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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

Itasca County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Grand Rapids
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 2,665

Court House:

123 NE 4th Street
County Courthouse
Grand Rapids, MN 55744-2659

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named after Lake Itasca. Lake Itasca was named by the explorer Henry R. Schoolcraft in 1832. He made up the name by combining the Latin words veritas and caput, which mean "truth" and "head", respectively. Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi river at the lake.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arbo	township
- Bearville	township
- Bigfork	city	Incorporated Area
- Blackberry	township
- Bovey	city	Incorporated Area
- Bowstring	township
- Bowstring Lake	UT
- Calumet	city	Incorporated Area
- Carpenter	township
- Cohasset	city	Incorporated Area
- Coleraine	city	Incorporated Area
- Deer Lake	UT
- Deer River	city	Incorporated Area
- Effie	city	Incorporated Area
- Feeley	township
- Good Hope	township
- Goodland	township
- Grand Rapids (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Greenway	township
- Iron Range	township
- Keewatin	city	Incorporated Area
- La Prairie	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Jessie	township
- Lawrence	township
- Little Sand Lake	UT
- Lone Pine	township
- Marble	city	Incorporated Area
- Marcell	township
- Max	township
- Morse	township
- Nashwauk	city	Incorporated Area
- Northeast Itasca	UT
- Oteneagen	township
- Pomroy	township
- Sago	township
- Sand Lake	township
- Savannah	township
- Spang	township
- Splithand	township
- Spring Lake	township
- Squaw Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Stokes	township
- Swan River	township
- Taconite	city	Incorporated Area
- Third River	township
- Trout Lake	township
- Wabana	township
- Warba	city	Incorporated Area
- Wirt	township
- Zemple	city	Incorporated Area

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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