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Minnesota Counties

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

Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Crow Wing County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Brainerd
Year Organized: 1857
Square Miles: 997

Court House:

326 Laurel Street
County Courthouse
Brainerd, MN 56401-3585

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named after the Crow Wing River. Crow Wing is loose translation of Kagiwigwan, the Ojibway name for the river. A more accurate translation of this name may be "raven feather".

Demographics:

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History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Baxter	city	Incorporated Area
- Bay Lake	township
- Brainerd (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Breezy Point	city	Incorporated Area
- Center	township
- Crosby	city	Incorporated Area
- Crosslake	city	Incorporated Area
- Crow Wing	township
- Cuyuna	city	Incorporated Area
- Daggett Brook	township
- Deerwood	city	Incorporated Area
- East Gull Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Emily	city	Incorporated Area
- Fairfield	township
- Fifty Lakes	city	Incorporated Area
- First Assessment	UT
- Fort Ripley	city	Incorporated Area
- Gail Lake	township
- Garrison	city	Incorporated Area
- Ideal	township
- Irondale	township
- Ironton	city	Incorporated Area
- Jenkins	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Edward	township
- Lake Shore	city	Incorporated Area
- Little Pine	township
- Manhattan Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Mission	township
- Nisswa	city	Incorporated Area
- Nokay Lake	township
- Oak Lawn	township
- Pelican	township
- Pequot Lakes	city	Incorporated Area
- Perry Lake	township
- Pine River	city	Incorporated Area
- Platte Lake	township
- Rabbit Lake	township
- Riverton	city	Incorporated Area
- Ross Lake	township
- Second Assessment	UT
- St. Mathias	township
- Timothy	township
- Trommald	city	Incorporated Area
- Wolford	township

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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