MN: Individual County Chronologies

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AIKEN (now AITKIN) created from PINE and RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 5-6/pp. 52-54)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain adjoining remnants of PINE and RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 36, sec. 1/pp. 65-66)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain from ITASCA, PINE, and RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 263)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) gained from ITASCA, RAMSEY, and Non-County Area 8; Non County Area 8 eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 265-267)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) organized for county government, gained from CASS and ITASCA; AIKEN detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (AIKEN remained indirectly attached to MORRISON, through CROW WING, until 24 February 1871). (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 96, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 161-162)

AIKEN renamed AITKIN. (Minn. Laws 1872, spec., ch. 145, sec. 1/p. 511)

AITKIN fully organized, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1885, gen., ch. 142, sec. 1/pp. 132-133)

ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to AITKIN "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 264, secs. 1-2/pp. 383-384)

AITKIN gained small area from CASS [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1887_pt. for location]. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 117, sec. 1/p. 202)

ITASCA fully organized detached from AITKIN. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 568/p. 164; Minn. Laws 1891, gen., ch. 147, secs. 1,5/pp. 284-285; Rottsolk, 10-19)

AITKIN exchanged with CROW WING. [area gained by AITKIN too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1917_pt. for location]. (Minn. Laws 1917, ch. 135, secs. 1-2/p. 184)

ANOKA created from RAMSEY, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 64, secs. 1, 3/pp. 252-253)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 89)

ISANTI detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ANOKA, attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 200; Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 85, sec. 1/pp.243-244)

ANOKA gained all of MANOMIN (extinct) when MANOMIN was abolished by constitutional amendment. (Minn. Laws 1869, gen., ch. 50, secs. 1-3/p. 63; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 3/p. 91)

ISANTI fully organized, detached from ANOKA. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 79, sec. 1/p.142)

BECKER created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 34, secs. 3-4/pp. 144-145)

BECKER gained from BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY), CASS, and POLK. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 5-6/p. 62)

BECKER lost to creation of Non-County Area 9. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 271)

BECKER attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes, and for the purpose of assessment and collection of taxes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 67, sec. 1/p. 125)

BECKER detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

BECKER detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

BECKER organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 100, sec. 1/pp. 320-321)

BECKER fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 87, sec. 1/p. 150)

BELTRAMI attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes"; CLAY, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), and POLK detached from DOUGLAS, attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

CLAY fully organized, detached from BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 88, sec. 1/pp. 205-206)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) and POLK detached from BECKER, attached to CLAY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 117, sec. 1/p 127)

BELTRAMI attachment to BECKER expanded when BELTRAMI gained from ITASCA and KITTSON. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

BELTRAMI fully organized, detached from BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 122-124)

BELTRAMI created from ITASCA, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), POLK, and Non-County Area 9. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

BELTRAMI attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

BELTRAMI gained from ITASCA and KITTSON; BELTRAMI remained attached to BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

BELTRAMI exchanged with CASS. (HRS Minn., Beltrami, 8-9; Minn. Laws 1889, gen., ch. 75, secs. 1-2/p. 188)

BELTRAMI lost to ROSEAU. (Gov. Proc., 10 Feb. 1896, Roseau Co. Hist. Soc.)

BELTRAMI fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 122-124)

BELTRAMI lost to the creation of CLEARWATER. (Gov. Proc., 1901-1958, Minn. Hist. Soc.)

BELTRAMI lost to the creation of LAKE OF THE WOODS. (Gov. Proc., 1901-1958, Minn. Hist. Soc.)

BENTON created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory (remnant of Wisconsin Territory), fully organized; PEMBINA (now KITTSON) attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, sec. 3/p. 7)

BENTON exchanged with RAMSEY; CASS attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes;" ITASCA detached from WASHINGTON, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 18/pp. 30-32)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) fully organized, detached from BENTON. (Min. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes"; PEMBINA (now KITTSON) reattached to BENTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 3, sec. 5/pp. 8-9)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from BENTON, attached to NICOLLET "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 53, secs. 2, 5/pp. 175-176)

BENTON gained from RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 22/p. 27)

CASS detached from BENTON, attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 4, secs. 1, 6/pp. 18-19)

BENTON lost to RAMSEY, lost to the creation of both MORRISON and SHERBURNE; MORRISON and SHERBURNE attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, secs. 1-6/pp. 66-67)

ITASCA detached from CHISAGO, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes"; LAKE and ST. LOUIS attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63)

MORRISON fully organized, detached from BENTON; SHERBURNE attachment to BENTON "for judicial purposes" confirmed. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, sec. 5-6/pp. 66-67)

ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

MONROE (proposed) authorized to be created from BENTON, ISANTI, and MILLE LACS, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (HRS Minn., Mille Lacs, 9-10; Minn. Laws 1857-188, spec., ch. 33, secs. 1-3/pp. 143-144)

ST. LOUIS fully organized, detached from BENTON. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

LAKE detached from BENTON, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

BENTON lost to MILLE LACS. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 59, secs. 1-2/p. 97)

SHERBURNE fully organized, detached from BENTON. (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 49, sec. 1/pp. 106-107)

BIG SIOUX (extinct) created by Minnesota Territory from BROWN, in present South Dakota; PIPESTONE (now ROCK) not fully organized, attached to BIG SIOUX "for all judicial and elective purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 4, 5, 6, 14/pp. 66-69)

BIG SIOUX (extinct) eliminated when the state of Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory; the area became unorganized federal territory. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

BIG STONE created from PIERCE (extinct). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 1/p. 257)

BIG STONE attached to RENVILLE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

BIG STONE lost to STEVENS. BIG STONE lost to TRAVERSE in boundary redefinition that was apparently ignored by local residents; boundary corrected on 2 March 1876. (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 9-10; Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, sec. 3/pp. 155-156)

BIG STONE detached from RENVILLE, attached to STEVENS "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/p. 204)

BIG STONE gained from TRAVERSE, remained attached to STEVENS. (Minn. Laws 1876, spec., ch. 159, sec. 1/pp. 234-235)

BIG STONE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from STEVENS. (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 9; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 106, sec. 1/pp. 129-131)

BIG STONE gained from LAC QUI PARLE. (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 10; Minn. Laws 1937, ch. 423, secs. 1-3/pp. 614-615)

BIG STONE lost to LAC QUI PARLE (boundary change of 1 January 1938 rescinded in local referendum). (Minn. Laws 1977, ch. 48, sec. 1/p. 93)

BIG STONE gained from LAC QUI PARLE (reenacted boundary change of 1 January 1838). (Minn. Laws 1979, ch. 154, sec. 1/p. 226)

BIG STONE authorized to gain small area from LAC QUI PARLE (at Ortonville), dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1979, ch. 154, sec. 2/p. 226)

BLUE EARTH created from DAKOTA, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, sec. 8/p. 33)

BLUE EARTH lost to the creation of BROWN, FARIBAULT, FREEBORN, and STEELE, exchanged with LE SUEUR. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 4-8, 10-11, 19/pp. 23-26)

FARIBAULT attached to BLUE EARTH "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 34, secs. 1, 4/p. 62)

BLUE EARTH boundaries defined [no change]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 59-60)

FARIBAULT fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 83, sec. 6/pp. 309-310)

WATONWAN detached from BROWN, attached to BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

WATONWAN fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 111, secs. 1-2/p. 155)

WATONWAN reattached to BLUE EARTH "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 142-143)

WATONWAN fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

BROWN created from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 19, p. 26)

BROWN fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 62, secs. 1-2/pp. 98-99)

BROWN lost to the creation of BIG SIOUX (extinct), COTTONWOOD, JACKSON, MARTIN, MIDWAY (extinct), MURRAY, NOBLES, PIPESTONE (now ROCK), and ROCK (now PIPESTONE). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 1-3, 5-10, 14/pp. 66-69)

BROWN lost territory when the state of Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

BROWN lost to the creation of WATONWAN; WATONWAN not fully organized, attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 13, secs. 1, 3/pp. 37-38)

BROWN lost to the creation of REDWOOD; WATONWAN remained attached to BROWN. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 21, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 255-256)

COTTONWOOD and MURRAY attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (PIPESTONE indirectly attached to BROWN, through MURRAY, until 4 March 1864). (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 18, sec. 1/p. 202)

NOBLES, REDWOOD, and ROCK attached to BROWN; PIPESTONE detached from MURRAY, attached to BROWN. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

BROWN gained from COTTONWOOD and REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1864, spec., ch. 70, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 337-339)

BROWN lost to REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1865, gen., ch. 71, secs. 1-4, 6/pp. 138-140)

NOBLES and ROCK detached from BROWN, attached to MARTIN; WATONWAN detached from BROWN, attached to BLUE EARTH. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

REDWOOD fully organized, detached from BROWN; COTTONWOOD, MURRAY, and PIPESTONE detached from BROWN, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 105, secs. 2-3/pp. 148-149)

COTTONWOOD and REDWOOD authorized to gain the four adjacent southwestern townships of BROWN, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Redwood, 12; Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 95, secs. 1-3/pp. 311-312; Minn. Stat.1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 9/pp. 92-93)

BUCHANAN created from PINE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 2, 6/pp. 52-54)

BUCHANAN (extinct) attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

BUCHANAN (extinct) detached from CHISAGO, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

BUCHANAN (extinct) lost all of its territory to PINE; BUCHANAN eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 31, secs. 1-3/p. 273)

CANBY (proposed) authorized to be created from LAC QUI PARLE, LINCOLN, and YELLOW MEDICINE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 62, secs. 1, 4, 6, 8/pp. 64-65; Upham, 593)

CARLTON created from PINE and ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 3, 6/pp. 52-54)

CARLTON attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

CARLTON organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 96, sec. 1/p. 170)

CARLTON fully organized, detached from ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-2/p. 149)

CARVER created from HENNEPIN and SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 14/pp. 25-26)

CARVER organized for county government, attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 62, sec. 8/pp. 157-158)

CARVER fully organized, detached from HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 72, secs. 1, 8/p. 107)

CARVER lost to the creation of McLEOD; MEEKER attached to CARVER "for judicial purposes." (HRS Minn., Meeker, 9; Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 8, sec. 2/p. 16; ch. 26, secs. 1-2, 5/p. 31)

