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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

Stearns County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Saint Cloud
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 1,345

Court House:

705 Courthouse Square
County Administrative Center
Saint Cloud, MN 56303-4781

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Charles Thomas Stearns, member of the council of the territorial legislature, 1854-55

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Albany	city	Incorporated Area
- Ashley	township
- Avon	city	Incorporated Area
- Belgrade	city	Incorporated Area
- Brockway	township
- Brooten	city	Incorporated Area
- Cold Spring	city	Incorporated Area
- Collegeville	township
- Crow Lake	township
- Crow River	township
- Eden Lake	township
- Elrosa	city	Incorporated Area
- Fair Haven	township
- Farming	township
- Freeport	city	Incorporated Area
- Getty	township
- Greenwald	city	Incorporated Area
- Grove	township
- Holding	township
- Holdingford	city	Incorporated Area
- Kimball	city	Incorporated Area
- Krain	township
- Lake Henry	city	Incorporated Area
- Le Sauk	township
- Luxemburg	township
- Lynden	township
- Maine Prairie	township
- Meire Grove	city	Incorporated Area
- Melrose	city	Incorporated Area
- Millwood	township
- Munson	township
- New Munich	city	Incorporated Area
- North Fork	township
- Oak	township
- Paynesville	city	Incorporated Area
- Richmond	city	Incorporated Area
- Rockville	city	Incorporated Area
- Roscoe	city	Incorporated Area
- Sartell	city	Incorporated Area
- Sauk Centre	city	Incorporated Area
- Spring Hill	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Augusta	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Cloud (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Joseph	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Martin	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Rosa	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Stephen	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Wendel	township
- Waite Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Wakefield	township
- West Union	city	Incorporated Area
- Zion	township

County Resources:

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Online High Schools

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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