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==Geography== {{Stack|[[File:Wright Co Pie Chart No Text Version.pdf|thumb|right|Soils of Wright County<ref>Nelson, Steven (2011). ''Savanna Soils of Minnesota.'' Minnesota: Self. pp. 49β52. {{ISBN|978-0-615-50320-2}}.</ref>]]}} According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|714|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|661|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|53|sqmi}} (7.4%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102023/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 25, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The terrain is undulating and contains [[List of lakes in Minnesota|numerous small lakes]]. The county is bounded on the northeast by the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name="amcyc">{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Wright|display=Wright. I. A central county of Minnesota}}</ref> Wright is one of 17 Minnesota savanna region counties with more savanna soils than either prairie or forest soils, and one of only two Minnesota counties where savanna soils make up more than 75% of the county area (the other is Hennepin County). [[File:Lake Maria State Park New Wiki Version.JPG|thumb|Soils of Lake Maria State Park]] ===Major highways=== {{div col}} * [[Image:I-94.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]] * [[Image:US 12.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 12 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 12]] * [[Image:US 52.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 52]] (runs hidden with I-94) * [[Image:MN-24.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 24]] * [[Image:MN-25.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 25]] * [[Image:MN-55.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 55]] * [[Image:MN-101.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 101]] * [[Image:MN-241.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 241]] {{div col end}} ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne County]] - northeast * [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] - east * [[Carver County, Minnesota|Carver County]] - southeast * [[McLeod County, Minnesota|McLeod County]] - southwest * [[Meeker County, Minnesota|Meeker County]] - west * [[Stearns County, Minnesota|Stearns County]] - northwest
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