MEEKER fully organized, detached from CARVER. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

CASS created from DAKOTA, MAHKAHTO, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), and WAHNAHTA (extinct); CASS not fully organized, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 9, 13, 18/pp. 31-32)

CASS lost to the creation of DAVIS (extinct), STEARNS, TODD, and WRIGHT. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 16-18, 25/p. 26-28)

CASS detached from BENTON, attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 4, secs. 1, 6/pp. 18-19)

CASS lost to the creation of DOUGLAS. Change divided CASS into two parts. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 74, secs. 1-2/p. 215)

CASS lost to the creation of BECKER and OTTER TAIL. CASS detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes," and remained divided into two parts. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 144-145; ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

CASS implicitly gained from TODD, lost to the creation of WADENA. CASS remained divided into two parts. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 179, secs. 1-2/pp. 448-449)

CASS lost to creation of POLK. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 67, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 183-184)

CASS detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

CASS lost to BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 5-6/p. 62)

CASS lost to the creation of POPE. Change reduced CASS to a single part. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 4/p. 258)

CASS gained all of Non-County Area 9, which was eliminated; CASS detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

CASS gained small area from TODD. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 42, 66/pp. 105, 111; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 116,secs. 1-2/pp. 162-163)

CASS detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

CASS lost to AIKEN (now AITKIN), and lost small areas (along the river) to ITASCA. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 96, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 161-162)

CASS detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes.". (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

CASS organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 79, sec. 1/p. 145)

CASS's organization for county government repealed and its attachment to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes" confirmed. (Minn. Laws 1876, spec., ch. 208, secs. 1-2/pp. 285-287)

CASS lost to the creation of HUBBARD. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 78, secs. 1, 4/p. 108)

WADENA authorized to gain the five adjacent townships of CASS, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 612/p. 178; Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 79, secs. 1-3/p.109)

CROW WING authorized to gain from CASS and exchange with MORRISON, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 549/p. 158; Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1-3,5-6/pp. 110-111)

CROW WING authorized to gain area north of Mississippi River from CASS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 549/p. 158; Minn. Laws 1885, gen., ch. 203, secs.1-3/pp. 274-275)

CASS authorized to gain from MORRISON the area north of Township 131, dependent upon local referendum and other conditions; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 583/p. 169; Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 260, secs. 1-5/p. 379)

CASS lost to ITASCA; lost small area to AITKIN [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1887_pt. for location]. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 116-117, sec. 1/pp. 201-202)

CASS lost to CROW WING; CASS remained attached to CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 118, secs. 1-3/pp. 203-204)

CASS exchanged with BELTRAMI. (HRS Minn., Beltrami, 8-9; Minn. Laws 1889, gen., ch. 75, secs. 1-2/p. 188)

CASS authorized to gain from MORRISON the area north of Township 131, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Morrison, 17; Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 583/p. 169; Minn. Laws 1891,gen., ch. 148, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 285-286)

CASS lost to HUBBARD. (HRS Minn., Hubbard, 8)

[c. 20 Feb 1896] CASS lost to CROW WING. (Crow Wing Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Sep. 1998; Heilbron, "Variations," 490-491; HRS Minn., Cass, 8)

CASS fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 122-124)

CASS gained from CROW WING when state supreme court ruled boundary change of c. 20 February 1896 unconstitutional. (Heilbron, "Variations," 490-491; HRS Minn., Cass, 8; Minn. Reports, 66:519- 535)

CASS lost to WADENA. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 396, secs. 1-4/pp. 649-650)

CASS (N. Dak.) gained small area (c. 20 acres) from CLAY when channel of Red River altered near Moorhead, Minn./Fargo, N.D. [not mapped]. (Van Zandt, 134)

CHIPPEWA (Mich.) created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.); included part of present Minnesota. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:295-296)

CHIPPEWA (Mich.) eliminated from present Minnesota when Wisconsin Territory created from Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers. U.S., 27:41-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836]/pp. 10-16)

CHIPPEWA created from DAVIS (extinct) and PIERCE (extinct). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 2/pp. 257-258)

MONONGALIA (extinct) authorized to gain the three adjacent townships of CHIPPEWA, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 49, secs. 1, 3/p. 95)

CHIPPEWA organized for county government. CHIPPEWA authorized to gain from RENVILLE and lose to MONONGALIA (extinct) and non-county area, dependent upon local referenda; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 48, secs 1-3/p. 94)

CHIPPEWA authorized to gain from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS, Minn., Renville, 7-8, 31; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 43, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 87-88)

CHIPPEWA attached to RENVILLE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

CHIPPEWA's organization for county government confirmed; CHIPPEWA authorized to gain from RENVILLE and lose to non-county area, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS, Minn., Chippewa, 11; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 117, secs. 1-3/pp. 164-165)

CHIPPEWA gained from LAC QUI PARLE (original) and RENVILLE; LAC QUI PARLE (original) eliminated; CHIPPEWA remained attached to RENVILLE. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/p. 161)

CHIPPEWA fully organized, detached from RENVILLE. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 81, sec. 1/pp. 149-150)

CHIPPEWA lost to the creation of SWIFT. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 90, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 162-163)

SWIFT detached from POPE, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws l872, gen., ch. 51, sec. 2/p. 112)

LAC QUI PARLE detached from REDWOOD, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 87, sec. 1/p. 205)

SWIFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to KANDIYOHI "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 93, sec. 1/pp. 236-237)

LAC QUI PARLE fully organized, detached from CHIPPEWA. (Minn. Laws 1878, gen., ch. 62, sec. 1/p. 115)

CHISAGO created from RAMSEY and WASHINGTON. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1. secs. 3-4, 11/pp. 30-31)

CHISAGO fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (Rev. Stat. of Terr. of Minn. 1851, ch. 1, secs 4, 11/p. 31)

ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 3, sec. 5/pp. 8-9)

CHISAGO lost to the creation of PINE; PINE attached to CHISAGO "for judicial purposes and representative purposes." ITASCA detached from CHISAGO, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63, ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 64)

PINE fully organized, detached from CHISAGO. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 68, secs. 1-3/pp. 263-264)

BUCHANAN and PINE attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

KANABEC attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 56, secs. 1-3/p. 166, and ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 306-307; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

BUCHANAN detached from CHISAGO, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

PINE fully organized, detached from CHISAGO; KANABEC detached from CHISAGO, attached to PINE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 84, sec. 2/p. 147)

BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY) created from PEMBINA (now KITTSON). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 34, secs. 2, 4/pp. 144-145)

BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY) gained from POLK, lost to BECKER, OTTER TAIL, and TOOMBS (now WILKIN). (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 1, 3-6/pp. 60-62)

BRECKENRIDGE renamed CLAY. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 33, sec. 1/ p. 273)

CLAY lost to Non-County Area 9. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 262)

CLAY attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes, and for the purpose of assessment and collection of taxes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 67, sec. 1/p. 125)

CLAY detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

CLAY detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

CLAY detached from DOUGLAS, attached to BECKER "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

CLAY organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 80, sec. 1/p. 146)

CLAY fully organized, detached from BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 88, sec. 1/pp. 205-206)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) and POLK detached from BECKER, attached to CLAY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 117, sec. 1/p 127)

POLK fully organized, detached from CLAY; KITTSON detached from CLAY, attached to POLK "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 67)

CLAY lost small area (c. 20 acres) to North Dakota when channel of Red River altered near Moorhead, Minn./Fargo, N. Dak. [not mapped]. (Van Zandt, 134)

CLEARWATER created from BELTRAMI, fully organized. (Gov. Proc., 1901-1958, Minn. Hist. Soc.)

COLUMBIA (proposed; county seat, McIntosh) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county not created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. Second attempt made 3 November 1896. (Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998; Red River Valley, 2:877)

COLUMBIA (second, proposed; county seat, McIntosh) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum; voters approved creation of COLUMBIA but state supreme court ruled referendum invalid [no boundary description located; not mapped]; third attempt made 4 November 1902. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

COLUMBIA (extinct) created from POLK. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports 89:123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

Creation of COLUMBIA (extinct) declared unconstitutional by state supreme court; COLUMBIA eliminated and area reverted to POLK. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports, 89:123-131)

COOK created from LAKE; COOK organized for county government, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 100, secs. 1-3, 11/pp. 242-245)

COOK's organization for county government confirmed. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 93, secs. 1-2/pp. 121-122)

COOK detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to LAKE "for judicial purposes." (COOK remained indirectly attached to ST. LOUIS, through LAKE, until 27 February 1891). (Minn. Laws 1891, gen., ch. 138, sec. 1/p. 230)

COOK fully organized, detached from LAKE. (Minn. Laws 1899, gen., ch. 108, sec. 1/pp. 113-114)

COTTONWOOD created from BROWN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, sec. 7/pp. 66-69)

COTTONWOOD and MURRAY attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 18, sec. 1/p. 202)

COTTONWOOD lost to BROWN. (Minn. Laws 1864, spec., ch. 70, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 337-339)

COTTONWOOD detached from BROWN, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 105, secs. 2-3/pp. 148-149)

COTTONWOOD organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 161; Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 94, sec. 1/pp. 213-214)

COTTONWOOD authorized to gain the two adjacent southwestern townships of BROWN, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Redwood, 12; Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 95, secs. 1-3/pp. 311-312; Minn. Stat.1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 9/pp. 92-93)

COTTONWOOD detached from REDWOOD, attached to WATONWAN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

COTTONWOOD fully organized, detached from WATONWAN; MURRAY and PIPESTONE detached from WATONWAN, attached to COTTONWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 85, secs. 1, 5/pp. 203-204)

PIPESTONE detached from COTTONWOOD, attached to ROCK "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 94)

MURRAY fully organized, detached from COTTONWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 57, sec. 1/pp. 60-61)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) created by Michigan Territory from non-county areas that were formerly part of Illinois Territory; CRAWFORD included part of present Minnesota. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803-804)

As a Michigan Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to the creation of IOWA (Wis.); CRAWFORD's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:714-715)

