How were Minnesota counties named?
County County Seat Population
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Aitkin County Aitkin 15,301
Anoka County Anoka 298,084
Becker County Detroit Lakes 30,000
Beltrami County Bemidji 39,650
Benton County Foley 34,226
Big Stone County Ortonville 5,820
Blue Earth County Mankato 55,941
Brown County New Ulm 26,911
Carlton County Carlton 31,671
Carver County Chaska 70,205
Cass County Walker 27,150
Chippewa County Montevideo 13,088
Chisago County Center City 41,101
Clay County Moorhead 51,229
Clearwater County Bagley 8,423
Cook County Grand Marais 5,168
Cottonwood County Windom 12,167
Crow Wing County Brainerd 55,099
Dakota County Hastings 355,904
Dodge County Mantorville 17,731
Douglas County Alexandria 32,821
Faribault County Blue Earth 16,181
Fillmore County Preston 21,122
Freeborn County Albert Lea 32,584
Goodhue County Red Wing 44,127
Grant County Elbow Lake 6,289
Hennepin County Minneapolis 1,116,200
Houston County Caledonia 19,718
Hubbard County Park Rapids 18,376
Isanti County Cambridge 31,287
Itasca County Grand Rapids 43,992
Jackson County Jackson 11,268
Kanabec County Mora 14,996
Kandiyohi County Willmar 41,203
Kittson County Hallock 5,285
Koochiching County International Falls 14,355
Lac Qui Parle County Madison 8,067
Lake County Two Harbors 11,058
Lake Of The Wood County Baudette 4,522
Le Sueur County Le Center 25,426
Lincoln County Ivanhoe 6,429
Lyon County Marshall 25,425
Mahnomen County Mahnomen 5,190
Marshall County Warren 10,155
Martin County Fairmont 21,802
McLeod County Glencoe 34,898
Meeker County Litchfield 22,644
Mille Lacs County Milaca 22,330
Morrison County Little Falls 31,712
Mower County Austin 38,603
Murray County Slayton 9,165
Nicollet County St. Peter 29,771
Nobles County Worthington 20,832
Norman County Ada 7,442
Olmsted County Rochester 124,277
Otter Tail County Fergus Falls 57,159
Pennington County Thief River Falls 13,584
Pine County Pine City 26,530
Pipestone County Pipestone 9,895
Polk County Crookston 31,369
Pope County Glenwood 11,236
Ramsey County St. Paul 511,035
Red Lake County Red Lake Falls 4,299
Redwood County Redwood Falls 16,815
Renville County Olivia 17,154
Rice County Faribault 56,665
Rock County Luverne 9,721
Roseau County Roseau 16,338
Scott County Shakopee 89,498
Sherburne County Elk River 64,417
Sibley County Gaylord 15,356
St. Louis County Duluth 200,528
Stearns County St. Cloud 133,166
Steele County Owatonna 33,680
Stevens County Morris 10,053
Swift County Benson 11,956
Todd County Long Prairie 24,426
Traverse County Wheaton 4,134
Wabasha County Wabasha 21,610
Wadena County Wadena 13,713
Waseca County Waseca 19,526
Washington County Stillwater 201,130
Watonwan County St. James 11,876
Wilkin County Breckenridge 7,138
Winona County Winona 49,985
Wright County Buffalo 89,986
Yellow Medicine County Granite Falls 11,080
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