Editing Lake County, Minnesota

{{short description|County in Minnesota, United States}}
{{distinguish|Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Lake County
 | state                = Minnesota
 | seal                 = 
 | founded date         = March 1
 | founded year         = 1856<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Place Names |url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/county.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620201420/http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/county.cfm |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2014 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society}}</ref>
 | seat wl              = Two Harbors
 | largest city         = Two Harbors
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 2991
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 2109
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 881
 | area percentage      = 29%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 10905
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 10855 {{decrease}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = www.co.lake.mn.us
 | named for            = [[Lake Superior]]
 | ex image             = Lake Co Courthouse 002.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence|Lake County Courthouse]]
 | district             = 8th
}}

'''Lake County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 10,905.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lakecountyminnesota/PST045222 |access-date=April 20, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Two Harbors, Minnesota|Two Harbors]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

==History==
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area had long been inhabited by Native American groups. At the time of European contact, the principal Native American groups in the region were the [[Sioux|Dakota]] (Sioux) and [[Ojibwe]] (also called Anishinabe or Chippewa). The economy of these groups was based on hunting, fishing and gathering, with [[wild rice]] being of particular importance. The first Europeans to explore the area were the French in the late 17th century<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNHS "Time Line" |url=http://events.mnhs.org/TimePieces/Timeline.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917211935/http://events.mnhs.org/TimePieces/timeline.cfm |archive-date=September 17, 2006 |access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref> who were followed by trappers, fur traders, [[missionaries]], and [[Exploration|explorers]].

The [[Wisconsin Territory]] was established by the Federal Government effective July 3, 1836, and existed until its eastern portion was granted statehood (as [[Wisconsin]]) in 1848. Therefore, the Federal Government set up the [[Minnesota Territory]] effective March 3, 1849. The newly organized territorial legislature created nine counties across the territory in October of that year. One of those original counties, [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca]], had its eastern section partitioned off on February 20, 1855, into two new counties: the western part was designated Newton and the eastern part was named Superior County. The territorial legislature returned to the matter on March 3, changing Superior County to Saint Louis County. Then on March 1, 1856, the county name was again changed, to Lake County, and the "Saint Louis County" name was given to the previous Newton County. With the new name came the designation of county seat at [[Beaver Bay, Minnesota|Beaver Bay]], which had first been platted in 1856. The county's boundaries were altered in 1874, when its eastern part was partitioned off to create [[Cook County, Minnesota|Cook County]].

In 1868, [[iron ore]] was discovered on the [[Vermilion Range (Minnesota)|Vermilion Range]] by George Stuntz. A spur of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad was extended to the [[Lake Superior]] shore, and a settlement quickly sprang up at the terminus. This settlement was incorporated as a village ([[Two Harbors, Minnesota|Two Harbors]]) on March 9, 1888, and that same year a vote was taken to transfer the county seat from Beaver Bay to Two Harbors (1888).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ShcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA293 Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names (1920), pp. 293-96 (accessed April 23, 2019)]</ref>

[[Commercial fishing]] on Lake Superior became important during the late 1880s, spurred by the arrival of [[Swedes|Swedish]] and [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] immigrants to the [[North Shore (Lake Superior)|North Shore]]. In 1890, the Merritt brothers discovered the [[Mesabi Range]]. The [[Two Harbors Lighthouse]] was built on Agate Bay in 1892. Ten years later, five Two Harbors businessmen signed the [[articles of incorporation]] for a new [[mining]] company named [[Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing|3M]]. Today, 3M Corporation has over 70,000 employees worldwide and produces more than 50,000 [[adhesive]] household products, now has its headquarters in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]].

In 1906, the [[Court House]], which stands to this day, was built. In 1907, one of the nation's first [[steel]] [[ore]] docks was built in Two Harbors. In 1944, one of the first [[Health Maintenance Organizations|HMO]]s in the [[United States]] was created in Lake County to serve [[railroad]] employees. A second iron ore boom took place in the 1950s with the development of the [[taconite]] [[beneficiation]] process for turning lean, low-grade iron ore into a shippable product.

