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     The Minnesota Territory was formed in March of 1849.  At that time, it included an eastern portion of the present day North and South Dakota.  It's Territorial Legislature authorized the formation of nine counties from the Minnesota Territory the same year.  The original nine counties were:  Benton, Dakota, Itasca, Pembina, Mahkahto, Ramsey, Wabasha, Washington and Wahnahta.
     Though the boundaries have been altered considerably over the years, 5 of these still exist.   During 1999, these will be celebrating their Sesquicentennial anniversary (150 years):  Dakota, Itasca, Ramsey, Wabasha and Washington.
Minnesota was admitted as the thirty-second state in May 1858.
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In the following list, the county names which are not directly linked (are not underlined and highlighted) no longer exist under that name in present day Minnesota.  Though some of the county names which are no longer in use have been included, this list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all county names which have been used.  The present day county link follows the name of an old-time county.
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Aitkin
Andy Johnson see Wilkin County
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Breckenridge see Clay County
Brown
Buchanen see Pine County
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac Qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahkahto became part of Pembina & Cass: see Kittson and Cass Counties
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pembina see Kittson County
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
For Toombs County created in 1858, see Wilkin County)
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Wahnahta became part of Pembina (see Kittson), Cass and Dakota Counties
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine

See:  History of County Government

Click here to visit The Aitkin County page.

First created in 1857.
County Seat is Aitkin.
Cities, towns and communities include:   Aitkin,  Hill City, McGregor, Palisade.

Aitkin County is located in east central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Itasca county to the north; St. Louis, Carlton, and Pine counties to the east; Kanabec and Mille counties to the south; and Morrison, Crow Wing and Cass counties to the west.

Click here to visit The Anoka County page.

First created, in 1857, from Ramsey County.
County Seat is Anoka.
Cities, towns and communities include:  Andover,  Anoka, Bethel, Blaine, Cedar, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Constance, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Ham Lake, Oak Grove, Ramsey, Saint Francis and Spring Lake Park.

Anoka County is located in eastern Minnesota, with the Mississippi River at it's southwestern boundary.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Isanti county to the north; Chisago and Washington counties to the east; Ramsey and Hennepin counties to the south; and Sherburne and Mille Lacs counties to the west.


Click here to visit The Becker County page.
First created in 1858.
County Seat is Detroit Lakes.
Cities, towns and communities include:  Audubon, Callaway, Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Osage, Ponsford, Richwood, Savannah, Westbury and White Earth.

Becker County is located in west central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Norman, Mahnomen and Clearwater counties to the north; Hubbard and Wadena counties to the east; Otter Tail county to the south; and Clay county to the west.

Click here to visit The Beltrami County page.
First created in 1866.
County Seat is Bemidji.
Cities, towns and communities include:  Bemidji, Blackduck, Inez, Jelle, Kelliher, Nymore, Ponemah, Redlake and Wilton.
 
  • Beltrami County is located in northern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Roseau and Lake of the Woods counties to the north; Koochiching and Itasca counties to the east; Hubbard and Cass counties to the south; and Clearwater, Pennington and Marshall counties to the west.
    • Click here to visit The Benton County page.
    (County 1st created in 1849)
    County Seat is Foley
    Cities and towns include:  Foley, Gilman, Oak Park, Rice and Sauk Rapids.

    Click here to visit The Big Stone County page.
    (County 1st created in 1862)
    County Seat is Ortonville
    Cities and towns include:  Beardsley, Clinton, Graceville, Johnson and Ortonville.

    Click here to visit The Blue Earth County page.
    (County 1st created in 1853)
    County Seat is Mankato
    Cities and towns include:  Amboy, Eagle Lake, Garden City, Good Thunder, Judson, Lake Crystal, Mankato,  Mapleton, Rapidan, St. Clair and Vernon Center.
    Click here to visit The Brown County page.
    (County 1st created in 1855)
    County Seat is New Ulm
    Cities and towns include:  Comfrey, Essig, Hanska, New Ulm, Searles, Sleepy Eye and Springfield.

