Minnesota County Selection List
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| County | Date Formed | Parent County | County Seat | Contact |
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| Aitkin | 1857 | Cass, Itasca | Aitkin |  |
| Anoka | 1857 | Ramsey | Anoka | MaryAlice Schwanke |
| Becker | 1858 | Indian Lands | Detroit Lakes | Karen De Groote |
| Beltrami | 1866 | Unorganized Territory. | Bemidji | |
| Benton | 1849 | Original County | Foley | |
| Big Stone | 1862 | Pierce | Ortonville | Lin Ziemann |
| Blue Earth | 1853 | Unorganized Territory | Mankato | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Brown | 1855 | Nicollett, Blue Earth | New Ulm | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Carlton | 1857 | Pine, St. Louis | Carlton | |
| Carver | 1855 | Hennepin | Chaska | Randy Cummings |
| Cass | 1851 | Original County | Walker | Norma Hass |
| Chippewa | 1862 | Pierce | Montevideo | |
| Chisago | 1851 | Washington | Center City | Tim Stowell |
| Clay | 1862 | Formerly Breckenridge | Moorhead | Lin Ziemann |
| Clearwater | 1902 | Beltrami | Bagley | |
| Cook | 1874 | Lake | Grand Marais | Linda Simpson |
| Cottonwood | 1857 | Brown | Windom | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Crow Wing | 1857 | Ramsey, Cass | Brainerd | John Van Essen |
| Dakota | 1849 | Original county | Hastings | |
| Dodge | 1855 | Olmsted | Mantorville | |
| Douglas | 1858 | Todd | Alexandria | |
| Faribault | 1855 | Blue Earth | Blue Earth | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Fillmore | 1853 | Wabasha | Preston | |
| Freeborn | 1855 | Wabasha | Albert Lea | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Goodhue | 1853 | Wabasha | Red Wing | |
| Grant | 1868 | Stearns | Elbow Lake | |
| Hennepin | 1852 | Dakota | Minneapolis | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Houston | 1854 | Fillmore | Caledonia | |
| Hubbard | 1883 | Cass | Park Rapids | MaryAlice Schwanke |
| Isanti | 1857 | Anoka | Cambridge | MaryAlice Schwanke |
| Itasca | 1849 | Original County | Grand Rapids | MaryAlice Schwanke |
| Jackson | 1857 | Unorg. Terr | Jackson | Randy Wendel |
| Kanabec | 1858 | Pine | Mora | |
| Kandiyohi | 1858 | Meeker | Willmar | |
| Kittson | 1878 | Unorg. Terr. - formerly Pembina | Hallock | |
| Koochiching | 1906 | Itasca | International Falls | Linda Simpson |
| Lac Qui Parle | 1871 | Brown, Redwood | Madison | Tim Stowell |
| Lake | 1856 | Formerly Doty | Two Harbors | Linda Simpson |
| Lake of the Woods | 1922 | Beltrami | Baudette | |
| Le Sueur | 1853 | Unorg. Terr. | Le Center | |
| Lincoln | 1873 | Lyon | Ivanhoe | |
| Lyon | 1868 | Redwood | Marshall | |
| McLeod | 1856 | Carver | Glencoe | |
| Mahnomen | 1906 | Becker, Norman | Mahnomen | |
| Marshall | 1879 | Kittson | Warren | |
| Martin | 1857 | Faribault, Brown | Fairmont | |
| Meeker | 1856 | Wright, Stearns | Litchfield | |
| Mille Lacs | 1857 | Kanabec | Milaca | |
| Morrison | 1856 | Benton, Stearns | Little Falls | |
| Mower | 1855 | Fillmore, Freeborn | Austin | Linda Ziemann New CC 17 Oct 2025 |
| Murray | 1857 | Lyon | Slayton | Char Larson |
| Nicollet | 1853 | Unorg. territory | St. Peter | |
| Nobles | 1857 | Jackson | Worthington | Bryant Walker |
| Norman | 1881 | Polk | Ada | Colleen Goltz |
| Olmsted | 1855 | Unorg. Territory | Rochester | |
| Otter Tail | 1858 | Pembina, Cass | Fergus Falls | Karen de Groote |
| Pennington | 1910 | Red Lake | Thief River Falls | Lynn Brandvold |
| Pine | 1856 | Unorg. Lands | Pine City | |
| Pipestone | 1857 | Murray | Pipestone | |
| Polk | 1858 | Indian Lands | Crookston | Jo Paulson |
| Pope | 1862 | Pierce | Glenwood | Keith Gulsvig |
| Ramsey | 1849 | Original county | St. Paul | Tim Stowell |
| Red Lake | 1896 | Polk | Red Lake Falls | Lynn Brandvold |
| Redwood | 1862 | Brown | Redwood Falls | |
| Renville | 1855 | Unorg. Territory | Olivia | |
| Rice | 1853 | Original County | Faribault | |
| Rock | 1857 | Nobles as Unorg. Co. Brown | Luverne | Lin Ziemann |
| Roseau | 1894 | Kittson | Roseau | |
| St. Louis | 1855 | Doty (now Lake) | Duluth | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Scott | 1853 | Dakota | Shakopee | Karen De Groote |
| Sherburne | 1856 | Benton | Elk River | Ann Hammer |
| Sibley | 1853 | Unorg. Territory | Gaylord | |
| Stearns | 1855 | Indian Lands | St. Cloud | Karen De Groote |
| Steele | 1855 | Unorg. Terr., Dodge | Owatonna | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Stevens | 1862 | Pierce, Big Stone | Morris | |
| Swift | 1870 | Chippewa, Unorg. Lands | Benson | |
| Todd | 1855 | Stearns | Long Prairie | Karen De Groote |
| Traverse | 1862 | Toombs | Wheaton | Tim Stowell |
| Wabasha | 1849 | Original county | Wabasha | Kelly Taschler |
| Wadena | 1858 | Cass, Todd | Wadena | John Schulte |
| Waseca | 1857 | Steele | Waseca | Randy Cummings |
| Washington | 1849 | Original county | Stillwater | Gayle Triller |
| Watonwan | 1860 | Brown | St. James | Martha Crosley Graham |
| Wilkin | 1868 | Cass, Toombs, Johnson | Breckenridge | Tim Stowell |
| Winona | 1854 | Unorg. Territory | Winona | |
| Wright | 1855 | Hennepin | Buffalo | |
| Yellow Medicine | 1871 | Redwood | Granite Falls | Tim Stowell |
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This page was last updated 22 Oct 2025