In 2021, the [[Greenwood Fire]] burned over 10,500 acres of the county southwest of [[Isabella, Minnesota|Isabella]], beginning near [[Greenwood Lake (Lake County, Minnesota)|Greenwood Lake]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollingsworth |first=Jana |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Minnesota's largest wildfire likened to a 'freight train' as it grows, spurs more evacuations |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-largest-wildfire-likened-to-a-freight-train-as-it-grows-spurs-more-evacuations/600090311/ |access-date=August 24, 2021 |website=[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Greenwood Fire expected to cross Highway 1; more evacuations begin |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/7164138-Greenwood-Fire-expected-to-cross-Highway-1-more-evacuations-begin |access-date=August 24, 2021 |website=[[Duluth News Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lake County lies on the north side of Minnesota. Its north border abuts the south border of the province of [[Ontario]], Canada, and its south border is formed by [[Lake Superior]]. However, the Canadian border is inaccessible from Lake County due to the heavily wooded terrain of the [[Superior National Forest]] and rugged terrain in the northern part of the county. Its terrain consists of rolling mountains and hills, heavily wooded, and dotted with lakes and ponds; which makes any border crossing to Canada from the county impossible, but the Canadian border can be accessed through [[Grand Portage]], [[International Falls]] or [[Baudette]].<ref name="LCM">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+County,+MN/@47.4998893,-91.8582162,201172m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x52a61e7cdb09b04d:0xd574870de2a9be61!8m2!3d47.5964304!4d-91.4964639 Lake County MN Google Maps (accessed April 23, 2019)]</ref> The terrain slopes both ways from a crestline that runs from its northeast line to its southwest line; the county's highest point is Stony Tower Hill<ref name=LCM/> at 2,301' ASL.<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13407 PeakBagger.com "Lake County MN" (accessed April 23, 2019)]</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|2991|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2109|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|881|sqmi}} (29%) 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/20130921060200/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest county in Minnesota by area.

Lake County is located in the [[Arrowhead Region]] of Northeastern Minnesota.

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[Image:MN-1.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 1]]
* [[Image:MN-61.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 61]]
* [[Image:MN-169.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 169]]
* ''[[County roads in Lake County, Minnesota|List of county roads]]''
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
{{div col}}
* [[Rainy River District, Ontario]] - north
* [[Cook County, Minnesota|Cook County]] - east
* [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|St. Louis County]] - west
* [[Ashland County, Wisconsin]] - southeast (across Lake Superior)
* [[Bayfield County, Wisconsin]] - south (across Lake Superior)
* [[Douglas County, Wisconsin]] - south (across Lake Superior)
* [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County]] - west
{{div col end}}

===Protected areas===
{{div col}}
* [[Finland State Forest]]
* [[George H. Crosby Manitou State Park]]
* [[Gooseberry Falls State Park]]
* Sand Lake Peatland Scientific and Natural Area<ref name=LCM/>
* [[Split Rock Lighthouse State Park]]
* [[Superior National Forest]] (part)
** [[Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Tettegouche State Park]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 248
|1870= 135
|1880= 106
|1890= 1299
|1900= 4654
|1910= 8011
|1920= 8251
|1930= 7068
|1940= 6956
|1950= 7781
|1960= 13702
|1970= 13351
|1980= 13043
|1990= 10415
|2000= 11058
|2010= 10866
|2020= 10905
|estyear=2023
|estimate=10855
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507121432/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |archive-date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br>1790-1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |access-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mn190090.txt |access-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br>1990-2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Lake County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lake County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Lake%20County,%20Minnesota&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|10,281
|94.3%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|11
|0.1%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|50
|0.5%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|55
|0.5%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|395
|3.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|113
|1.03%
|}

===2000 census===
[[File:LakeCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|right|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Lake County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimates]]
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 11,058 people, 4,646 households, and 3,140 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|5.24|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 6,840 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.24|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.99% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.70% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.18% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. 0.57% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 22.3% were of [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]], 17.8% [[German people|German]], 14.3% [[Swedish people|Swedish]], 8.4% [[Finnish people|Finnish]], 6.3% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.4% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

There were 4,646 households, out of which 27.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83.

The county population contained 22.30% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 26.70% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,402, and the median income for a family was $46,980. Males had a median income of $39,719 versus $26,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,761. About 5.50% of families and 7.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.40% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and politics==
Lake County has a historic Democratic/Labor lean. It was the top county for [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate [[Eugene V. Debs]] in 1908,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1908 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1908&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> 1912,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1912 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1912&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> and 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1920 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1920&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> The last Republican to carry the county was [[Herbert Hoover]] in his failed run for re-election in 1932 against [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential election of 1932 - Map by counties |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=geoelections.free.fr}}</ref> although in the 1932 election Socialist [[Norman Thomas]] received 19.32% of the county's vote, one of the highest percentages in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1932 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1932&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Ironically, Lake County was the only county in Minnesota to vote for Hoover in 1932, despite going on to give Roosevelt his largest percentage in the state in 1936 and continuing to vote staunchly Democratic through 2012. However, in recent elections, the county has become more competitive. In 2016, while Lake County was the whitest county in the entire country to vote for Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] over Republican [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Day 2016 by the numbers - News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise |url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2016/11/a-numerical-look-back-at-the-historic-day/ |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com}}</ref> Clinton became the first and only Democrat to fail to obtain a majority of the county’s vote since 1932. Furthermore, Trump got the highest percentage of the vote of any Republican since 1928, and went on to further increase his vote share in 2020 and held [[Joe Biden]] to under 51% of the county's vote. Trump came within 145 votes of winning Lake County in 2016, was within 254 votes of winning it in 2020, and within 269 votes in 2024, becoming the only Republican since 1932 to even come within 1,000 votes of winning the county.
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{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,414|3,864|653|Minnesota}}
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{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,575|3,640|112|Minnesota}}
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{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome To Lake County, MN |url=https://www.co.lake.mn.us/county-board/ |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.lake.mn.us}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
!Term Ending
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Pete Walsh
|District 1
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Derrick (Rick) Goutermont
|District 2
|2024
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Richard (Rick) Hogenson
|District 3
|2024
|-
|
|Commissioner and Vice Chair
|Jeremy Hurd
|District 4
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner and Chairperson
|Rich Sve
|District 5
|2024
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2023-2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"|
|Senate
|[[Grant Hauschild]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1252 |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|District 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Roger Skraba]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Natalie Zeleznikar|Natalie Zelezinkar]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3B
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2023-2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|[[Pete Stauber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Pete Stauber |url=https://stauber.house.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Representative Pete Stauber |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Minnesota's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Amy Klobuchar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.klobuchar.senate.gov}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Tina Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smith.senate.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Senator Tina Smith |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|}

