Editing List of counties in Minnesota (section)

=== 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.