As a Michigan Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) exchanged with BROWN (Wis.); CRAWFORD's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1325)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; CRAWFORD lost small area in present Michigan in transition, but its area within present Minnesota was unchanged [not mapped]. (Terr. Papers. U.S., 27:41-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836]/pp. 10-16)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to the creation of DANE (Wis.) and PORTAGE (Wis.); CRAWFORD's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1836, no. 28, secs. 4-5, 14/pp. 93-94)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to PORTAGE (Wis.); CRAWFORD's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1837, no. 39, sec. 1/pp. 217-218)

Wisconsin Territory attached non-county area in northern part of territory to CRAWFORD (Wis.) "for all judicial purposes"; non-county area included part of present Minnesota; CRAWFORD's area within present Minnesota was unchanged [not mapped]. (Kellogg, "Organization," 187; Wis. Terr. Laws 1837, no. 104, sec. 1/p. 517)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to the creation of SAUK (Wis.); CRAWFORD's area and attachment of non-county area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1839-1840, no. 23, secs. 1-3/p. 32)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to the creation of ST. CROIX (Wis.); CRAWFORD (Wis.) eliminated from present Minnesota. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1839-1840, no. 20, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to PORTAGE (Wis.). (Wis. Terr. Laws 1840-1841, no. 38, secs. 1-3, 12/pp. 73-75)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, ST. CROIX (Wis.) attached to CRAWFORD (Wis.) "for judicial purposes." ST. CROIX included part of present Minnesota. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1842-1843, pp. 56-57)

CROW WING created from RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 4, 6/pp. 52-54)

CASS detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING; ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CROW WING. Both attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

CASS and ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON; CROW WING attached to MORRISON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

CROW WING organized for judicial purposes, detached from MORRISON; AIKEN (now AITKIN), POLK, and WADENA attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes"; ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN), BECKER, CLAY, and OTTER TAIL detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes"; CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

CROW WING reattached to MORRISON; AIKEN (now AITKIN), CASS, and WADENA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON; ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN), BECKER, CLAY, OTTER TAIL, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), and POLK detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS. All attachments were "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

CROW WING organized for county government. (Upham, 154)

AIKEN detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (AIKEN remained indirectly attached to MORRISON, through CROW WING, until 24 February 1871). (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 96, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 161-162)

CROW WING fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 85, secs. 1-2/p. 148)

CASS and WADENA detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING; ITASCA detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to CROW WING. All attachments were "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

WADENA fully organized, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 131, sec. 1/pp. 173- 174)

AITKIN fully organized, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1885, gen., ch. 142, sec. 1/pp. 132-133)

ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to AITKIN "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 264, secs. 1-2/pp. 383-384)

CROW WING gained from CASS; CASS remained attached to CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 118, secs. 1-3/pp. 203-204)

[c. 20 Feb 1896] CROW WING gained from CASS. (Crow Wing Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Sep. 1998; Heilbron, "Variations," 490-491; HRS Minn.,Cass, 8)

CASS fully organized, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 122-124)

CROW WING lost to CASS when state supreme court ruled boundary change of c. 20 February 1896 unconstitutional. (Heilbron, "Variations," 490-491; HRS Minn., Cass, 8; Minn. Reports, 66:519- 535)

CROW WING exchanged with AITKIN. [area lost by CROW WING too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1917_pt. for location]. (Minn. Laws 1917, ch. 135, secs. 1-2/p. 184)

DAKOTA created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory; DAKOTA not fully organized, attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 6, 19/pp. 8-9)

DAKOTA gained from WAHNAHTA (extinct), exchanged with WABASHA, lost to the creation of CASS; DAKOTA remained attached to RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 7-9, 13, 18/pp. 31-32)

DAKOTA lost to the creation of HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 32, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 51-52)

DAKOTA fully organized for county and judicial purposes, detached from RAMSEY. DAKOTA gained from WABASHA, lost to the creation of BLUE EARTH, GOODHUE, LE SUEUR, NICOLLET, PIERCE (extinct), RICE, SCOTT, and SIBLEY; RICE attached to DAKOTA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 1-3, 5-10, 12, 14/pp. 32-34)

DAKOTA gained from GOODHUE, RICE, SCOTT, and Non-County Areas 1 and 2. DAKOTA overlapped eastern part of SCOTT, an oversight corrected 3 March 1855. Non-County Area 2 eliminated [attachment unchanged]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 8-11, 20, 23/pp. 24-25, 27)

DAKOTA gained undisputed jurisdiction of 20 Feb 1855 overlap with SCOTT. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 22, secs 2-3/pp. 69-70)

RICE fully organized, detached from DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 42, secs. 1-2/p. 71)

DAKOTA gained from Non-County Area 1, lost to RICE; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 71)

Boundary between DAKOTA and SCOTT authorized to be changed, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 204, secs. 1-3/pp. 490-491)

DAKOTA and SCOTT authorized to exchange territory, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17; Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 32, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 59-60)

DAKOTA and SCOTT authorized to exchange territory, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. DAKOTA authorized to gain small area north of Cannon River from GOODHUE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17, Goodhue, 14; Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 25, secs. 1-5/pp. 264-265;ch. 26, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 265-267)

DAKOTA exchanged with SCOTT. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 97, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 163-164)

RAMSEY authorized to gain small area south of Mississippi River from DAKOTA, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (See 3 Nov. 1874). (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17-18; Minn. Gen. Stat. 1883, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 59/p. 126; Minn. Laws 1873,gen., ch. 96, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 216-218)

DAKOTA lost to RAMSEY (same area subject to 1873 referendum). (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17-18; Minn. Gen. Stat. 1883, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 59/p. 126; Minn. Laws 1874,gen., ch. 101, secs. 1, 5/pp. 245-248)

DAVIS (extinct) created from CASS, NICOLLET, PIERCE (extinct), and SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 16/p. 26)

DAVIS attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 4, secs. 1, 6/pp. 18-19)

DAVIS (extinct) lost to the creation of MEEKER. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 68, secs. 1-2/p. 103)

MONONGALIA (proposed) authorized to be created from DAVIS (extinct), MEEKER, and STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; creation not effected. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 28-30; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 124, secs. 1,5/pp. 368-369)

Proposed county of MONONGALIA authorized to gain from PIERCE, lose to DAVIS (extinct) and MEEKER; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 57, secs. 1-2/p. 167)

DAVIS (extinct) was divided into two parts when it lost to the creation of KANDIYOHI. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

DAVIS (extinct) lost to the creation of MONONGALIA (extinct); DAVIS remained divided into two parts. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 27, secs. 1-3, 9/pp. 267-268)

DAVIS (extinct) lost to MEEKER. Change reduced DAVIS from two parts to one part. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 23, secs. 1-3/p. 262)

DAVIS (extinct) lost to the creation of CHIPPEWA and LAC QUI PARLE (original); DAVIS eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, secs. 2-3/pp. 257-258)

The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory with present boundaries. The area in present Minnesota between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers continued as de facto Wisconsin Territory; area residents elected a territorial delegate to Congress to press their demands for separate territorial status for the area. (Folwell, 1:236-246; U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 89 [1846]/pp.56- 58, and ch. 50 [1848]/pp. 233-235; Van Zandt, 128, 130)

DODGE created from RICE and Non-County Area 3. Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 2/p. 23)

DODGE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (HRS Minn., Dodge, 5)

DODGE lost to STEELE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 49, secs. 2-4/pp. 78-79)

DOUGLAS created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON); DOUGLAS organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 74, secs. 1-2/p. 215)

DOUGLAS attached to STEARNS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 56, sec. 1/p. 112)

DOUGLAS fully organized, detached from STEARNS. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN), BECKER, CLAY, OTTER TAIL, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), and POLK detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS; STEVENS and TRAVERSE detached from STEARNS, attached to DOUGLAS. All attachments were "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

GRANT attached to DOUGLAS "for record and judicial purposes." STEVENS and TRAVERSE detached from DOUGLAS, attached to POPE "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156)

OTTER TAIL fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1870, spec., ch. 94, sec. 2/p. 391)

BECKER fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 87, sec. 1/p. 150)

CLAY, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), and POLK detached from DOUGLAS, attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

WILKIN detached from DOUGLAS, attached to OTTER TAIL "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 88, secs. 1-2/p. 159)

GRANT authorized to switch attachment "for judicial purposes" from DOUGLAS to STEVENS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 84, secs. 1-3/pp. 94-95)

GRANT fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 82, sec. 1/p. 113)

DUBUQUE (Iowa) created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Iowa, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1326-1327)

DUBUQUE (Iowa) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory created from Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers. U.S., 27:41-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836]/pp. 10-16)

DUBUQUE (Iowa) lost to the creation of FAYETTE (Iowa) by Wisconsin Territory; DUBUQUE eliminated from present Minnesota. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1837, no. 6, sec.2/p. 133)

Between the Treaty of Paris (10 February 1763) and the Louisiana Purchase (30 April 1803) parts of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River and the Lake of the Woods belonged variously to Great Britain, France, and Spain. (Van Zandt, pp. 23-24)

FARIBAULT created from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 6/p. 24)

FARIBAULT organized for county government, attached to BLUE EARTH "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 34, secs. 1, 4/p. 62)

FARIBAULT fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH; FARIBAULT lost to the creation of MARTIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 1, 6/pp. 66-69; ch. 83, sec. 6/pp. 309-310)

FAYETTE (Iowa) created by Wisconsin Territory from DUBUQUE (Iowa); included all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River. FAYETTE not fully organized, attached to CLAYTON (Iowa) "for temporary purposes." (Wis. Terr. Laws 1837, no. 6, sec.2/p. 133)

FAYETTE (Iowa) became an Iowa Territory county when Iowa Territory was created from Wisconsin Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 96 [1838]/ pp. 235-241)

FAYETTE (Iowa) lost to non-county area in Iowa Territory; FAYETTE remained attached to CLAYTON (Iowa). (Rev. Stat. of the Terr. of Iowa 1842-1843, ch. 34, sec. 11/p. 134)

FAYETTE (Iowa) eliminated from present Minnesota when the state of Iowa was created from Iowa Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 1 [1847]/p. 117)

FILLMORE created from WABASHA, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, sec. 4/p. 33)

FILLMORE gained from RICE, lost to the creation of both HOUSTON and WINONA, lost to WABASHA, and lost to Non-County Area 4. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

