Minnesota County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Aitkin | 1857 May 23 | Details | Cass, Ithaca | Crow Wing 1857 |
| Andy Johnson | 1863 Mar 06 | JOHNSON Details | renamed from Tombs | renamed Wilkin 1868 |
| Anoka | 1857 May 23 | Details | Ramsey | Isanti 1857 |
| Becker | 1858 Mar 18 | Details | Indian lands | Mahomen 1906 |
| Beltrami | 1866 Feb 28 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Clearwater 1902, Lake of the Woods 1922 |
| Benton | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Morrison 1856, Sherburne 1856 |
| Big Stone | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Pierce | Stevens 1862 |
| Blue Earth | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Brown 1855, Faribault 1855 |
| Breckenridge | 1858 Mar 18 | Details | Minnesota Territory | renamed Clay 1862 |
| Brown | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Nicollett, Blue Earth | Cottonwood 1857, Martin 1857, Rock 1857, Watonwan 1860, Redwood 1862 |
| Buchanan | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | dissolved |
| Carlton | 1857 May 23 | Details | Pine, Saint Louis | none |
| Carver | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Hennepin | McLeod 1856 |
| Cass | 1851 Mar 31 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Aitkin 1857, Crow Wing 1857, Hubbard 1883, Ottero Trail 1858, Waden 1858, Wilkin 1858, Tombs 1858 |
| Chippewa | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Pierce | Swift 1870 |
| Chisago | 1851 Mar 31 | Details | Washington | none |
| Clay | 1862 Mar 06 | Details | renamed from Beckinridge | none |
| Clearwater | 1902 Dec 20 | Details | Beltrami | none |
| Cook | 1874 Mar 09 | Details | Lake | none |
| Cottonwood | 1857 May 23 | Details | Brown | none |
| Crow Wing | 1857 May 23 | WING Details | Cass, Aitkin | none |
| Dakota | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Hennepin 1852, Scott 1853 |
| Dodge | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Olmstead | Steele 1855 |
| Doty | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | renamed Newton 1855 |
| Douglas | 1858 Mar 08 | Details | Todd | none |
| Faribault | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Blue Earth | Martin 1857 |
| Fillmore | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Wabasha | Houston 1854, Mower 1855 |
| Freeborn | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Mower 1855 |
| Goodhue | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Wabasha | none |
| Grant | 1868 Mar 06 | Details | Stearns | none |
| Hennepin | 1852 Mar 06 | Details | Dakota | Carver 1855, Wright 1855 |
| Houston | 1854 Feb 23 | Details | Fillmore | none |
| Hubbard | 1883 Feb 26 | Details | Cass | none |
| Isanti | 1857 Feb 13 | Details | Anoka | none |
| Itasca | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Aitkin 1857, Koochiching 1906, St. Louis 1855, Superior 1855 |
| Jackson | 1857 May 23 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Nobles 1857 |
| Kanabec | 1858 Mar 13 | Details | Pine | Mille Lacs 1857 |
| Kandiyohi | 1858 Mar 20 | Details | Meeker | none |
| Kittson | 1878 Mar 09 | Details | renamed from Pembina | Marshall 1879, Roseau 1894 |
| Koochiching | 1906 Dec 19 | Details | Itasca | none |
| Lac qui Parle | 1871 Mar 06 | Details | Brown, Redwood | none |
| Lac qui Parle (old) | 1862 2 18 | Details | Toombs | split to Stevens 1862, Chippewa 1862 |
| Lake | 1856 Mar 01 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Cook 1874 |
| Lake of the Woods | 1922 Nov 28 | OF THE WOODS Details | Beltrami | none |
| Le Sueur | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Lincoln | 1866 Mar 01 | Details | Lyon | none |
| Lyon | 1868 Mar 06 | Details | Redwood | Lincoln 1866, Murray 1857 |
| Mahnomen | 1906 Dec 27 | Details | Becker, Norman | none |
| Mankato (Mankahta) | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Marshall | 1879 Feb 25 | Details | Kittson | none |
| Martin | 1857 May 23 | Details | Faribautl, Brown | none |
| McLeod | 1856 Mar 01 | Details | Carver | none |
| Meeker | 1856 Feb 23 | Details | Wright, Stearns | Kandiyohi 1858 |
| Mille Lacs | 1857 May 23 | LACS Details | Kanabec | none |
| Monongalia | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | dissolved |
| Morrison | 1856 Feb 25 | Details | Benton, Stearns | none |
| Mower | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Fillmore, Freeborn | none |
| Murray | 1857 May 23 | Details | Lyon | Pipestone 1857 |
| Nicollet | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Brown 1855 |
| Nobles | 1857 May 23 | Details | Jackson | Rock 1857 |
| Norman | 1881 Feb 17 | Details | Polk | Mahnomen 1906 |
| Olmsted | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Dodge 1855 |
| Otter Tail | 1858 Mar 18 | TAIL Details | Pembina, Cass | none |
| Pembina | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Otter trail 1858, renamed Kittson 1878 |
| Pennington | 1910 Nov 23 | Details | Red Lake | none |
| Pierce | 1843 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | split to Big Stone 1862, Chippewa 1862, Pope 1862, Stevens 1862 |
| Pine | 1856 Mar 01 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Carlton1857, Kanabec 1858 |
| Pipestone | 1857 May 23 | Details | Murray | none |
| Polk | 1858 Jul 20 | Details | Indian lands | Norman 1881, Red Lake 1869 |
| Pope | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Pierce | none |
| Ramsey | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Anoka 1857 |
| Red Lake | 1896 Dec 24 | Details | Polk | Pennington 1910 |
| Redwood | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Brown | Lyon 1868, Yellow Medicine 1871 |
| Renville | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Rice | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Rock | 1857 May 23 | Details | Nobles, Brown | none |
| Roseau | 1894 Feb 28 | Details | Kittson | none |
| Saint Louis | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | renamed from Superior | Carlton 1857 |
| Scott | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Dakota | none |
| Sherburne | 1856 Feb 25 | Details | Benton | none |
| Sibley | 1853 Mar 05 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Stearns | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Indian lands | Grant 1868, Meeker 1856, Todd 1855, Morrison 1856 |
| Steele | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory, Dodge | Waseca 1857 |
| Stevens | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Pierce, Big Stone | none |
| Superior | 1847 Oct 27 | Details | Itasca | renamed Saint Louis 1855 |
| Swift | 1870 Feb 18 | Details | Chippewa, Minnesota Territory | none |
| Todd | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Stearns | Douglas 1858, Wadena 1858 |
| Toombs | 1858 Mar 18 | Details | Pembina | renamed Andy Johnson 1863 |
| Traverse | 1862 Feb 20 | Details | Toombs | none |
| Wabasha | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Fillmore 1853, Goodhue 1853 |
| Wadena | 1858 Jun 11 | Details | Cass, Todd | none |
| Wahnata | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Minnesota Territory | dissolved |
| Waseca | 1857 Feb 27 | Details | Steele | none |
| Washington | 1849 Oct 27 | Details | Minnesota Territory | Chisago 1851 |
| Watonwan | 1860 Feb 25 | Details | Brown | none |
| Wilkin | 1868 Mar 06 | Details | renamed from Andy Johnson | none |
| Winona | 1854 Feb 23 | Details | Minnesota Territory | none |
| Wright | 1855 Feb 20 | Details | Hennepin | Meeker 1856 |
| Yellow Medicine | 1871 Mar 06 | MEDICINE Details | Redwood | none |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Minnesota/viewer.htm Minnesota Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.