    Click here to visit The Carlton County page.
    (County 1st created in 1857)
    County Seat is Carlton
    Cities and towns include:  Barnum, Carlton, Cloquet, Corona, Cromwell, Esko, Holyoke, Moose Lake, Nemadji, Sawyer and Wrenshall.
    Click here to visit The Carver County page.
    (County 1st created in 1855)
    County Seat is Chaska
    Cities and towns include:  Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, Cologne, Mayer, Norwood and  Waconia.
    Click here to visit The Cass County page.
    (County 1st created in 1851, became part of Crow Wing in 1876, reorganized in 1897)
    County Seat is Walker
    Cities and towns include:  Boy River, Cass Lake, Cyphers, Longville, Pillager,  Pontoria, Wabedo and Walker
    Chippewa County
    (County 1st created in 1862)
    County Seat is Montevideo
    Cities and towns include:  Clara City, Granite Falls, Maynard, Milan, Montevideo and Watson.
    Click here to visit The Chisago County page.
    (County 1st created in 1851)
    County Seat is Center City
    Cities and towns include:  Center City, Chisago City, Franconia, Harris, Lindstrom, North Branch, Rush City, Shafer, Sunrise and Taylor Falls.
    Click here to visit The Clay County page.
    (County 1st created in 1858, named 1st Breckenridge, renamed Clay)
    County Seat is Moorhead
    Cities and towns include:  Baker, Barnesville, Crawford, Dilworth, Downer, Glyndon, Hawley, Hitterdal, Lambs, Moorhead, Muskoda, Rollag, Stockwood and Ulen.

    Click here to visit The Clearwater County page.
    (County 1st created in 1902)
    County Seat is Bagley
    Cities and towns include: Alida, Bagley,  Clearbrook,  Gonvick, Mallard and Zerkel.

    Click here to visit The Cook County page.
    (County 1st created in 1874)
    County Seat is Grand Marais
    Cities and towns include: Grand Marais, Grand Portage, Hovland, Lutsen, Schroeder and Tofte.
    Click here to visit The Cottonwood County page.
    (County 1st created in 1857)
    County Seat is Windom
    Cities and towns include:  Bingham Lake, Butterfield, Delft, Jeffers, Mountain Lake, Murdock, Storden and Windom.
    Click here to visit The Crow Wing page.
    (County 1st created in 1857)
    County Seat is Brainerd
    Cities and towns include:  Barrows, Baxter, Brainerd, Breezy Point, Crosby, Crosslake, Deerwood, Emily, Flak, Klondyke, Little Pine, Loerch, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Riverton and Tronton.

    Click here to visit The Dakota County page.
    (County created in 1849)
    County Seat is Hastings
    Cities and towns include:  Castle Rock, Empire, Farmington, Hampton, Hastings,  Inver Grove, Mendota Heights, New Trier, Pinebend, Rich Valley, Rosemount, South St. Paul and West St. Paul.
    Click here to visit The Dodge County page.
    County Seat is Mantorville
    Cities and towns include:  Concord, Dodge Center, Hayfield, Mantorville, Vlasaty and Wasioja.