FILLMORE lost to the creation of OLMSTED. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

FRANKLIN (proposed) authorized to be created from STEARNS and TODD, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 81, secs. 1-4/pp. 147-150; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

FREEBORN created from BLUE EARTH and RICE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 4/p. 23)

FREEBORN fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (HRS Minn., Judicial Districts, 13; Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 277-278; Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 83, sec. 6/pp. 309-310)

GARFIELD (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

GOODHUE created from DAKOTA and WABASHA; GOODHUE not fully organized, attached to WABASHA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 2, 12/pp. 33-34)

GOODHUE organized for judicial purposes, detached from WABASHA; WABASHA attached to GOODHUE "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 53, secs. 2, 5/pp. 175-176)

GOODHUE gained from RICE, exchanged with WABASHA, and lost to Non-County Areas 1 and 2. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

GOODHUE organized for county government. (HRS Minn., Goodhue, 15)

GOODHUE gained from WABASHA, lost to DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 9, 20, 23/pp. 24-25, 27)

WABASHA fully organized, detached from GOODHUE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 23, sec. 2/p. 29)

DAKOTA authorized to gain small area north of Cannon River from GOODHUE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Goodhue, 14; Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 25, secs. 1-5/pp. 264-265)

GRANT created from STEVENS, TRAVERSE, and WILKIN; GRANT not fully organized, attached to DOUGLAS "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156)

GRANT organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 91, secs. 1-2/pp. 207-208)

GRANT fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 82, sec. 1/p. 113)

HENNEPIN created from DAKOTA; HENNEPIN not fully organized, attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 32, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 51-52)

HENNEPIN fully organized for county and judicial purposes, detached from RAMSEY. (Upham 2:321-322; Minn. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 32, sec. 4/p. 52)

SIBLEY attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 9, 12/pp. 33-34)

SIBLEY fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 32, secs. 1-4/pp. 77-78)

HENNEPIN gained from SIBLEY, lost to the creation of CARVER. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 13-14, 23/pp. 25-27)

CARVER attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 62, sec. 8/pp. 157-158)

HENNEPIN gained from RAMSEY; CARVER fully organized, detached from HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 71, sec. 4/pp. 105-106, and joint res. 1, p. 331; ch. 72, secs. 1, 8/p.107)

HENNEPIN's boundary east of Mississippi River clarified [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 30, secs. 1, 3/pp. 271-272)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ANOKA, attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 200; Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 85, sec. 1/pp.243-244)

MANOMIN (extinct) attachment to HENNEPIN ended when MANOMIN abolished by constitutional amendment. (Minn. Laws 1869, gen., ch. 50, secs. 1-3/p. 63; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 3/p. 91)

HILL (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

HOLCOMB (proposed) authorized to be created from OTTER TAIL and WILKIN, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (HRS Minn., Otter Tail, 11; Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1-3/pp. 168-170; Minn. Stat.1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

HOUSTON created from FILLMORE, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

HOUSTON lost Baron's Island in Mississippi River (opposite La Crosse, Wis.), to Wisconsin when Minnesota and Wisconsin exchanged islands in Mississippi River [not mapped]. (Minn. Laws 1917, ch. 116, secs. 1-5/pp. 142-144; Laws of Wis., 1917, reg. sess., ch. 64, secs.1-4/pp. 171-172; Laws of Wis., 1937, reg. sess., ch. 186, secs. 1-2/p. 311; Van Zandt, 131)

HUBBARD created from CASS; HUBBARD organized for county government, attached to WADENA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 78, secs. 1, 4/p. 108)

HUBBARD fully organized, detached from WADENA. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 110, sec. 1/pp. 193-194)

HUBBARD gained from CASS. (HRS Minn., Hubbard, 8)

ILLINOIS County (Va., extinct) created by Virginia to encompass all territory north and west of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River. Virginia claimed this territory on the basis of its 1609 charter; included all of present Minnesota east of the Mississippi River. (Hening, 9:552-555, 10:303-304; Robinson, 55)

The United States created Indiana Territory from the Northwest Territory; included all of present Illinois and Wisconsin, most of present Indiana, parts of present Michigan and Ohio, and all of present Minnesota east of the Mississippi River. Map depicts only the portion of Indiana Territory in present Minnesota. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol.2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)

Entire northwestern part of Iowa Territory (including virtually all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River) became non-county area attached to DELAWARE (Iowa) "for judicial, revenue, and election purposes." (Rev. Stat. of the Terr. of Iowa 1842-1843, ch. 34, sec. 11/p. 134)

Non-county area in Iowa Territory formerly attached to DELAWARE (Iowa) attached to POLK (Iowa) "for election, revenue, and judicial purposes"; included most of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River [not mapped]. (Laws of the Terr. of Iowa 1845-1846, ch. 101, secs. 1, 11-12/pp. 92-95)

ISANTI created from RAMSEY; ISANTI organized for county government. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 70, secs. 1, 3/pp. 267-268)

ISANTI attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

ISANTI detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

ISANTI fully organized, detached from ANOKA. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 79, sec. 1/p.142)

ITASCA created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory (remnant of Wisconsin Territory); ITASCA not fully organized, attached to WASHINGTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 4, 19/pp. 7-9)

ITASCA detached from WASHINGTON, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 6, 13, 18/pp. 30-32)

ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 3, sec. 5/pp. 8-9)

ITASCA lost to the creation of DOTY (later NEWTON, extinct) and SUPERIOR (now LAKE). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 21, 24/p. 27)

ITASCA lost to the creation of ST. LOUIS. ITASCA detached from CHISAGO, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63)

ITASCA authorized to organize for county government; organization not effected. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 3, secs. 1-2/pp. 9-10; Rottsolk, 11, 18)

ITASCA detached from BENTON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

ITASCA detached from MORRISON, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain from ITASCA, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 263)

ITASCA lost to AIKEN (now AITKIN). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 265-267)

ITASCA lost to the creation of BELTRAMI. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

ITASCA gained small areas (along the river) from CASS, lost to AIKEN (now AITKIN). (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 96, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 161-162)

ITASCA detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

ITASCA lost to BELTRAMI; ITASCA remained attached to CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to AITKIN "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 264, secs. 1-2/pp. 383-384)

ITASCA gained from CASS. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 116, sec. 1/pp. 201-202)

ITASCA fully organized for county and judicial purposes, detached from AITKIN. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 568/p. 164; Minn. Laws 1891, gen., ch. 147, secs. 1,5/pp. 284-285; Rottsolk, 10-19)

ITASCA lost to the creation of KOOCHICHING. (Minn. Laws 1907, gen., gov. proc., p. iii-v)

JACKSON created from BROWN; JACKSON organized for county government. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 2, 6/pp. 66-69)

JACKSON attached to MARTIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 84, sec. 1/p. 243)

JACKSON fully organized, detached from MARTIN; NOBLES and ROCK attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-3/ p. 155)

NOBLES authorized to gain the four western townships of JACKSON, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 84, secs. 1-2/pp. 153-154; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

NOBLES fully organized, detached from JACKSON; ROCK detached from JACKSON, attached to NOBLES "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 84, secs. 2-3/pp. 202-203)

KANABEC created from PINE; KANABEC organized for county government, attached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 56, secs. 1-3/p. 166, and ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 306-307; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

KANABEC detached from CHISAGO, attached to PINE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 84, sec. 2/p. 147)

KANABEC fully organized, detached from PINE. (Minn. Laws 1881, ext. sess., gen., ch. 87, secs. 1-2/pp. 86-87)

KANDIYOHI created from DAVIS (extinct), MEEKER, PIERCE, RENVILLE, and Non-County Area 5; KANDIYOHI organized for county government. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

KANDIYOHI attached to MEEKER "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

KANDIYOHI gained all of MONONGALIA (MONONGALIA eliminated); KANDIYOHI remained attached to MEEKER "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 164-166)

KANDIYOHI fully organized, detached from MEEKER. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 78, sec. 1/p. 141)

SWIFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to KANDIYOHI "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 93, sec. 1/pp. 236-237)

SWIFT fully organized, detached from KANDIYOHI. (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 80, sec. 1/pp. 102-103)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory; PEMBINA not fully organized, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 9, 19/pp. 8-9)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) gained from MAHKAHTO and WAHNAHTA (MAHKAHTO and WAHNAHTA eliminated), lost to the creation of CASS; PEMBINA remained attached to BENTON. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 10, 13, 18/pp. 31-32)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from BENTON. (Min. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) reattached to BENTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 3, sec. 5/pp. 8-9)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from BENTON, attached to NICOLLET "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 53, secs. 2, 5/pp. 175-176)

PEMBINA's (now KITTSON's) organization for county government repealed. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 44, sec. 1/p. 155)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) lost to the creation of DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 74, secs. 1-2/p. 215)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) lost to the creation of BECKER, BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY), OTTER TAIL, and TOOMBS (now WILKIN). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1-4/pp. 144-145; ch. 64, secs. 1-2/p. 180)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) lost territory when state of Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory [attachment unchanged]. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) lost to the creation of POLK. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 67, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 183-184)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from NICOLLET, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) lost to the creation of BELTRAMI. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from DOUGLAS, attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from BECKER, attached to CLAY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 117, sec. 1/p 127)

PEMBINA renamed KITTSON. (Minn. Laws 1878, gen., ch. 59, sec. 1/p. 114)

KITTSON organized for county government; KITTSON lost to BELTRAMI and Non-County Area 13, and to the creation of MARSHALL; KITTSON remained attached to CLAY. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

KITTSON detached from CLAY, attached to POLK "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 67)

KITTSON fully organized, detached from POLK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 90, sec. 1/p. 100)

KITTSON lost to the creation of ROSEAU. (Gov. Proc., 1 Dec. 1894, Roseau Co. Hist. Soc.)

