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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

Kittson County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Hallock
Year Organized: 1879
Square Miles: 1,097

Court House:

410 South 5th Street S., #214
County Courthouse
Hallock, MN 56728-4141

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Norman Wolfred Kittson, member of territorial legislature, 1851-55 and mayor of St. Paul, 1858. The Cathedral of St. Paul is built on the former site of his home

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arveson	township
- Cannon	township
- Caribou	township
- Clow	township
- Davis	township
- Donaldson	city	Incorporated Area
- East Kittson	UT
- Granville	township
- Hallock (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Halma	city	Incorporated Area
- Hampden	township
- Hazelton	township
- Hill	township
- Humboldt	city	Incorporated Area
- Jupiter	township
- Karlstad	city	Incorporated Area
- Kennedy	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Bronson	city	Incorporated Area
- Lancaster	city	Incorporated Area
- McKinley	UT
- North Red River	UT
- Norway	township
- Pelan	township
- Percy	township
- Poppleton	township
- Richardville	township
- Skane	township
- South Red River	township
- Spring Brook	township
- St. Vincent	city	Incorporated Area
- Tegner	township
- Teien	township
- Thompson	township

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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