    Click here to visit The Douglas County page.
    (County created in 1858)
    County Seat is Alexandria
    Cities and towns include:  Alexandria, Brandon, Evansville, Garfield, Holmes City, Leaf Valley, Miltona, Millerville and Nelson.
    Click here to visit The Faribault County page.
    (organized in 1856)
    County Seat is Blue Earth
    Cities and towns include:  Blue Earth, Bricelyn, Delavan, Easton, Elmore, Frost, Guckeen, Kiester, Marna, Wells and Winnebago.
    Click here to visit The Fillmore County page.
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Preston
    Cities and towns include:  Amherst, Bristol, Canton, Carimona, Chatfield, Fillmore, Fountain, Greenleafton, Harmony, Henrytown, Hutton, Lanesboro, Lenora, Mabel, Newburg, Peterson, Pilot Mound, Preston, Rushford, Spring Valley, Whalan, Wykoff and York.
    Click here to visit The Freeborn County page.
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Alberta Lea
    Cities and towns include:  Albert Lea,  Alden, Austin, Bancroft, Bath, Clarks Grove, Conger,  Emmons, Geneva, Glenville, Gordonsville, Hartland, Hayward, Hollandale, London, Manchester, Moscow, Myrtle and Petran.
    Click here to visit The Goodhue County page.
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Red Wing
    Cities and towns include:  Aspelund, Bellechester, Belle Creek, Bombay, Cannon Falls, Claybank, Dennison, Goodhue,  Hay Creek, Kenyon, Lake City, Lena, Nansen, Pine Island,  Red Wing, Roscoe, Roscoe Center, Stanton, Vasa, Wanamingo, Wastedo, Wanamingo and Zumbrota.
    Click here to visit The Grant County page.
    (County created in 1868)
    County Seat is Elbow Lake
    Cities and towns include:  Ashby, Barrett,  Elbow Lake, Herman, Hoffman and Wendell.
    Click here to visit The Hennepin County page.
    (County incorporated in 1852)
    County Seat is Minneapolis
    Cities and towns include:  Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Claremont, Corcoran, Crystal, Eden Prairie, Excelsior, Finlay, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Plain, Minneapolis,  Minnetonka, Mound, Morningside, Osseo, Robbinsdale, Rogers, Valley Acres, Wayzata and Woodland.
    Click here to visit The Houston County page.
    (County created in 1854)
    County Seat is Caldonia
    Cities and towns include: Black Hammer, Brownsville, Caledonia, Freeberg, Hokah, Houston, La Crescent, Money Creek, Mound Prairie, Riceford and Spring Grove.

    Click here to visit The Hubbard County page.
    (County created in 1883)
    County Seat is Park Rapids
    Cities and towns include: Becida, Benedict, Dorset, Farris, Fernhill, Guthrie, Laporte,  Nevis and Park Rapids
    Click here to visit The Isanti County page.
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Cambridge
    Cities and towns include: Andree, Athens, Blomford, Bodum, Bradford, Braham, Cambridge, Crown, Dalbo, Day, Elm Park, Grandy, Isanti, Spencer Brook, Spring Lake, Springvale, Stanchfield, Stanley, Oxlip, Walbo, Weber and West Point.

    Click here to visit The Itasca County page.
    (County created in 1849)
    County Seat is Grand Rapids
    Cities and towns include: Bigfork, Bovey, Cohasset, Coleraine,  Deer River, Effie, Evergreen, Grand Rapids, Keewatin, La Prairie, Marcell, Nashwauk, Spring Lake, Squaw Lake, Swan River, Talconite, Togo and Warba.
    Click here to visit The Jackson County page.
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Jackson
    Cities and towns include:  Alpha, Bluff, Heron Lake, Jackson,  Lakefield, Okabena, Petersburg, Rost, Sioux Valley, Spafford, Wilder and Wyanett.

    Click here to visit The Kanabec County page.
    (County created in 1858)
    County Seat is Mora
    Cities and towns include:  Brunson, Kroschel, Mora, Ogilvie and Warman.

    Click here to visit The Kandiyohi County page.
    (County created in 1858)
    County Seat is Willmar
    Cities and towns include:  Atwater, Blomkest, Diamond Lake, Hawick, Irving, Kandiyohi, Lake Lillian, New London, Norway Lake, Pennock, Priam, Prinsburg, Raymond, Regal, Roseland, Spicer, Sunburg, Svea, Thorpe and Willmar.

    Click here to visit The Kittson County page.
    (County created in 1849, 1st named Pembina, it was renamed.)
    County Seat is Hallock
    Cities and towns include:  Caribou, Chatham, Donaldson, Enok, Hallock, Halma, Hazleton, Humboldt, Karlstad,  Kennedy, Lake Bronson, Lancaster, Mattson, Northcote, Orleans, Pelan, Robbin, St. Vincent and St. Vincent Junction.