KOOCHICHING created from ITASCA, fully organized. (Minn. Laws 1907, gen., gov. proc., p. iii-v)

LAC QUI PARLE (original) created from DAVIS (extinct) and PIERCE (extinct). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 3/p. 258)

LAC QUI PARLE (original) attached to RENVILLE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

LAC QUI PARLE (original) lost to STEVENS. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156)

LAC QUI PARLE (original) lost all of its territory to CHIPPEWA; LAC QUI PARLE (original) eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/p. 161)

LAC QUI PARLE created from REDWOOD; LAC QUI PARLE organized for county government, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 100, secs. 1, 4, 6, 8/pp. 171-173)

LAC QUI PARLE detached from REDWOOD, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 87, sec. 1/p. 205)

SEWARD authorized to be created from LAC QUI PARLE, LINCOLN, and YELLOW MEDICINE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Brown, 245; Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 240-242)

LAC QUI PARLE fully organized, detached from CHIPPEWA. (Minn. Laws 1878, gen., ch. 62, sec. 1/p. 115)

LAC QUI PARLE lost to BIG STONE. The change separated LAC QUI PARLE into two parts when it retained a portion of sec. 9 / township 121 / range 46 (near present-day Ortonville). (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 10; Minn. Laws 1937, ch. 423, secs. 1-3/pp. 614-615)

LAC QUI PARLE gained from BIG STONE (boundary change of 1 January 1938 rescinded in local referendum). LAC QUI PARLE no longer divided into two parts. (Minn. Laws 1977, ch. 48, sec. 1/p. 93)

LAC QUI PARLE lost to BIG STONE (reenacted boundary change of 1 January 1838). LAC QUI PARLE once again divided into two parts when it retained a small portion of sec. 9 / township 121 / range 41 (near present-day Ortonville). (Minn. Laws 1979, ch. 154, sec. 1/p. 226)

BIG STONE authorized to gain small area from LAC QUI PARLE (at Ortonville), dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1979, ch. 154, sec. 2/p. 226)

SUPERIOR (now LAKE) created from ITASCA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 24/p. 27)

SUPERIOR (now LAKE) renamed ST. LOUIS (original). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 22, secs 2-3/pp. 69-70)

ST. LOUIS (original) renamed LAKE; LAKE attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63)

LAKE detached from BENTON, attached to ST. LOUIS (created 1 Mar 1856) "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

LAKE organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/p. 116)

Boundary between LAKE and ST. LOUIS authorized to be altered slightly, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 93, secs. 1-3/pp. 211-213)

LAKE lost to the creation of COOK; LAKE remained attached to ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 100, secs. 1-3, 11/pp. 242-245)

LAKE fully organized, detached from ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1891, gen., ch. 139, sec. 1/p. 231)

LAKE gained from ST. LOUIS. Since 1856 the boundary had run due north from the mouth of the Knife River; in 1895 it was moved west to the range line. (Minn. Laws 1895, gen., ch. 248, sec. 1/p.622)

COOK fully organized, detached from LAKE. (Minn. Laws 1899, gen., ch. 108, sec. 1/pp. 113-114)

LAKE OF THE WOODS created from BELTRAMI, fully organized. (Gov. Proc., 1901-1958, Minn. Hist. Soc.)

LA POINTE (now BAYFIELD, Wis.) created by Wisconsin Territory from ST. CROIX (Wis.); LA POINTE not fully organized, attached to CRAWFORD (Wis.) "for judicial purposes." LA POINTE included part of present Minnesota. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1845, pp. 52-53)

LA POINTE (now BAYFIELD, Wis.) eliminated from present Minnesota when the state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory. (Folwell, 1:236-246; U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 89 [1846]/pp.56- 58, and ch. 50 [1848]/pp. 233-235; Van Zandt, 128, 130)

LE SUEUR created from DAKOTA, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, sec. 6/p. 33)

LE SUEUR gained from RICE, exchanged with BLUE EARTH and SCOTT, lost to the creation of STEELE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 5,7-11/pp. 23-25)

LE SUEUR gained small area from SIBLEY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 61, sec. 1/p. 98)

LE SUEUR lost small area to SIBLEY (reversed change of 18 Feb. 1856) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 59-60)

SIBLEY authorized to gain small area from LE SUEUR, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 604/pp. 175-176; Minn. Laws 1893, gen., ch. 159, secs. 1-2/p. 302)

LINCOLN (original, proposed) authorized to be created from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; second attempt made 12 February 1870. (HRS Minn., Renville, 7; Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 22, secs. 1, 4/p. 261; Minn. Laws 1868,gen., ch. 110, sec. 6/pp. 157-158; Upham, 306.)

ROCK authorized to be renamed LINCOLN by legislature, dependent upon final disposition of territory proposed for LINCOLN in 1861; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 598/pp. 173-174; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 45, secs.1-2/p. 90; Upham, 306)

LINCOLN (second, proposed) authorized to be created from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; third attempt 4 November 1873. (HRS Minn., Renville, 7; Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 93, secs. 1-4/pp. 166-168; Minn. Stat. 1873,ch. 2, title 1, p. 111; Upham, 306)

LINCOLN created from LYON; LINCOLN organized for county government, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1-2, 11/pp. 208-211)

LINCOLN detached from REDWOOD, attached to LYON "for judicial purposes." (LINCOLN remained indirectly attached to REDWOOD, through LYON, until 9 March 1875). (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 97-98)

LINCOLN fully organized, detached from LYON. (Minn. Laws, 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 85, sec. 1/pp. 95-96)

LYON (proposed) authorized to be created from REDWOOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed; second attempt, with same boundaries, made 2 November 1869. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 112, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 159-160; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec.36/p. 100)

LYON created from REDWOOD; LYON not fully organized, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1869, gen., ch. 94, secs. 1-4/pp. 115-116)

LYON organized for county government. (Anderson, 10-11; Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 202; Rose, 49)

LYON lost to the creation of LINCOLN; LYON remained attached to REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1-2, 11/pp. 208-211)

LINCOLN detached from REDWOOD, attached to LYON "for judicial purposes." (LINCOLN remained indirectly attached to REDWOOD, through LYON, until 9 March 1875.) (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 97-98)

LYON fully organized, detached from REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 97; Rose, 84)

LINCOLN fully organized, detached from LYON. (Minn. Laws, 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 85, sec. 1/pp. 95-96)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE (Mich.), non-county areas in Michigan, and non-county areas that were formerly part of Illinois Territory; MICHILIMACKINAC included parts of present Minnesota. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:802)

As a Michigan Territory county, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) lost to non-county area; MICHILIMACKINAC's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:132)

As a Michigan Territory county, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) lost to non-county area; MICHILIMACKINAC's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

As a Michigan Territory county, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) lost to the creation of CHIPPEWA (Mich.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:295-296)

As a Michigan Territory county, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) lost to the creation of six counties in present Michigan; MICHILIMACKINAC's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:871-873)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC, Mich.) eliminated from present Minnesota when Wisconsin Territory created from Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers. U.S., 27:41-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836]/pp. 10-16)

MADISON (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory from RANDOLPH (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.); MADISON included part of present Minnesota. (Ill. Terr. Recs., 26; Terr. Papers U.S., 17:643)

As an Illinois Territory county, MADISON (Ill.) lost to the creation of EDWARDS (Ill.) in present Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; MADISON's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 128-130)

As an Illinois Territory county, MADISON (Ill.) lost to the creation of BOND (Ill.) in present Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; MADISON's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 254-256)

Boundary between MADISON (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.) defined by Illinois Territory (no change). (Ill. Terr. Laws, 311)

MADISON (Ill.) eliminated from present Minnesota when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 67 (1818), secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 428-429, 431, and res. 1 (1818)/p. 536)

MAHKAHTO (extinct) created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory; MAHKAHTO not fully organized, attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 8, 19/pp. 8-9)

MAHKAHTO (extinct) lost to the creation of CASS and lost to PEMBINA (now KITTSON); MAHKAHTO eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 6, 9, 13, 18/pp. 31-32)

MAHNOMEN created from NORMAN, fully organized. (Minn. Laws 1907, gen., gov. proc., pp. vi-viii)

MANOMIN (extinct) created from RAMSEY; MANOMIN organized for county government. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 40, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176)

MANOMIN (extinct) attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 89)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ANOKA, attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 200; Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 85, sec. 1/pp.243-244)

MANOMIN (extinct) abolished by constitutional amendment; its territory added to ANOKA. (Minn. Laws 1869, gen., ch. 50, secs. 1-3/p. 63; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 3/p. 91)

MARSHALL created from KITTSON; MARSHALL organized for county government, attached to POLK "for judicial purposes." (MARSHALL indirectly attached to CLAY, through POLK, until 27 February 1879). (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

MARSHALL authorized to gain all of adjacent Township 154 from Non-County Area 13 and POLK, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Marshall, 7; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 112, secs. 1-3/pp. 141-143)

MARSHALL fully organized, detached from POLK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 82, sec. 1/p. 93)

MARSHALL gained all of Non-County Area 13, which was eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 81, secs. 1-2/pp. 111-112)

MARSHALL authorized to gain POLK's share of adjacent Township 154, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 578/pp. 167-168; Minn. Laws 1885, gen., ch. 221, secs. 1-3/pp. 290-292)

MARTIN created from BROWN and FARIBAULT, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 1, 6/pp. 66-69)

MARTIN's boundaries confirmed [no change]; JACKSON attached to MARTIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 72, secs. 1-4/pp. 141-142; ch. 84, sec. 1/p. 243)

NOBLES and ROCK detached from BROWN, attached to MARTIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

JACKSON fully organized, detached from MARTIN; NOBLES and ROCK detached from MARTIN, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-3/ p. 155)

McLEOD created from CARVER and SIBLEY, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 26, secs. 1-2, 5/p. 31)

RIPLEY (proposed) authorized to be created from McLEOD, MEEKER, and RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected, county never created. (Brown, 245; Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 47, secs. 1-2/pp. 85-86)

McLEOD authorized to gain the six adjacent townships of RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]; SIBLEY authorized to gain the two southernmost townships of McLEOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, ch. 50, secs. 1-3/p. 96; ch. 51, secs. 1-2/pp. 97-98; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2 title 1, sec. 54/ p. 101, 107)

McLEOD authorized to gain from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS, Minn., Renville, 7-8, 31; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 43, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 87-88)

McLEOD authorized to gain the two adjacent northern townships of SIBLEY, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1867, spec., ch. 91, secs. 1-2/pp. 285-286; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 54/p.101)

McLEOD authorized to gain the four northwestern townships of RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed (no change). (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-2/pp. 156-157; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

