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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

Todd County, Minnesota

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

County Seat: Long Prairie
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 942

Court House:

221 1st Avenue South
County Courthouse
Long Prairie, MN 56347-1347

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for John Blair Smith Todd, commander of Ft. Ripley, 1849-56; general in the Civil War; delegate in Congress from Dakota Territory, 1861 and 1863-65; governor of Dakota Territory, 1869-71.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

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Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Bartlett	township
- Bertha	city	Incorporated Area
- Browerville	city	Incorporated Area
- Bruce	township
- Burleene	township
- Burnhamville	township
- Burtrum	city	Incorporated Area
- Clarissa	city	Incorporated Area
- Eagle Bend	city	Incorporated Area
- Eagle Valley	township
- Germania	township
- Gordon	township
- Grey Eagle	city	Incorporated Area
- Hartford	township
- Hewitt	city	Incorporated Area
- Kandota	township
- Leslie	township
- Little Elk	township
- Little Sauk	township
- Long Prairie (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Moran	township
- Poplar	township
- Reynolds	township
- Round Prairie	township
- Sauk Centre	city	Incorporated Area
- Staples	city	Incorporated Area
- Stowe Prairie	township
- Turtle Creek	township
- Ward	township
- West Union	city	Incorporated Area
- Wykeham	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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