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There are 87 counties in Minnesota. On October 27, 1849 nine large Minnesota counties were created. Among them were Benton, Dahkotah, Itasca, Ramsey, Mahkahta, Pembina, Wabashaw, Washington, and Wahnata. Of those Benton, Dakota, Itasca, Ramsey, Wabasha, and Washington still exist as their original name. With the creation of Kittson County on March 9, 1878, Pembina County no longer existed. When Minnesota was organized as a state, 57 of the present 87 counties were established. The last county to be created was Lake of the Woods County in 1923

Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Blue Earth County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Mankato
Year Organized: 1853
Square Miles: 752

Court House:

204 S 5th Street, PO Box 8608
County Courthouse
Mankato, MN 56001-4585

Etymology - Origin of County Name

From the Blue Earth River, named for blue-green earth found near its mouth and used by the Dakotas as pigment

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Amboy	city	Incorporated Area
- Beauford	township
- Butternut Valley	township
- Cambria	township
- Ceresco	township
- Danville	township
- Decoria	township
- Eagle Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Garden City	township
- Good Thunder	city	Incorporated Area
- Jamestown	township
- Judson	township
- Lake Crystal	city	Incorporated Area
- Le Ray	township
- Lime	township
- Lincoln	township
- Lyra	township
- Madison Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Mankato (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Mapleton	city	Incorporated Area
- McPherson	township
- Medo	township
- Pemberton	city	Incorporated Area
- Pleasant Mound	township
- Rapidan	township
- Shelby	township
- Skyline	city	Incorporated Area
- South Bend	township
- St. Clair	city	Incorporated Area
- Sterling	township
- Vernon Center	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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