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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

Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Willmar
Year Organized: 1858
Square Miles: 796

Court House:

1900 Highway 294, Suite 2020
County Office Building
Willmar, MN 56201-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Kandiyohi Lake. Kandiyohi is the Dakota name for several lakes, meaning "where the buffalo fish come".

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arctander	township
- Atwater	city	Incorporated Area
- Blomkest	city	Incorporated Area
- Burbank	township
- Colfax	township
- Dovre	township
- East Lake Lillian	township
- Edwards	township
- Fahlun	township
- Gennessee	township
- Green Lake	township
- Harrison	township
- Irving	township
- Kandiyohi	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Andrew	township
- Lake Elizabeth	township
- Lake Lillian	city	Incorporated Area
- Mamre	township
- New London	city	Incorporated Area
- Norway Lake	township
- Pennock	city	Incorporated Area
- Prinsburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Raymond	city	Incorporated Area
- Regal	city	Incorporated Area
- Roseland	township
- Spicer	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Johns	township
- Sunburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Svea	township
- Whitefield	township
- Willmar (County Seat)	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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