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Minnesota Counties

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Minnesota Counties

There are87 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

Hennepin County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Minneapolis
Year Organized: 1852
Square Miles: 557

Court House:

300 South 6th Street
Government Center
Minneapolis, MN 55487-0999

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Louis Hennepin, Franciscan missionary, author and explorer. Explored large section of Mississippi River and named Falls of St. Anthony, 1680

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Bloomington	city	Incorporated Area
- Brooklyn Center	city	Incorporated Area
- Brooklyn Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Champlin	city	Incorporated Area
- Corcoran	city	Incorporated Area
- Crystal	city	Incorporated Area
- Crystal Bay	township
- Dayton	city	Incorporated Area
- Deephaven	city	Incorporated Area
- Eden Prairie	city	Incorporated Area
- Edina	city	Incorporated Area
- Excelsior	city	Incorporated Area
- Fort Snelling	UT
- Golden Valley	city	Incorporated Area
- Greenfield	city	Incorporated Area
- Greenwood	city	Incorporated Area
- Hassan	township
- Hopkins	city	Incorporated Area
- Howard Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Independence	city	Incorporated Area
- Long Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Loretto	city	Incorporated Area
- Maple Grove	city	Incorporated Area
- Maple Plain	city	Incorporated Area
- Medicine Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Medina	city	Incorporated Area
- Minneapolis (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Minnetonka	city	Incorporated Area
- Minnetonka Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Minnetrista	city	Incorporated Area
- Mound	city	Incorporated Area
- New Hope	city	Incorporated Area
- Orono	city	Incorporated Area
- Osseo	city	Incorporated Area
- Plymouth	city	Incorporated Area
- Richfield	city	Incorporated Area
- Robbinsdale	city	Incorporated Area
- Rockford	city	Incorporated Area
- Rogers	city	Incorporated Area
- Shorewood	city	Incorporated Area
- Spring Park	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Anthony	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Bonifacius	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Louis Park	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Paul	city	Incorporated Area
- Tonka Bay	city	Incorporated Area
- Wayzata	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodland	city	Incorporated Area
- Young America	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."