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Beaver Bay, Minnesota|Beaver Bay]]
* [[Silver Bay, Minnesota|Silver Bay]]
* [[Two Harbors, Minnesota|Two Harbors]] (county seat)

===Census-designated place===
* [[Finland, Minnesota|Finland]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Alger, Minnesota|Alger]]
* [[Castle Danger, Minnesota|Castle Danger]]
* [[Cramer, Minnesota|Cramer]]
* [[East Beaver Bay, Minnesota|East Beaver Bay]]
* [[Highland, Lake County, Minnesota|Highland]] (Marcy)
* [[Illgen City, Minnesota|Illgen City]]
* [[Isabella, Minnesota|Isabella]]
* [[Knife River, Minnesota|Knife River]]
* [[Larsmont, Minnesota|Larsmont]]
* [[Lax Lake, Minnesota|Lax Lake]]
* [[Little Marais, Minnesota|Little Marais]]
* [[McNair, Minnesota|McNair]]
* [[Murphy City, Minnesota|Murphy City]]
* [[Sawbill Landing, Minnesota|Sawbill Landing]]
* [[Section Thirty, Minnesota|Section Thirty]]
* [[Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota|Silver Creek]]
* [[Stewart, Lake County, Minnesota|Stewart]]
* [[Toimi, Minnesota|Toimi]]
* [[Waldo, Minnesota|Waldo]]
* [[Wales, Minnesota|Wales]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* Avon
* Avoy
* Beaver
* Britton
* Buell
* Case
* Clark
* Crystal
* Darby Junction
* Drummond
* Eclfo
* Emetta
* Fernburg Tower
* Forest Center
* Freedom
* Green
* Greenwood Junction
* Howlett
* Jordan
* Kent
* London
* Malmota (Marmata)
* Maple
* Marble Lake
* Moose
* Morris
* Murfin
* Nigadoo
* Norshore Junction
* North Branch
* Riblet
* Scott Junction
* Silver
* [[Splitrock, Minnesota|Splitrock]]
* Stafford
* Summit
* Swift
* Thomas
* Wanless
* Westover
* Whyte
* Wolf
* York
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
{{div col}}
* [[Beaver Bay Township, Lake County, Minnesota|Beaver Bay Township]]
* [[Crystal Bay Township, Lake County, Minnesota|Crystal Bay Township]]
* [[Fall Lake Township, Lake County, Minnesota|Fall Lake Township]]
* [[Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota|Silver Creek Township]]
* [[Stony River Township, Lake County, Minnesota|Stony River Township]]
{{div col end}}

===Unorganized territories===
* [[Lake No. 1, Minnesota|Lake No. 1]]
* [[Lake No. 2, Minnesota|Lake No. 2]]

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Minnesota]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.co.lake.mn.us/ County website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020929161048/http://www.lakecnty.com/ Lake County Visitor Information Website]
* [[Minnesota Department of Transportation|Mn/DOT]] – maps of Lake County ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120910161759/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/lake1.pdf Southern portion], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910161821/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/lake2.pdf Central portion], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910161900/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/lake3.pdf Northern portion])

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Lake County, Minnesota
|North     = [[Rainy River District|Rainy River District, Ontario]] {{flagicon|CAN}}
|East      = [[Cook County, Minnesota|Cook County]]
|Southeast = ''Lake Superior''<br>[[Ashland County, Wisconsin]]
|South     = ''Lake Superior''<br>[[Bayfield County, Wisconsin]]
|Southwest = ''Lake Superior''<br>[[Douglas County, Wisconsin]]
|West      = [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County]]
|Northwest = 
}}

{{Lake County, Minnesota}}
{{Minnesota}}

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[[Category:1856 establishments in Minnesota Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1856]]