McPHAIL (original, proposed) authorized to be created from REDWOOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed; second attempt made 6 March 1868. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 47, secs. 1-3/pp. 92-93; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 54/pp.104-105)

McPHAIL (second, proposed) authorized to be created from REDWOOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 111, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 158-159; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

MEEKER created from DAVIS (extinct); MEEKER organized for county government. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 68, secs. 1-2/p. 103)

MEEKER attached to CARVER "for judicial purposes." (HRS Minn., Meeker, 9; Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 8, sec. 2/p. 16)

MEEKER authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Meeker, 7-8; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 46, secs. 1-2/p. 157)

Proposed county of MONONGALIA authorized to gain from PIERCE, lose to DAVIS (extinct) and MEEKER; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 57, secs. 1-2/p. 167)

MEEKER fully organized, detached from CARVER. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

MEEKER lost to the creation of KANDIYOHI. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

MEEKER gained from DAVIS (extinct) and Non-County Area 5. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 23, secs. 1-3/p. 262)

MEEKER authorized to gain four townships from RENVILLE dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Meeker, 8; Minn. Laws 1862, spec. ch. 26, secs. 1, 3/pp. 263-264)

KANDIYOHI attached to MEEKER; MONONGALIA (extinct) attached to MEEKER "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

MONONGALIA (extinct) fully organized, detached from MEEKER. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 94, sec. 1/p. 168)

MEEKER gained from RENVILLE; KANDIYOHI attachment to MEEKER expanded when KANDIYOHI gained all of MONONGALIA (extinct). (HRS Minn., Meeker, 8; Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 164-166; ch. 97, secs.1-3/pp. 171-172)

KANDIYOHI fully organized, detached from MEEKER. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 78, sec. 1/p. 141)

Michigan Territory gained unorganized federal territory west of the Mississippi River, north of the state of Missouri, and east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers. All present Iowa, parts of North and South Dakota, and all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River became non-county area in Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 12:778-779; U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 98 [1834]/p. 701)

Non-county area in Michigan Territory lost to the creation of DUBUQUE (Iowa) by Michigan Territory. DUBUQUE included all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1326-1327)

MIDWAY (extinct) created by Minnesota Territory from BROWN, in present South Dakota (MIDWAY overlapped western part of ROCK [now PIPESTONE]). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, sec. 10/pp. 66-69)

MIDWAY (extinct) eliminated when state of Minnesota created from Minnesota Territory; area became unorganized federal territory. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

MILLE LACS created from RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 1, 6/pp. 52-54)

MILLE LACS attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

MILLE LACS organized for county government. (HRS Minn., Mille Lacs, 9-10)

MILLE LACS gained from BENTON. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 59, secs. 1-2/p. 97)

MILLE LACS fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

MILLS (proposed; county seat Erskine) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referenda; voters approved creation of MILLS, but state supreme court ruled referenda invalid [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

The United States created Minnesota Territory from unorganized federal territory west of the Mississippi River (formerly part of Iowa Territory) and de facto Wisconsin Territory (the part of Wisconsin Territory, between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers, not included in the state of Wisconsin when Wisconsin became a state on 29 May 1848); included all of present Minnesota and parts of present North and South Dakota. (U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 121 [1849]/pp. 403-409)

Non-county area in Minnesota Territory (remnant of Wisconsin Territory) lost to the creation of BENTON, DAKOTA, ITASCA, MAHKAHTO, PEMBINA (now KITTSON), RAMSEY, WABASHA, WAHNAHTA, and WASHINGTON; Non-county area eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 2-5, 7-9, 19-20/pp. 7-9)

As a Missouri Territory county, ST. CHARLES (Mo.) lost to non-county area. That part of ST. CHARLES in present Minnesota became non-county area in Missouri Territory. (Laws of a Pub. and Gen. Nature of the State of Mo., 1:ch.99/ pp. 293-295)

A Convention of Commerce between Great Britain and the United States established the parallel of 49 degrees north latitude, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, as the northern boundary of the United States and southern boundary of the British possessions, ending uncertainty over the national boundary [see entry for Uncertain Boundary Area, 1 October 1804]. The United States thus gained undisputed possession of the northwest part of present Minnesota and much of present North Dakota, while Great Britain gained disputed territory north of present Montana. (Parry, 69:294-297)

MONONGALIA (original, proposed) authorized to be created from DAVIS (extinct), MEEKER, and STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; creation not effected. (See amendment of 20 March 1858; MONONGALIA created, with different boundaries, 8 March 1861.) (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 28-30; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 124, secs. 1,5/pp. 368-369)

MONONGALIA (second, proposed) authorized to gain from PIERCE, lose to DAVIS (extinct) and MEEKER; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 57, secs. 1-2/p. 167)

MONONGALIA (extinct) created from DAVIS (extinct), PIERCE, and Non-County Area 5; MONONGALIA organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 27, secs. 1-3, 9/pp. 267-268)

MONONGALIA (extinct) attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 242)

MONONGALIA (extinct) authorized to gain the three adjacent townships of CHIPPEWA, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 49, secs. 1, 3/p. 95)

MONONGALIA (extinct) authorized to gain from CHIPPEWA, dependent upon local referenda; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 48, secs 1-3/p. 94)

MONONGALIA (extinct) detached from STEARNS, attached to MEEKER. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

MONONGALIA (extinct) fully organized, detached from MEEKER. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 94, sec. 1/p. 168)

MONONGALIA (extinct) lost all of its territory to KANDIYOHI; MONONGALIA eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 164-166)

MORRISON created from BENTON; MORRISON organized for county government, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, secs. 1-6/pp. 66-67)

TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (TODD indirectly attached to BENTON, through MORRISON, until 1 May 1856). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 30, secs. 1, 3/p. 59)

MORRISON fully organized, detached from BENTON; TODD attachment to MORRISON "for judicial purposes" confirmed. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, sec. 5-6/pp. 66-67)

MILLE LACS attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

CASS and ITASCA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON; CROW WING attached to MORRISON; PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from NICOLLET, attached to MORRISON; TODD detached from MORRISON, attached to STEARNS. All attachments were "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 52, sec. 1/p. 91)

ITASCA detached from MORRISON, attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

TODD fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1, 3-4, 7/pp. 63- 64)

MORRISON gained from TODD. (Minn. Laws 1864, spec., ch. 72, secs. 1-2/pp. 341-342)

MORRISON lost to TODD; CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes"; TODD reattached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes"; CROW WING and MILLE LACS fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112; ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

MORRISON gained from TODD and STEARNS. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 42, 66/pp. 105, 111; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 116,secs. 1-2/pp. 162-163)

AIKEN (now AITKIN), CASS, and WADENA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON; CROW WING reattached to MORRISON. All attachments were "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

MORRISON authorized to gain small area from STEARNS; boundary cannot be demarcated as described, and is thus not drawn (no change). (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 98, secs. 1-3/pp. 172-173; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2., title 1, sec. 66/p.108)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (AIKEN remained indirectly attached to MORRISON, through CROW WING, until 24 February 1871). (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 96, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 161-162)

CROW WING fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 85, secs. 1-2/p. 148)

CASS and WADENA detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

TODD fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 90, sec. 1/p. 207)

MORRISON authorized to exchange with CROW WING, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 549/p. 158; Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1-3,5-6/pp. 110-111)

MOWER created from RICE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 3/p. 23)

MOWER fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 37, sec. 1/p. 65)

MOWER lost to OLMSTED. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 88, sec. 1/p. 316)

MURRAY created from BROWN. ROCK (now PIPESTONE) attached to MURRAY "for all judicial and elective purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 8, 9, 14/pp. 66-69)

MURRAY attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (PIPESTONE indirectly attached to BROWN, through MURRAY, until 4 March 1864). (Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 18, sec. 1/p. 202)

PIPESTONE detached from MURRAY, attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

MURRAY boundaries confirmed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1865, gen., ch. 72, secs. 1-4/pp. 141-142)

MURRAY detached from BROWN, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 105, secs. 2-3/pp. 148-149)

MURRAY detached from REDWOOD, attached to WATONWAN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

MURRAY organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 82, secs. 1-2/pp. 150-151)

MURRAY detached from WATONWAN, attached to COTTONWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 85, secs. 1, 5/pp. 203-204)

MURRAY fully organized, detached from COTTONWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 57, sec. 1/pp. 60-61)

NASH (proposed; county seat East Grand Forks), authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county not created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998; Red River Valley, 2:877)

NELSON (original, proposed; county seat, Fosston) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county not created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998; Red River Valley, 2:877)

NELSON (second, proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; third attempt made 4 November 1902. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

NELSON (third, proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum; voters approved creation of NELSON but state supreme court ruled referendum invalid. Fourth attempt made 3 November 1908. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports 89:123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

NELSON (fourth, proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Red River Valley, 2:878)

DOTY (later NEWTON, extinct) created from ITASCA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 21/p. 27)

DOTY renamed NEWTON. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 22, secs 2-3/pp. 69-70)

NEWTON (extinct) lost all of its territory to the creation of ST. LOUIS; NEWTON eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63)

NICOLLET created from DAKOTA, fully organized; PIERCE attached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 10, 12/p. 34)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) attached to NICOLLET "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 53, secs. 2, 5/pp. 175-176)

NICOLLET lost to SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 32, secs. 1-4/pp. 77-78)

NICOLLET gained from PIERCE (extinct), lost to the creation of DAVIS (extinct), RENVILLE, and STEARNS, lost to SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 12-13, 15, 16, 18, 23/pp. 25-27)

PEMBINA (now KITTSON) detached from NICOLLET, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

RENVILLE attached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 41, secs. 1-2, 4-6/pp. 75-76)

PIERCE (extinct) attachment to NICOLLET ended when PIERCE eliminated as a county. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, secs. 1-6/pp. 257-259)

RENVILLE fully organized, detached from NICOLLET. (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 52, sec. 1/p. 109)

RENVILLE reattached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1862, ext. sess., spec., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 77-78)

RENVILLE fully organized, detached from NICOLLET. (HRS, Minn., Renville, 7-8, 31; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 43, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 87-88)

NOBLES created from BROWN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 3, 6/pp. 66-69)

