Custom Search

Minnesota State...

Minnesota Landscape

Minnesota

Minnesota Counties

Click Image to Enlarge

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

Dakota County, Minnesota

Dakota County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Hastings
Year Organized: 1849
Square Miles: 570

Court House:

1590 West Highway 55
County Courthouse
Hastings, MN 55033-2372

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for the Dakota people, meaning an alliance or league

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Insert History Here

Neighboring Counties:

Insert Counties Here

Cities and Towns:

- Apple Valley	city	Incorporated Area
- Burnsville	city	Incorporated Area
- Castle Rock	township
- Coates	city	Incorporated Area
- Eagan	city	Incorporated Area
- Empire	township
- Eureka	township
- Farmington	city	Incorporated Area
- Greenvale	township
- Hampton	city	Incorporated Area
- Hastings (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Inver Grove Heights	city	Incorporated Area
- Lakeville	city	Incorporated Area
- Lilydale	city	Incorporated Area
- Marshan	township
- Mendota	city	Incorporated Area
- Mendota Heights	city	Incorporated Area
- New Trier	city	Incorporated Area
- Nininger	township
- Randolph	city	Incorporated Area
- Ravenna	township
- Rosemount	city	Incorporated Area
- Savage	city	Incorporated Area
- Sciota	township
- South St. Paul	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Paul	city	Incorporated Area
- Sunfish Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Vermillion	city	Incorporated Area
- West St. Paul	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

Enter County Resources and Information Here

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."

Custom Search