Counties in Minnesota that I have Visited

There are 87 Counties in Minnesota – “The Land of 10,000 Lakes“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 23 Counties = 26.4% of Counties in Minnesota

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Minnesota

Markers designate the Minnesota locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Interesting Minnesota County Trivia

Red Lake County may be the only county in the United States that has borders with only two other counties while being totally landlocked. Pennington County borders it on the north, and Polk County wraps around and borders it on the west, south and east.

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Counties in Minnesota

Below are the 87 counties in Minnesota. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Aitkin
2. Anoka
3. Becker: Big Tom the Turkey; The Visual Genius of Dave Oswald; For More Birds
4. Beltrami
5. Benton
6. Big Stone: Giant Artichoke
7. Blue Earth: Fort L’Huillier; Railroads Torment Colfax; Reconciliation Park
8. Brown: Sleepy Eye
9. Carlton
10. Carver
11. Cass
12. Chippewa
13. Chisago: Sunrise
14. Clay: Municipally Owned Telephone
15. Clearwater: Walk Across the Mississippi River; No It’s Not There; River Headwaters and Sources
16. Cook: Vegetable Chain; Lady Chain; JAP Lake; Highpoint to Lowpoint; No, It’s Not There
17. Cottonwood
18. Crow Wing
19. Dakota
20. Dodge
21. Douglas
22. Fairibault: Jolly Green Giant; Golden Stripe
23. Fillmore
24. Freeborn
25. Goodhue: Lake Pepin
26. Grant
27. Hennepin: Largest county population in Minnesota (1,116,200 people in 2000 Census); Mall of America; Rock Bands with Geographic Names; That’s Siouan for Water; Follow the Letter; Where the Stadium Once Stood
28. Houston
29. Hubbard: Named for Schoolcraft
30. Isanti
31. Itasca: No, It’s Not There
32. Jackson
33. Kanabec
34. Kandiyohi
35. Kittson: Lancaster Minnesota to Lancashire England
36. Koochiching: Ownership Error
37. Lac Qui Parle
38. Lake
39. Lake of the Woods: The Northwest Angle
40. Le Sueur
41. Lincoln
42. Lyon: That’s Siouan for Water
43. Mahnomen
44. Marshall
45. Martin: Welcome
46. McLeod
47. Meeker
48. Mille Lacs: Bogus
49. Morrison
50. Power
51. Murray
52. Nicollet
53. Nobles
54. Normal
55. Olmsted
56. Otter Tail
57. Pennington
58. Pine
59. Pipestone
60. Polk
61. Pope
62. Ramsey: Smallest county in Minnesota (156 square miles); Great Waters Brewing Co.; More Strange Signs; City of Frogs; Canadian Ethnic Enclave
63. Red Lake: Fewest County Borders – Part III: Red Lake Co., MN
64. Redwood
65. Renville
66. Rice
67. Rock
68. Roseau: What Crosses an Airport Runway?
69. Scott
70. Sherburne: City of Frogs
71. Sibley
72. St. Louis: Largest county in Minnesota (6,225 square miles); Tin Can Mike; Duluth’s Canal Park; Fitger’s Brewhouse; Farthest Inland Port
73. Stearns
74. Steele
75. Stevens
76. Swift
77. Todd
78. Traverse: Smallest county population in Minnesota (4,134 people in 2000 Census).
79. Wabasha: The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota; The Half-Breed Tract; Lake Pepin; GPS and Genealogy
80. Wadena: Nimrod
81. Waseca
82. Washington
83. Watonwan
84. Wilkin
85. Winona: The Half-Breed Tract
86. Wright
87. Yellow Medicine

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Quick Facts About Minnesota

• Location: West North Central United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 79,627 square miles. Minnesota is the 14th largest state. The next larger state is Kansas and the next smaller state is Nebraska.
• Population⁽²⁾: 5,611,179 people. Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state. The next more populous state is Colorado and the next less populous state is South Carolina.
• Population Density: 70.5 people per square mile. Minnesota is the 30th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is West Virginia and the next less densely populated state is Vermont.
• Bordering States: Minnesota shares a border with 4 states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
• Admission to the Union: May 11, 1858. Minnesota was the 32nd state admitted to the Union, after California and before Oregon.
• Capital: St. Paul.
• Highest Point: 2,301 feet at Eagle Mountain. See SummitPost’s Eagle Mountain page.
• Lowest Point: 600 feet at Lake Superior.
• Government website: Minnesota.gov.
• Official Tourism website: Minnesota tourism.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Minnesota page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.