton |N=27 |Num=009 |Seat=Foley |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties; formed from residual [[St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory]] |Data3=[[Thomas Hart Benton (senator)|Thomas Hart Benton]] <small>(1782β1858)</small>, former United States Senator from Missouri <small>(1821β1851)</small> |Population=41881 |Area=408.28 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Big Stone |N=27 |Num=011 |Seat=Ortonville |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]] |Data3=[[Big Stone Lake]] |Population=5067 |Area=496.95 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Blue Earth |N=27 |Num=013 |Seat=Mankato |Data1=1853 |Data2= Unorganized Territory, [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Blue Earth River]] |Population=70700 |Area=752.36 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brown |N=27 |Num=015 |Seat=New Ulm |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Blue Earth County, Minnesota|Blue Earth County]] |Data3=[[Joseph Renshaw Brown]] <small>(1805β1870)</small>, member of Minnesota territorial legislature <small>(1854β55)</small> and prominent pioneer |Population=25710 |Area=610.86 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Carlton |N=27 |Num=017 |Seat=Carlton |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine County]],<br>[[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County]] |Data3=Rueben B. Carlton <small>(1812β1863)</small>, early settler and state senator <small>(1857β1858)</small> |Population=36745 |Area=860.33 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Carver |N=27 |Num=019 |Seat=Chaska |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley County]] |Data3=[[Jonathan Carver]] <small>(1710β1790)</small>, early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi river |Population=112628 |Area=357.04 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cass |N=27 |Num=021 |Seat=Walker |Data1=1851 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]], [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]], Mankahto County, Wahnata County |Data3=[[Lewis Cass]] <small> (1782β1866)</small>, senator from Michigan <small>(1845β1857) </small> and [[United States Secretary of State]] <small> (1831β1836)</small> |Population=31442 |Area=2017.60 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Chippewa |N=27 |Num=023 |Seat=Montevideo |Data1=1870 |Data2= [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], [[Davis County, Minnesota|Davis County]] |Data3=[[Chippewa River (Minnesota)|Chippewa River]] |Population=12299 |Area=582.80 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Chisago |N=27 |Num=025 |Seat=Center City |Data1=1851 |Data2= [[Washington County, Minnesota|Washington County]], [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=[[Chisago Lake]] |Population=59105 |Area=417.63 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Clay |N=27 |Num=027 |Seat=Moorhead |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] |Data3=[[Henry Clay]] <small>(1777β1852)</small>, Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States <small>(1825β1829)</small> |Population=66848 |Area=1045.24 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Clearwater |N=27 |Num=029 |Seat=Bagley |Data1=1902 |Data2= [[Beltrami County, Minnesota|Beltrami County]] |Data3=[[Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary)|Clearwater River]] and Clearwater Lake |Population=8630 |Area=994.71 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cook |N=27 |Num=031 |Seat=Grand Marais |Data1=1874 |Data2= [[Lake County, Minnesota|Lake County]] |Data3=Named for [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran Major Michael Cook of [[Faribault, Minnesota|Faribault]], who was also a territorial and state senator 1857β62 |Population=5571 |Area=1450.60 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cottonwood |N=27 |Num=033 |Seat=Windom |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[Cottonwood River (Minnesota)|Cottonwood River]] |Population=11338 |Area=639.99 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Crow Wing |N=27 |Num=035 |Seat=Brainerd |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=[[Crow Wing River]] |Population=68642 |Area=996.57 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dakota |N=27 |Num=037 |Seat=Hastings |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties |Data3=From the [[Dakota language]], after a local tribe ''Dakota'', meaning "Allies"|Population=453156 |Area=569.58 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dodge |N=27 |Num=039 |Seat=Mantorville |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]], Unorganized Territory |Data3=[[Henry Dodge]] (1782β1867), two-time governor of Wisconsin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.dodge.mn.us/pdf/history.pdf|title=Dodge County History|work=Dodge County website|format=PDF|access-date=February 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411160552/http://www.co.dodge.mn.us/pdf/history.pdf|archive-date=April 11, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |Population=21242 |Area=439.50 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Douglas |N=27 |Num=041 |Seat=Alexandria |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] |Data3=[[Stephen Arnold Douglas]] <small>(1813β1861)</small>, former United States Senator from Illinois <small>(1847β1861)</small> |Population=39933 |Area=634.32 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Faribault |N=27 |Num=043 |Seat=Blue Earth |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Blue Earth County, Minnesota|Blue Earth County]] |Data3=[[Jean-Baptiste Faribault]] <small>(1775β1860)</small>, early settler and fur trader |Population=13886 |Area=713.63 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Fillmore |N=27 |Num=045 |Seat=Preston |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Wabasha County, Minnesota|Wabasha County]] |Data3=[[Millard Fillmore]] <small>(1800β1874)</small>, thirteenth president of the United States <small>(1850β1853)</small> |Population=21502 |Area=861.25 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Freeborn |N=27 |Num=047 |Seat=Albert Lea |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Blue Earth County, Minnesota|Blue Earth County]], [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]] |Data3=[[William Freeborn|William S. Freeborn]] <small>(1816β1900)</small>, member of the Territorial Legislature|Population=30314 |Area=707.64 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Goodhue |N=27 |Num=049 |Seat=Red Wing |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Wabasha County, Minnesota|Wabasha County]], [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[James Madison Goodhue]], the first newspaper editor in Minnesota<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.goodhue.mn.us/visitors/ghc_history.aspx|title=The History of Goodhue County|access-date=February 17, 2008|work=Goodhue County, Minnesota website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606025047/http://www.co.goodhue.mn.us/visitors/ghc_history.aspx|archive-date=June 6, 2008}}</ref> |Population=47982 |Area=758.27 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Grant |N=27 |Num=051 |Noseat=[[Elbow Lake, Grant County, Minnesota|Elbow Lake]] |Data1=1868 |Data2= [[Stevens County, Minnesota|Stevens County]], [[Wilkin County, Minnesota|Wilkin County]], [[Traverse County, Minnesota|Traverse County]] |Data3=[[Ulysses S. Grant]] <small>(1822β1885)</small>, eighteenth president of the United States <small>(1869β1877)</small> |Population=6109 |Area=546.41 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hennepin |N=27 |Num=053 |Seat=Minneapolis |Data1=1852 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Louis Hennepin|Father Louis Hennepin]] <small>(1626β1705)</small>, early explorer of the Twin Cities area in the 17th century |Population=1273334 |Area=556.62 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Houston |N=27 |Num=055 |Seat=Caledonia |Data1=1854 |Data2= [[Fillmore County, Minnesota|Fillmore County]] |Data3=[[Sam Houston]] <small>(1793β1863)</small>, the second and fourth president of the [[Republic of Texas]] and seventh governor of [[Texas]] |Population=18352 |Area=558.41 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hubbard |N=27 |Num=057 |Seat=Park Rapids |Data1=1883 |Data2= [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]] |Data3=[[Lucius Frederick Hubbard]] <small>(1836β1913)</small>, ninth governor of Minnesota <small>(1882β1887)</small> |Population=22050 |Area=922.46 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Isanti |N=27 |Num=059 |Seat=Cambridge |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=Division of the [[Sioux|Dakota]]s called the ''Izatys'', meaning ''[those that] dwell at Knife Lake'', after where they resided |Population=43687 |Area=439.07 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Itasca |N=27 |Num=061 |Seat=Grand Rapids |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties; formed from residual [[La Pointe County, Wisconsin Territory]] |Data3=[[Lake Itasca]], source of the [[Mississippi River]] (located in northwestern Minnesota) |Population=45442 |Area=2665.06 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jackson |N=27 |Num=063 |Seat=Jackson |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[Henry