NOBLES attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

NOBLES boundaries confirmed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1865, gen., ch. 72, secs. 1-4/pp. 141-142)

NOBLES detached from BROWN, attached to MARTIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

NOBLES detached from MARTIN, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-3/ p. 155)

NOBLES organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 88, sec. 1, pp. 302-303; Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/p.228)

NOBLES authorized to gain the four western townships of JACKSON, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]; ROCK authorized to gain the four western townships of NOBLES, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 84, secs. 1-2/pp. 153-154; ch. 85, secs 1-2/pp. 154-155; Minn. Stat.1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

NOBLES fully organized, detached from JACKSON; ROCK detached from JACKSON, attached to NOBLES "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 84, secs. 2-3/pp. 202-203)

ROCK fully organized, detached from NOBLES. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 91, sec. 1/p. 235)

Non-County Area 1 created from GOODHUE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

Non-County Area 1 exchanged with RICE, lost to DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 1-2, 9, 8-11/pp. 22-25)

Non-County Area 1 eliminated when it lost to both RICE and DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 71)

Non-County Area 2 created from GOODHUE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

Non-County Area 2 eliminated when it lost to DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 8-11, 20, 23/pp. 24-25, 27)

Non-County Area 3 created from WABASHA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

Non-County Area 3 eliminated by creation of DODGE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 2/p. 23)

Non-County Area 4 created from FILLMORE and WABASHA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

Non-County Area 4 eliminated by the creation of OLMSTED. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

Non-County Area 5 created from STEARNS. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 62, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176)

Non-County Area 5 lost to the creation of KANDIYOHI. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

Non-County Area 5 authorized to lose to STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 108)

Non-County Area 5 lost to the creation of MONONGALIA (extinct). (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 27, secs. 1-3, 9/pp. 267-268)

Non-County Area 5 lost to MEEKER. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 23, secs. 1-3/p. 262)

Non-County Area 5 eliminated when it lost all territory to STEARNS. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112)

Non-County Area 6 created from PEMBINA (now KITTSON) when PEMBINA lost territory to creation of the state of Minnesota from Minnesota Territory. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

Non-County Area 6 eliminated by creation of POPE, STEVENS, and TRAVERSE. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, secs. 4-6/pp. 258-9)

Non-County Area 7 created from TOOMBS (now WILKIN). (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 1, 6/pp. 60-62)

Non-County Area 7 eliminated by creation of TRAVERSE. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 6/p. 259)

Non-County Area 8 created from PINE. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 31, secs. 1-3/p. 273)

Non-County Area 8 eliminated when it lost all territory to AIKEN (now AITKIN). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 265-267)

Non-County Area 9 created from BECKER. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 271)

Non-County Area 9 gained from CLAY. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 262)

Non-County Area 9 lost to the creation of BELTRAMI, and lost to creation of Non-County Area 10. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

Non-County Area 9 eliminated when it lost all territory to CASS. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

Non-County Area 10 created from Non-County Area 9. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

Non-County Area 10 eliminated when it lost all territory to POLK. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112)

Non-County Area 11 created from RENVILLE. (Minn. Laws 1867, spec., ch. 88, secs. 1-2/pp. 280-281)

Non-County Area 11 eliminated when it lost all territory to RENVILLE (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 110, secs. 1-4/pp. 156-158)

Non-County Area 12 created from TRAVERSE. (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 9-10; Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, sec. 3/pp. 155-156)

Non-County Area 12 eliminated when it lost all territory to TRAVERSE. (HRS Minn., Traverse, 7-8; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 130, sec. 1/pp. 171-173)

Non-County Area 13 created from KITTSON. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

Non-County Area 13 authorized to lose to MARSHALL, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Marshall, 7; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 112, secs. 1-3/pp. 141-143)

Non-County Area 13 eliminated when it lost all territory to MARSHALL. (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 81, secs. 1-2/pp. 111-112)

NORMAN created from POLK, fully organized. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 92, secs., 1-3/pp. 104-107)

NORMAN lost to the creation of MAHNOMEN. (Minn. Laws 1907, gen., gov. proc., pp. vi-viii)

The United States created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Northwest Territory), including all of present Minnesota east of the Mississippi River, to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River to which states had ceded their colonial charter claims. Map depicts non-county area of the Northwest Territory in present Minnesota. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)

OLMSTED created from FILLMORE, RICE, WABASHA, and Non-County Area 4. Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

OLMSTED fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (HRS Minn., Olmsted, 5)

OLMSTED gained from MOWER. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 88, sec. 1/p. 316)

OTTER TAIL created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1, 4/pp. 144-145)

OTTER TAIL gained from BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY), exchanged with TOOMBS (now WILKIN). (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 3, 6/pp. 61-62; Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 272-273)

OTTER TAIL boundaries defined [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 29, secs. 1-2/p. 270; Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 32, sec. 1/ pp.272-273)

OTTER TAIL's boundaries confirmed (no change). (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 272-273)

OTTER TAIL attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes, and for the purpose of assessment and collection of taxes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 67, sec. 1/p. 125)

OTTER TAIL detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

OTTER TAIL detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

OTTER TAIL organized for county government. (HRS Minn., Otter Tail, 10, 31)

OTTER TAIL fully organized, detached from DOUGLAS. (Minn. Laws 1870, spec., ch. 94, sec. 2/p. 391)

WILKIN detached from DOUGLAS, attached to OTTER TAIL "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 88, secs. 1-2/p. 159)

OTTER TAIL gained from WILKIN. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/pp. 151-152, and ch. 87, secs. 1-2/pp. l58-159; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, secs. 47, 73/pp. 103, 110)

WILKIN fully organized, detached from OTTER TAIL. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 89, secs. 1-3/p. 206)

WADENA authorized to gain 25 adjoining townships of OTTER TAIL, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Otter Tail, 9; Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 95, secs. 1-2/pp. 214-215)

Western part of DAKOTA overlapped eastern part of SCOTT when DAKOTA gained from SCOTT, an oversight corrected 3 March 1855. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 9/pp. 24-25)

DAKOTA gained undisputed jurisdiction of 20 Feb 1855 overlap with SCOTT. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 22, secs 2-3/pp. 69-70)

MIDWAY overlapped western part of ROCK (now PIPESTONE). (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 8-10, 14/pp. 66-69)

MIDWAY's overlap of ROCK (now PIPESTONE) ended when MIDWAY eliminated and ROCK lost territory in creation of the State of Minnesota from Minnesota Territory. Area of overlap became part of unorganized federal territory. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

PENNINGTON created from RED LAKE, fully organized. (Minn. Laws 1911, gen., gov. proc., pp. 3-6)

PIERCE (extinct) created from DAKOTA; PIERCE not fully organized, attached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 10, 12/p. 34)

PIERCE (extinct) lost to the creation of DAVIS (extinct), RENVILLE, and STEARNS; lost to NICOLLET. (secs. 12-13, 15, 16, 18, 23/pp. 25-27)

Proposed county of MONONGALIA authorized to gain from PIERCE, lose to DAVIS (extinct) and MEEKER; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 57, secs. 1-2/p. 167)

PIERCE (extinct) lost to the creation of KANDIYOHI. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

PIERCE (extinct) lost to the creation of MONONGALIA (extinct). (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 27, secs. 1-3, 9/pp. 267-268)

PIERCE (extinct) lost all of its territory to the creation of BIG STONE, CHIPPEWA, LAC QUI PARLE (original), POPE, STEVENS, and TRAVERSE; PIERCE eliminated. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, secs. 1-6/pp. 257-259)

PINE created from CHISAGO and RAMSEY; PINE not fully organized, attached to CHISAGO "for judicial purposes and representative purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 64)

PINE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from CHISAGO. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 68, secs. 1-3/pp. 263-264)

PINE lost to the creation of AIKEN (now AITKIN), BUCHANAN and CARLTON. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 2-3, 5-6/pp. 52-54)

PINE reattached to CHISAGO "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

PINE was divided into two parts when it lost to the creation of KANABEC; PINE remained attached to CHISAGO. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 56, secs. 1-3/p. 166, and ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 306-307; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain adjoining remnants of PINE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 36, sec. 1/pp. 65-66)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain from PINE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 263)

PINE gained all of BUCHANAN (BUCHANAN eliminated), lost to creation of Non-County Area 8; PINE remained attached to CHISAGO. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 31, secs. 1-3/p. 273)

PINE fully organized, detached from CHISAGO; KANABEC attached to PINE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 84, sec. 2/p. 147)

KANABEC fully organized, detached from PINE. (Minn. Laws 1881, ext. sess., gen., ch. 87, secs. 1-2/pp. 86-87)

ROCK (now PIPESTONE) created from BROWN, included territory in present Minnesota and South Dakota (ROCK overlapped part of MIDWAY); ROCK not fully organized, attached to MURRAY "for all judicial and elective purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 9, 10, 14/pp. 66-69)

ROCK (now PIPESTONE) lost territory when the state of Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory; ROCK remained attached to MURRAY. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

ROCK renamed PIPESTONE. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 30, secs. 1-2/pp. 269-270)

PIPESTONE detached from MURRAY, attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (PIPESTONE had been indirectly attached to BROWN, through MURRAY, since 21 January 1863). (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

PIPESTONE detached from BROWN, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 105, secs. 2-3/pp. 148-149)

PIPESTONE detached from REDWOOD, attached to WATONWAN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

PIPESTONE detached from WATONWAN, attached to COTTONWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 85, secs. 1, 5/pp. 203-204)

PIPESTONE detached from COTTONWOOD, attached to ROCK "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 94)

PIPESTONE organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 63, secs. 1-2/p. 66)

PIPESTONE fully organized, detached from ROCK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/pp. 96-97)

POLK created from CASS and PEMBINA (now KITTSON). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 67, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 183-184)

POLK lost to BECKER and BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY). (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 4-6/pp. 61-62)

POLK lost to the creation of BELTRAMI. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

POLK gained all of Non-County Area 10, which was eliminated; POLK attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112; ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

POLK detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

POLK detached from DOUGLAS, attached to BECKER "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

POLK organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 98, sec. 1/p. 220; Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 67)

POLK detached from BECKER, attached to CLAY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 117, sec. 1/p 127)