    Click here to visit The Koochiching County page.
    (County created in 1906)
    County Seat is International Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Benn Linn Landing, Big Falls, Birchdale, Bois Fort, Bramble, Craigville, Ericsburg, Fairland, Frontier, Gemmell, Grand Falls, International Falls, Island View, Laurel, Lindford, Littlefork, Loman, Manitou, Margie, Mizpah, Nakoda, Nett Lake, Northome, Rauch, Ray, Silverdale, South International Falls, Stals, Wildwood and Wisner.
    Click here to visit The Lac Qui Parle County page.
    (County created in 1871)
    County Seat is Madison
    (Note:  An old Lac Qui Parle County was created in 1862, but was abolished in 1868, and became part of Chippewa County.)
    Cities and towns include:  Bellingham, Boyd, Cerro Gordo, Dawson, Haydenville, La qui Parle, Louisburg, Madison, Marietta, Nassau, Providence and Rosen.
    Click here to visit The Lake County page.
    (County created in 1855, 1st named Superior, 2nd St. Louis, then renamed Lake in 1856.)
    County Seat is Two Harbors
    Cities and towns include:  Alger, Avoy, Baptism Crossing, Beaver Bay, Beaver Crossing, Bell Harbor, Castle Danger, Cramer, Darby Junction, East Beaver Bay, Finland, Forest Center, Greenwood Junction, Happy Wanderer, Highland, Illgen City, Isabella, Jay See Landing, Jordan, Kelly Landing, Kennedy Landing, Larsmont, Lauren, Lax Lake, Little Marais, London, Manitou Junction, Maple, Marcy, Martin Landing, McDougal Lake, McNair, Murphy City, Nine Mile Lake, Norshor Junction, Prairie Portage, Sawbill Landing, Scott Junction, Section Thirty, Silver Bay, Silver Creek, Silver Rapids, Stewart, Toimi, Two Harbors, Waldo, Wales, Wheeler Landing, White Iron, Whyte and Winter.
    Click here to visit The Lake of the Woods County page.
    (County created in 1922)
    County Seat is Baudette
    Cities and towns include:  Arresen, Baudette, Birch Beach, Carp, Clemenston, Graceton, Hackett, Long Point, Lovedale, Penasse, Pitt, Rako, Spooner, Wheelers Point, and Williams.
    Click here to visit The Le Sueur County page.
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Le Center
    Cities and towns include:  Cleveland, Cordova, Doyle, Elysian, Greenland, Heidelberg, Kilkenny, Le Center, Le Sueur, Lexington, Marysburg, Montgomery, New Prague, Ottawa, Rogers, Saint Henry, Saint Thomas, Union Hill, and Waterville.
    Lincoln County
    (County created in 1873)
    County Seat is Ivanhoe
    (Note:  There was an old Lincoln County, created in 1861, which was abolished in 1868, and became part of Renville County)
    Cities and towns include:  Arco, Hendricks, Ivanhoe, Lake Benton, Tyler
    Lyon County
    (County created in 1868)
    County Seat is Marshall
    Cities and towns include:  Amiret, Burchard, Cottonwood, Garvin, Ghent, Green Valley, Lynd, Marshall, Minneota, Russell, Tauton and Tracy
    Mahnomen County
    (County created in 1906)
    County Seat is Mahnomen
    Cities and towns include:   Beaulieu, Bejou, Mahnomen and Waubun

    Marshall County
    (County created in 1879)
    County Seat is Warren
    Cities and towns include:  Alvarado,  Argyle, Englund, Esplee, Florian, Grygla, Luna, Middle River, Newfolden, Oslo,  Radium, Stephen, Steiner, Strandquist, Viking, Warren
    Click here to visit The Martin County page.
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Fairmont
    Cities and towns include:  Ceylon,  Fairmont, Imogene, Manyaska, Triumph, Truman, Welcome and Wilbert.
    McLeod County
    (County created in 1856)
    County Seat is Glencoe
    Cities and towns include:  Brownton, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Lester Prairie, Plato, Silver Lake, Sumter and Winsted. 

    Meeker County
    (County created in 1856)
    County Seat is Litchfield
    Cities and towns include:  Casey, Cosmos, Crowriver, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Greenleaf, Grove City, Litchfield, Manannah and Rosendale.

    Mille Lacs County
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Milaca
    Cities and towns include:  Bock, Cove, Foreston, Isle, Johnsdale, Milaca, Onamia, Page, Princeton and Vineland
    Morrison County
    (County created in 1856)
    County Seat is Little Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Belle Prairie, Flensburg, Freedhem, Genola, Harding, Little Falls, Motley, Ramey, Randall, Royalton, Swanville, Topeka and Upsala
    Murray County
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Slayton
    Cities and towns include:  Avoca, Chandler, Currie, Dovray, Fulda, Hadley, Iona, Lake Wilson, Lime Creek, Slayton and Wirock.