Jackson (Minnesota pioneer)|Henry Jackson]], member of the first [[Minnesota Territory|territorial]] legislature and the first merchant in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]]|Population=9861 |Area=701.69 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kanabec |N=27 |Num=065 |Seat=Mora |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine County]] |Data3=From the [[Ojibwe language]] Kan-a-bec-o-si-pi (''Ginebigo-ziibi''), meaning [[Snake River (St. Croix River)|Snake River]], which flows through the county |Population=16608 |Area=524.93 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kandiyohi |N=27 |Num=067 |Seat=Willmar |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Meeker County, Minnesota|Meeker County]], [[Renville County, Minnesota|Renville County]], [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], [[Davis County, Minnesota|Davis County]], [[Stearns County, Minnesota|Stearns County]] |Data3=From the [[Sioux language]] for "[[buffalo fish]]" |Population=44674 |Area=796.06 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kittson |N=27 |Num=069 |Seat=Hallock |Data1=1879 |Data2= Pembina County |Data3=[[Norman Kittson]] <small>(1814β1888)</small>, businessman and mayor of Saint Paul <small>(1858β1859)</small> |Population=3992 |Area=1097.08 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Koochiching |N=27 |Num=071 |Seat=International Falls |Data1=1906 |Data2= [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca County]] |Data3=From the [[Ojibwe language]] ''Gojijiing'' (Place of inlets), which was the Cree name for [[Rainy Lake]] and [[Rainy River (Minnesota-Ontario)|Rainy River]] |Population=11594 |Area=3102.36 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lac qui Parle |N=27 |Num=073 |Seat=Madison |Data1=1871 |Data2= [[Redwood County, Minnesota|Redwood County]] |Data3=From the [[French language]] for "lake which talks" |Population=6636 |Area=764.87 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lake |N=27 |Num=075 |Seat=Two Harbors |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca County]] |Data3=[[Lake Superior]], which forms one of its edges |Population=10698 |Area=2099.16 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lake of the Woods |N=27 |Num=077 |Seat=Baudette |Data1=1923 |Data2=[[Beltrami County, Minnesota|Beltrami County]] |Data3=[[Lake of the Woods]], a lake located within the county |Population=3797 |Area=1296.70 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Le Sueur |N=27 |Num=079 |Seat=Le Center |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Pierre-Charles Le Sueur]] <small>(1657β1704)</small>, fur trader and early explorer of the [[Minnesota River|Minnesota River Valley]] |Population=29458 |Area=448.50 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lincoln |N=27 |Num=081 |Seat=Ivanhoe |Data1=1873 |Data2= [[Lyon County, Minnesota|Lyon County]] |Data3=[[Abraham Lincoln]] <small>(1809β1865)</small>, sixteenth president of the United States <small>(1861β1865)</small> |Population=5564 |Area=537.03 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lyon |N=27 |Num=083 |Seat=Marshall |Data1=1871 |Data2= [[Redwood County, Minnesota|Redwood County]] |Data3=[[Nathaniel Lyon]] <small>(1818β1861)</small>, United States Army general killed during the Civil War |Population=25577 |Area=714.17 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=McLeod |N=27 |Num=085 |Seat=Glencoe |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Carver County, Minnesota|Carver County]], [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley County]] |Data3=[[Martin McLeod]], early pioneer and member of the territorial legislature <small>(1849β1856)</small> |Population=36780 |Area=491.91 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mahnomen |N=27 |Num=087 |Seat=Mahnomen |Data1=1906 |Data2= [[Norman County, Minnesota|Norman County]] |Data3=From the [[Ojibwe language]] meaning "wild rice" |Population=5296 |Area=556.14 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Marshall |N=27 |Num=089 |Seat=Warren |Data1=1879 |Data2= [[Kittson County, Minnesota|Kittson County]] |Data3=[[William Rainey Marshall]] <small>(1825β1896)</small>, fifth governor of Minnesota <small>(1866β1870)</small> |Population=8771 |Area=1772.24 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Martin |N=27 |Num=091 |Seat=Fairmont |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Faribault County, Minnesota|Faribault County]], [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[Morgan Lewis Martin]] (1805β1887), delegate to Congress from [[Wisconsin Territory]] |Population=19561 |Area=709.34 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Meeker |N=27 |Num=093 |Seat=Litchfield |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Davis County, Minnesota|Davis County]] |Data3=[[Bradley B. Meeker]] <small>(1813β1873)</small>, Associate Justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court|Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court]] <small>(1849β1853)</small> |Population=23491 |Area=608.54 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mille Lacs |N=27 |Num=095 |Seat=Milaca |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=[[Mille Lacs Lake]] |Population=27577 |Area=574.47 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Morrison |N=27 |Num=097 |Seat=Little Falls |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Benton County, Minnesota|Benton County]] |Data3=[[William Morrison (trader)|William]] & [[Allan Morrison (fur trader)|Allan Morrison]], fur trading brothers<ref>[http://www.morrisoncountyhistory.org/histwill.html MCHS β William Morrison β Fur Trader<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723183222/http://www.morrisoncountyhistory.org/histwill.html |date=July 23, 2008 }}</ref> |Population=34520 |Area=1124.50 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mower |N=27 |Num=099 |Seat=Austin |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]] |Data3=[[John Edward Mower]] <small>(1815β1879)</small>, member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s |Population=40900 |Area=711.50 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Murray |N=27 |Num=101 |Seat=Slayton |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[William Pitt Murray]] <small>(1825β1910)</small>, Minnesota statesman and member of the territorial legislature <small>(1852β1855) and 1857</small> |Population=8044 |Area=704.43 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Nicollet |N=27 |Num=103 |Seat=St. Peter |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Joseph Nicollet|Joseph Nicolas Nicollet]] <small>(1786β1843)</small>, early explorer and cartographer of the Upper Mississippi River |Population=34493 |Area=452.29 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Nobles |N=27 |Num=105 |Seat=Worthington |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[William H. Nobles]], member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1854 and 1856 |Population=21969 |Area=715.39 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Norman |N=27 |Num=107 |Seat=Ada |Data1=1881 |Data2= [[Polk County, Minnesota|Polk County]] |Data3=Early Norwegian, also known as Norman, settlers. |Population=6284 |Area=876.27 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Olmsted |N=27 |Num=109 |Seat=Rochester |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Fillmore County, Minnesota|Fillmore County]], [[Wabasha County, Minnesota|Wabasha County]], [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]] |Data3=[[David Olmsted]], first mayor of Saint Paul and member of territorial legislature <small>(1849β1850)</small> |Population=166424 |Area=653.01 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Otter Tail |N=27 |Num=111 |Seat=Fergus Falls |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]], [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]] |Data3=[[Otter Tail Lake]] |Population=60884 |Area=1979.71 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Pennington |N=27 |Num=113 |Seat=Thief River Falls |Data1=1910 |Data2= [[Red Lake County, Minnesota|Red Lake County]] |Data3=Edmund Pennington <small>(1848-1926)</small>, executive of the [[Soo Line Railroad|Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad]] |Population=13652 |Area=616.54 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Pine |N=27 |Num=115 |Seat=Pine City |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Chisago County, Minnesota|Chisago County]], [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]] |Data3=Giant forests of [[Eastern White Pine]] and [[Red Pine]] that flourish in the county|Population=30319 |Area=1411.04 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Pipestone |N=27 |Num=117 |Seat=Pipestone |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=Name of a sacred [[Sioux|Dakota]] quarry of red pipestone found in the county |Population=9100 |Area=465.89 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Polk |N=27 |Num=119 |Seat=Crookston |Data1=1858 |Data2= [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] |Data3=[[James K. Polk]] <small>(1795β1849)</small>, eleventh president of the United States <small>(1845β1849)</small> |Population=30413 |Area=1970.37 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Pope |N=27 |Num=121 |Seat=Glenwood |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], Unorganized Territory |Data3=[[John Pope (general)|John Pope]] <small>(1822β1892)</small>, United States Army general during the [[Dakota War of 1862]] |Population=11495 |Area=670.14 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Ramsey |N=27 |Num=123 |Seat=Saint Paul |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties; formed from residual [[St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory]] |Data3=[[Alexander Ramsey]] <small>(1815β1903)</small>, first governor of Minnesota Territory <small>(1849β1853)</small> |Population=542015 |Area=155.78 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Red Lake |N=27 |Num=125 |Seat=Red Lake Falls |Data1=1896 |Data2= [[Polk County, Minnesota|Polk County]] |Data3=[[Red Lake River]] |Population=3882 |Area=432.43 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Redwood |N=27 |Num=127 |Seat=Redwood Falls |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[Redwood River]] |Population=15254 |Area=879.73 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Renville |N=27 |Num=129 |Seat=Olivia |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet County]], [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley County]] |Data3=[[Joseph Renville]] <small>(1779β1846)</small>, interpreter for early explorations of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] |Population=14453 |Area=982.92 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Rice |N=27 |Num=131 |Seat=Faribault |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]], [[Wabasha County, Minnesota|Wabasha County]] |Data3=[[Henry Mower Rice]] <small>(1816β1894)</small>, former United States Senator from Minnesota <small>(1858β1863)</small> |Population=69025 |Area=497.57 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Rock |N=27 |Num=133 |Seat=Luverne |Data1=1857 |Data2= [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=Large rocky plateau located within the county, known as "the mound" |Population=9525 |Area=482.61 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Roseau |N=27 |Num=135 |Seat=Roseau |Data1=1894 |Data2= [[Kittson County, Minnesota|Kittson County]], [[Beltrami County, Minnesota|Beltrami County]] |Data3=[[Roseau River (Manitoba)|Roseau River]] and Roseau Lake |Population=15265 |Area=1662.51 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Saint Louis |N=27 |Num=137 |Seat=Duluth |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca County]], Newton |Data3=[[Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary)|Saint Louis River]] |Population=200794 |Area=6225.16 |Map=Map of Minnesota highlighting Saint Louis County.svg |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Scott |N=27 |Num=139 |Seat=Shakopee |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Winfield Scott]] <small>(1786β1866)</small>, United States Army general who served from <small>(1808β1861)</small> |Population=157206 |Area=356.68 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sherburne |N=27 |Num=141 |Seat=Elk River |Data1=1856 |Data2= [[Benton County, Minnesota|Benton County]] |Data3=[[Moses Sherburne]] <small>(1813β1873)</small>, Associate Justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court|Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court]] <small>(1853β1857)</small> |Population=103059 |Area=436.30 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sibley |N=27 |Num=143 |Seat=Gaylord |Data1=1853 |Data2= [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]] |Data3=[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] <small>(1811β1891)</small>, first governor of Minnesota <small>(1858β1860)</small> |Population=15194 |Area=588.65 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Stearns |N=27 |Num=145 |Seat=St. Cloud |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet County]], [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley County]] |Data3=[[Charles Thomas Stearns]] <small>(1814β1888)</small>, early settler of [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]] and member of the Minnesota territorial legislature <small>(1849β1858)</small> |Population=163997 |Area=1344.52 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Steele |N=27 |Num=147 |Seat=Owatonna |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]], [[Blue Earth County, Minnesota|Blue Earth County]], [[Le Sueur County, Minnesota|Le Sueur County]] |Data3=[[Franklin Steele]] <small>(1813β1880)</small>, early settler of Minneapolis and developer of [[Saint Anthony Falls]] |Population=37434 |Area=429.55 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Stevens |N=27 |Num=149 |Seat=Morris |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], Unorganized