Editing List of counties in Minnesota (section)

==Historical counties==
[[File:Seal of Minnesota.svg|thumb|The new [[Seal of Minnesota]] contains 98 [[gold (color)|gold]] "boxes" around the edge, symbolizing the state's 87 counties and [[List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_by_state#Minnesota|11 recognized Native American tribes]].]]

=== Before statehood ===
*St. Clair County, Indiana Territory (1801–1812) (Transferred to Illinois in 1809)
*St. Charles County, Louisiana Territory (1809–1813) (Transferred to Missouri Territory in 1812)
*Madison County, Illinois Territory (1812–1818) Formed from St. Clair County
*Michilimackinac County, Michigan Territory (1818–1837)
*[[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]], Michigan Territory (1818–1840) (Transferred to Wisconsin Territory in 1837)
*[[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]], Michigan Territory (1827–1837)
*Dubuque County, Michigan Territory (1834–1837)
*Fayette County, Wisconsin Territory (1837–1849)
*[[St. Croix County, Wisconsin|St. Croix County]], Wisconsin Territory (1840–1849)
*[[La Pointe County, Wisconsin|La Pointe County]], Wisconsin Territory (1845–1849) Formed from St. Croix
*Mahkatah County (1849–1851) (Mahkahto) (One of Original 9 counties) Dissolved to Pembina and Cass
*Wahnata County (1849–1851) (One of Original 9 counties) Dissolved to Pembina and Cass
*[[Lake County, Minnesota|Superior County]] (February 20, 1855 to March 3, 1855) Name changed to Saint Louis, then to Lake
*[[Newton County, Minnesota|Newton County]] (1855–1856) Formed from Itasca County and Un-organized. Name Changed from [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Doty County]], then to Saint Louis County.
*[[Lake County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County]] (1855-1856) Name changed from Superior, then to Lake. Saint Louis name given to former Newton County

=== After statehood ===
*[[Buchanan County, Minnesota|Buchanan County]] (1857–1861) Formed from Pine County, dissolved back to Pine
*[[Pierce County, Minnesota|Pierce County]] (1853–1862) Formed from Dakota County
*[[Davis County, Minnesota|Davis County]] (1855–1862) Formed from Cass, Nicollet, and Sibley Counties
*[[Wilkin County, Minnesota|Toombs County]] (1858–1862) Formed from Pembina, name changed to Andy Johnson
*[[Mille Lacs County, Minnesota|Monroe County]] (1858-1860) Merged with Mille Lacs
*[[Historic Lincoln County, Minnesota|Lincoln County]] (1861–1868) Formed from Renville County
*[[Manomin County, Minnesota|Manomin County]] (1857–1869) Formed from [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]], Merged into [[Anoka County, Minnesota|Anoka County]].
*[[Monongalia County, Minnesota|Monongalia County]] (1861–1870) Formed from Ramsey, Pierce, and un-organized counties. Dissolved to Kandiyohi County.
*[[Aiken County, Minnesota|Aiken County]] (1857–1872) Formed from Pine and Ramsey counties, name changed to Aitkin
*[[Kittson County, Minnesota|Pembina County]] (1849–1878) (One of Original 9 counties) Name changed to Kittson
*[[Clay County, Minnesota|Breckenridge County]] (1858–1862) Formed from Pembina, name changed to Clay
*[[Wilkin County, Minnesota|Andy Johnson County]] (1862–1868) Formerly Toombs, name changed to Wilkin
*[[Midway County, Minnesota|Midway County]] (1857–1858) Area created from Brown county, overlapped Pipestone county. Dissolved in 1858 when the State of Minnesota was formed and the rest of the territory not added to the state became unorganized.