    Click here to visit The Nicolette County page.
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Saint Peter
    Cities and towns include:  Klossner, New Sweden, Nicollet, North Mankato, Oshawa, St. George, Saint Peter and Traverse.
    Nobles County
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Worthington
    Cities and towns include:  Adrian, Bigelow, Brewster, Ellsworth, Kinbrae, Reading, Round Lake, Rushmore, St. Killian, Wilmont and Worthington

    Click here to visit The Norman County page.
    (County created in 1881)
    County Seat is Ada
    Cities and towns include:  Ada, Borup, Gary, Hadler, Halstad, Hendrum, Lockhart, Shelly, Syro, Twin Valley, Wauko and Wheatville.

    Olmsted County
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Rochester
    Cities and towns include:  Byron, Chester, Douglas, Eyota, Marion, Pleasant Grove, Predmore, Ringe, Rochester, Simpson, Stewartville and Viola
    Otter Tail County
    (County created in 1858)
    County Seat is Fergus Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Almora, Axel, Balmoral, Basswood, Battle Lake, Bluffton, Dalton, Fergus Falls, Henning, Moorhead, New York Mills, Parkers Prairie, Pelican Rapids, Perham, Richville, Underwood, Wadena and Wall Lake
    Pennington County
    (County created in 1910)
    County Seat is Thief River Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Erie, Goodridge, Hazel, High Landing, Neptune, Red Lake Falls, Silverton, St. Hilaire and Thief River Falls.
    Pine County
    (County created in 1856)
    County Seat is Pine City
    Cities and towns include:  Askov, Beroun, Bruno, Cloverton, Duxbury, Hinckley, Kerrick, Kingdale, Pine City, Sandstone, Sturgeon Lake and Willow River.

    Click here to visit The Pipestone County page.
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Pipestone
    Cities and towns include:  Edgerton, Holland, Jasper, Pipestone, Ruthton, Trosky and Woodstock.
    Click here to visit The Polk County page.
    (County created in 1858)
    County Seat is Crookston
    Cities and towns include:  Angus, Beltrami, Burwell, Cisco, Climax, Crookston, Dugdale, East Grand Forks, Erskine, Fertile, Fisher, Fosston, Greenview, Maplebay, McIntosh, Mentor and Winger.
    Pope County
    (County created in 1862)
    County Seat is Glenwood
    Cities and towns include:  Cyrus, Farwell, Gilchrist, Glenwood, Lowry, New Prairie, Sedan, Starbuck and Villard.

    Click Here to go to the new Ramsey County page
    (County created in 1849)
    County Seat is Saint Paul
    Cities and towns include:  Falcon Heights, Gloster, Little Canada, Lauderdale, New Brighton, North St. Paul, Roseville, Saint Paul and White Bear Lake
    Red Lake County
    (County created in 1896)
    County Seat is Red Lake Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Brooks, Dorothy, Oklee, Perault, Plummer, Red Lake Falls and Terrebonne.


    Redwood County
    (County created in 1862)
    County Seat is Redwood Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Belview, Clements, Lamberton, Morgan, Redwood, Redwood Falls, Sanborn, Seaforth, Vesta, Wabasso, Walnut Grove
    Click here to visit The Renville County page.
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Olivia
    Cities and towns include:  Bechyn, Buffalo Lake, Danube, Fairfax, Franklin, Hector, Minnesota Falls, Olivia, Renville and Sacred Heart.

    Click here to visit The Rice County page.
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Faribault
    Cities and towns include:  Dundas, Faribault, Lonsdale, Morristown, Nerstrand, Northfield and Warsaw
    Roseau County
    (County created in 1894)
    County Seat is Roseau
    Cities and towns include:  Badger, Duxby, Fox, Greenbush, Haug, Malung, Noracres, Pinecreek, River, Roosevelt, Roseau, Ross, Skime, Swift, Wannaska and Warroad
    Rock County
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Luverne
    Cities and towns include:  Ashcreek, Beaver Creek, Hardwick, Hills, Luverne and Magnolia.