Territory |Data3=[[Isaac Stevens|Isaac Ingalls Stevens]] <small>(1818β1862)</small>, first governor of [[Washington Territory]] <small>(1853β1857)</small> |Population=9819 |Area=562.06 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Swift |N=27 |Num=151 |Seat=Benson |Data1=1870 |Data2= [[Chippewa County, Minnesota|Chippewa County]] |Data3=[[Henry Adoniram Swift]] <small>(1823β1869)</small>, third governor of Minnesota <small>(1863β1864)</small> |Population=9666 |Area=743.53 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Todd |N=27 |Num=153 |Seat=Long Prairie |Data1=1855 |Data2= [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]] |Data3=[[John Blair Smith Todd]], commander of [[Fort Ripley (Minnesota fort)|Fort Ripley]] (1849β56); general in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; delegate in Congress from [[Dakota Territory]] (1861 and 1863β65); [[List of Governors of Dakota Territory|governor of Dakota Territory]] (1869β71) |Population=25955 |Area=942.02 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Traverse |N=27 |Num=155 |Seat=Wheaton |Data1=1862 |Data2= [[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]], Unorganized Territory |Data3=[[Lake Traverse]] |Population=3134 |Area=574.09 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wabasha |N=27 |Num=157 |Seat=Wabasha |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties. |Data3=Named after M'dewakanton Dakota Indian Chief [[Wabasha III]] |Population=21574 |Area=525.01 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wadena |N=27 |Num=159 |Seat=Wadena |Data1=1858 |Data2=[[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Todd County, Minnesota|Todd County]] |Data3=Sources differ; named after either an [[Ojibwe]] chief, Chief Wadena,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hacking |first1=Sara |title=Native history |url=https://www.wadenapj.com/news/native-history |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=Wadena Pioneer Journal |date=July 11, 2007}}</ref> or from the [[Ojibwe language]] for "a little round hill"<ref>{{cite web |title=Wadena County Information and History |url=https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/4078/Wadena-County-History#:~:text=The%20name%20%E2%80%9CWadena%E2%80%9D%20is%20an,personal%20name%20among%20the%20Ojibway. |website=Wadena County |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>|Population=14437 |Area=535.02 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Waseca |N=27 |Num=161 |Seat=Waseca |Data1=1857 |Data2=[[Steele County, Minnesota|Steele County]] |Data3=Dakota word meaning "rich and fertile" |Population=18684 |Area=423.25 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Washington |N=27 |Num=163 |Seat=Stillwater |Data1=1849 |Data2=One of nine original counties; formed from residual [[St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory]] |Data3=[[George Washington]] <small>(1732β1799)</small>, first president of the United States <small>(1789β1797)</small> |Population=283960 |Area=391.70 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Watonwan |N=27 |Num=165 |Seat=St. James |Data1=1860 |Data2=[[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]] |Data3=[[Watonwan River]], a river that flows through Minnesota. |Population=11204 |Area=434.51 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wilkin |N=27 |Num=167 |Seat=Breckenridge |Data1=1858 |Data2=[[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Pembina County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] |Data3=[[Alexander Wilkin]] <small>(1820β1864)</small>, Minnesota politician and soldier killed in the Civil War |Population=6268 |Area=751.43 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Winona |N=27 |Num=169 |Seat=Winona |Data1=1854 |Data2=[[Fillmore County, Minnesota|Fillmore County]], [[Wabasha County, Minnesota|Wabasha County]] |Data3=Named after Wee-No-Nah, sister or cousin of Chief [[Wabasha III]] |Population=49973 |Area=626.30 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wright |N=27 |Num=171 |Seat=Buffalo |Data1=1855 |Data2=[[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass County]], [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley County]] |Data3=[[Silas Wright]] <small>(1795β1847)</small>, former United States Senator from New York <small>(1833β1844)</small> |Population=154593 |Area=660.75 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Yellow Medicine |N=27 |Num=173 |Seat=Granite Falls |Data1=1871 |Data2=[[Redwood County, Minnesota|Redwood County]] |Data3=[[Yellow Medicine River]] |Population=9373 |Area=757.96 |Size=100px}} |}
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