LIST OF COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA

This is a 'List of counties in Minnesota'. There are 87 counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are also several historical counties.
The original five Minnesota counties were Benton, Isanti, Ramsey, Wabasha, and Washington. They were established on October 27, 1849 and by the time that 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.^[1]
The names of many of the counties pay tribute to the long history of exploration. Over ten counties names pay tribute to the state's various Native American groups that are resident in parts of what is now Minnesota. Another fifteen counties are named after physical geographic features, with the remainder being named after politicians.
The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Aitkin County, Minnesota is 001, Adams County, Wisconsin and Adair County, Iowa are also 001. To uniquely identify Aitkin County, Minnesota, one must use the state code of 27 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Aitkin County, Minnesota is 27001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.^[2]

Contents

Alphabetical listing

Historical counties

See also

References

Alphabetical listing

List of 87 counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota:

County

FIPS Code[2]

County Seat [4]

Created

Origin/Formed from

Origin of name [5]

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Population  [6]

Area

Map

Historical counties

★ Aiken County

★ Andy Jackson County

★ Breckenridge County

★ Buchanan County

★ Chippewa County, Michigan Territory

★ Crawford County, Michigan and Wisconsin Territories

★ Doty County

★ La Pointe County, Wisconsin Territory

★ Lac qui Parle County

★ Mahkatah County

★ Manomin County

★ Michilimackinac County, Michigan Territory

★ Monongalia County

★ Monroe County

★ Newton County

★ Pembina County

★ Pierce County

★ St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory

★ St. Louis County

★ Superior County

★ Unorganized Territory, Iowa Territory

★ Toombs County

★ Wahnata County

See also

★ List of Minnesota county name etymologies

★ List of Minnesota county seats

References

1. Minnesota County History
2. EPA County FIPS Code Listing
3. EPA County FIPS Code Listing
4. NACo - Find a county
5. Upham, Warren, Minnesota Geographic Names. St. Paul, Minnesota Histroical Society, 1969. Found here and here
6. Minnesota QuickFacts (2000 Census)