    Scott County
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Shakopee
    Cities and towns include:  Belle Plaine, Credit River, Helena, Jordan, Marystown, Prior Lake and Shakopee
    Sibley County
    (County created in 1853)
    County Seat is Gaylord
    Cities and towns include:  Arlington, Gaylord, Gibbon, Henderson, Rush River and Winthrop
    Stearns County
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is St. Cloud
    Cities and towns include:  Albany, Belgrade, Brooten, Clear Lake, Cold Spring, Collegeville, Holdingford, Kimball, Melrose, Paynesville, Richmond, Rockville, Sauk Centre, Spring Hill, St. Anna, St. Cloud, St. Joseph, St. Wendell and Waite Park
    Steele County
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Owatonna
    Cities and towns include:  Blooming Prairie, Deerfield, Ellendale, Havana, Hope, Lemond, Medford, Omro, Owatonna, Pratt, Saco and Steele Cen.
    Stevens County
    (County created in 1862)
    County Seat is Morris
    Cities and towns include:  Alberta, Chokio, Donnelly, Hancock and Morris 

    Click here to visit The St. Louis County page.
    (County created in 1856)
    County Seat is Duluth
    Cities and towns include:  Angora, Arbutus, Ash Lake, Athens, Aurora, Baden, Birch, Biwabik, Buhl, Chisholm, Cook, Cotton, Duluth, Ely, Embarrass, Eveleth, Fairbanks, Floodwood, Gilbert, Hibbing, Independence, Iron, McKinley, Mountain Iron, Nett Lake, Orr, Proctor, Saginaw, Tower, Virginia, Wahlsten and Wilpen.
    Swift County
    (County created in 1870)
    County Seat is Benson
    Cities and towns include:  Appleton, Benson, Clontarf, Danvers, De Graff, Holloway, Kerkhoven, Murdock and Swift Falls
    Todd County
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Long Prairie
    Cities and towns include:  Bertha, Browerville, Clarissa, Clotho, Eagle Bend, Grey Eagle, Hewitt, Long Prairie, Philbrook and Staples.


    Wabasha County
    (County created in 1849)
    County Seat is Wabasha
    Cities and towns include:  Elgin, Keegan, Millville, Plainview, Wabasha and Weaver
    Waseca County
    (County created in 1857)
    County Seat is Waseca
    Cities and towns include:  Alma City, Janesville, New Richland, Otisco, Pemberton, Waldorf and Waseca
    Click here to visit The Washington County page.
    (County created in 1849)
    County Seat is Stillwater
    Cities and towns include: Afton, Bayport, Birchwood, Cottage Grove, Dellwood, Forest Lake, Grant, Hugo, Lake Elmo, Lake St. Croix Beach, Lakeland, Landfall, Langdon, Mahtomedi, Marine On St. Croix, Newport, Oak Park Heights, Oakdale, St. Paul Park, Stillwater, Valley Creek, White Bear Lake, Willernie, Withrow and Woodbury.
    Click here to visit The Wilkin County page.
    County created 1868: Earlier known as Andy Johnson and Toombs.
    County Seat is Breckenridge
    Cities and towns include:  Breckenridge, Campbell, Doran, Everdell, Lawndale, Nashua, Rothsay and Wolverton.

    Winona County
    (County created in 1854)
    County Seat is Winona
    Cities and towns include:  Bethany, Dakota, Lewiston, Minnesota City, Pickwick, Rollingstone, St. Charles, Stockton and Winona (early name Montezuma)
    Wright County
    (County created in 1855)
    County Seat is Buffalo
    Cities and towns include:  Albertville, Annandale, Buffalo, Cokato, Delano, Hanover, Howard Lake, Knapp, Maple Lake, Monticello, Montrose, Rasset, Rockford, Silver Creek, St. Michael and Waverly
    Yellow Medicine County
    (County created in 1871)
    County Seat is Granite Falls
    Cities and towns include:  Burr, Canby, Clarkfield, Clarkfield, Echo, Granite Falls, Hanley Falls, Hazel Run, Porter, St. Leo and Wood Lake

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