MARSHALL attached to POLK "for judicial purposes." (MARSHALL indirectly attached to CLAY, through POLK, until 27 February 1879). (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 10, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 24-25)

POLK fully organized, detached from CLAY; KITTSON detached from CLAY, attached to POLK "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1879, gen., ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 67)

MARSHALL authorized to gain POLK's share of Township 154, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Marshall, 7; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 112, secs. 1-3/pp. 141-143)

MARSHALL fully organized, detached from POLK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 82, sec. 1/p. 93)

KITTSON fully organized, detached from POLK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 90, sec. 1/p. 100)

POLK lost to the creation of NORMAN. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 92, secs., 1-3/pp. 104-107)

COLUMBIA (proposed), NASH (proposed), NELSON (proposed), and RED LAKE (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referenda that failed; counties not created [no boundary descriptions located; not mapped]. (Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998; Red River Valley, 2:877)

POLK lost to the creation of RED LAKE. At same election, creation of COLUMBIA (second, proposed), GARFIELD (proposed), HILL (proposed, MILLS (proposed), and NELSON (second, proposed) also authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referenda, but none were successful; voters approved creation of COLUMBIA and MILLS (but state supreme court ruled referenda invalid), and creation of GARFIELD, HILL, and NELSON defeated in referenda. GARFIELD, HILL, MILLS [no boundary description located; not mapped], and NELSON never created; COLUMBIA [no boundary description located; not mapped] created 4 November 1902. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

POLK lost to the creation of COLUMBIA (extinct). At the same election, NELSON (proposed), STAR (proposed), or VALLEY (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referenda, but none were successful; voters approved creation of NELSON and STAR (but state supreme court ruled referenda invalid), and creation of VALLEY defeated in referendum. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports 89:123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

Creation of COLUMBIA (extinct) declared unconstitutional by state supreme court; COLUMBIA eliminated and area reverted to POLK. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports, 89:123-131)

NELSON (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Red River Valley, 2:878)

POPE created from CASS, PIERCE (extinct), and Non-County Area 6. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 4/p. 258)

POPE organized for county government; POPE's boundaries defined [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 44, secs. 1-2/p. 89)

POPE attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

POPE fully organized, detached from STEARNS. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 104, sec. 2/p. 147)

STEVENS detached from DOUGLAS, attached to POPE "for record and judicial purposes"; TRAVERSE detached from DOUGLAS, attached to POPE "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156)

SWIFT attached to POPE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 90, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 162-163)

STEVENS fully organized, detached from POPE; TRAVERSE detached from POPE, attached to STEVENS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 160)

SWIFT detached from POPE, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws l872, gen., ch. 51, sec. 2/p. 112)

RAMSEY created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory (remnant of Wisconsin Territory), fully organized; DAKOTA, MAHKAHTO, and WAHNAHTA attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, sec. 2, 6, 8, 19/p. 7-9)

RAMSEY exchanged with BENTON; lost to the creation of CHISAGO; lost to WASHINGTON; MAHKAHTO and WAHNAHTA attachments to RAMSEY ended when MAHKAHTO and WAHNAHTA eliminated as counties. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 2-5, 11-12/pp. 30-31)

HENNEPIN attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 32, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 51-52)

HENNEPIN fully organized, detached from RAMSEY. (Upham 2:321-322; Minn. Terr. Laws 1852, ch. 32, sec. 4/p. 52)

DAKOTA fully organized, detached from RAMSEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 1, 3, 14/pp. 32-34)

RAMSEY lost to BENTON. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 22/p. 27)

RAMSEY gained from BENTON, lost to HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, secs. 1-6/pp. 66-67; ch. 71, sec. 4/pp. 105-106, and joint res. 1,p. 331)

RAMSEY lost to the creation of PINE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 64)

RAMSEY was divided into two parts when it lost to the creation of ISANTI. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 70, secs. 1, 3/pp. 267-268)

RAMSEY lost to the creation of AIKEN (now AITKIN), ANOKA, CROW WING, MANOMIN, and MILLE LACS. Change divided RAMSEY into three parts. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 1, 4-6/pp. 52-54; ch. 40, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176;ch. 64, secs. 1, 3/pp. 252-253)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain adjoining remnants of PINE and RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 36, sec. 1/pp. 65-66)

SHERBURNE authorized to gain from RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 72, secs. 1-2/pp. 117-118)

AIKEN (now AITKIN) authorized to gain from RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 263)

RAMSEY lost to SHERBURNE (same area subject to 1860 referendum). Change reduced RAMSEY from three parts to two parts. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2/p. 269)

RAMSEY lost to AIKEN (now AITKIN); Change reduced RAMSEY to a single part. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 265-267)

RAMSEY authorized to gain small area south of Mississippi River from DAKOTA, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17-18; Minn. Gen. Stat. 1883, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 59/p. 126; Minn. Laws 1873,gen., ch. 96, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 216-218)

RAMSEY gained from DAKOTA (same area subject to 1873 referendum). (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17-18; Minn. Gen. Stat. 1883, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 59/p. 126; Minn. Laws 1874,gen., ch. 101, secs. 1, 5/pp. 245-248)

RED LAKE (proposed; county seat: Red Lake Falls) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county not created [no boundary description located; not mapped]. (Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998; Red River Valley, 2:877)

RED LAKE created from POLK, fully organized. (Bingham and Holcombe, 129-130; Minn. Reports 89: 123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

RED LAKE lost to the creation of PENNINGTON. (Minn. Laws 1911, gen., gov. proc., pp. 3-6)

REDWOOD created from BROWN. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 21, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 255-256)

REDWOOD attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

REDWOOD lost to BROWN. (Minn. Laws 1864, spec., ch. 70, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 337-339)

REDWOOD organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1865, gen., ch. 71, secs. 7, 9/p. 140)

REDWOOD gained from BROWN. (Minn. Laws 1865, gen., ch. 71, secs. 1-4, 6/pp. 138-140)

McPHAIL authorized to be created from REDWOOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed; second attempt made 6 March 1868. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 47, secs. 1-3/pp. 92-93; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 54/pp.104-105)

REDWOOD fully organized, detached from BROWN; COTTONWOOD, MURRAY, and PIPESTONE attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 105, secs. 2-3/pp. 148-149)

LYON and McPHAIL authorized to be created from REDWOOD, dependent upon local referenda that failed; second attempt to create LYON approved 2 November 1869; McPHAIL never created. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 111, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 158-159; ch. 112, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 159-160;Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, pp. 100, 111)

REDWOOD lost to the creation of LYON; LYON not fully organized, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1869, gen., ch. 94, secs. 1-4/pp. 115-116)

REDWOOD authorized to gain the two adjacent southwestern townships of BROWN, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Redwood, 12; Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 95, secs. 1-3/pp. 311-312; Minn. Stat.1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 9/pp. 92-93)

COTTONWOOD, MURRAY, and PIPESTONE detached from REDWOOD, attached to WATONWAN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

REDWOOD lost to the creation of LAC QUI PARLE and YELLOW MEDICINE; LAC QUI PARLE and YELLOW MEDICINE organized for county government, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 100, secs. 1, 4, 6, 8/pp. 171-173; ch. 98, secs. 1-2, 4, 6/pp. 165-167)

LAC QUI PARLE detached from REDWOOD, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 87, sec. 1/p. 205)

LINCOLN organized for county government, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 92, secs. 1-2, 11/pp. 208-211)

YELLOW MEDICINE fully organized, detached from REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 92, sec. 1/p. 236)

LYON fully organized, detached from REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 97; Rose, 84)

RENVILLE created from NICOLLET, PIERCE (extinct), and SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 15/p. 26)

RENVILLE lost to the creation of KANDIYOHI. (Centennial History of Kandiyohi County, 35-36; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 65, secs. 1,3/p. 181)

RENVILLE organized for county government, attached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." RIPLEY (proposed) authorized to be created from McLEOD, MEEKER, and RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected, county never created. (Brown, 245; Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 41, secs. 1-2, 4-6/pp. 75-76; ch. 47, secs.1-2/pp. 85-86)

RENVILLE gained control of Sioux reservation lands within its prescribed boundaries (no change in county boundaries). (HRS Minn., Renville, 7 Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 41, secs. 1, 6/pp. 75-76)

LINCOLN (proposed) authorized to be created from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; second attempt made 12 February 1870. (HRS Minn., Renville, 7; Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 22, secs. 1, 4/p. 261; Minn. Laws 1868,gen., ch. 110, sec. 6/pp. 157-158; Upham, 306.)

MEEKER authorized to gain four townships from RENVILLE dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Meeker, 8; Minn. Laws 1862, spec. ch. 26, secs. 1, 3/pp. 263-264)

RENVILLE fully organized, detached from NICOLLET. (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 52, sec. 1/p. 109)

RENVILLE reattached to NICOLLET "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1862, ext. sess., spec., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 77-78)

CHIPPEWA authorized to gain from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. McLEOD authorized to gain the six adjacent townships of RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, ch. 48, secs 1-3/p. 94; ch. 50, secs. 1-3/p. 96; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2 title 1,sec. 54/ p. 101)

RENVILLE fully organized (its organization for county government reaffirmed), detached from NICOLLET. CHIPPEWA, McLEOD, and non-county area authorized to gain from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS, Minn., Renville, 7-8, 31; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 43, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 87-88)

BIG STONE, CHIPPEWA, and LAC QUI PARLE (original) attached to RENVILLE. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

RENVILLE lost to the creation of Non-County Area 11. (Minn. Laws 1867, spec., ch. 88, secs. 1-2/pp. 280-281)

CHIPPEWA authorized to gain from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS, Minn., Chippewa, 11; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 117, secs. 1-3/pp. 164-165)

RENVILLE gained all of Non-County Area 11, lost to CHIPPEWA; LAC QUI PARLE attachment to RENVILLE ended when LAC QUI PARLE eliminated as a county. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 110, secs. 1-4/pp. 156-158; ch. 113, secs. 1-3/p. 161)

LINCOLN (proposed) authorized to be created from RENVILLE, dependent upon local referendum that failed. (HRS Minn., Renville, 7; Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 93, secs. 1-4/pp. 166-168; Minn. Stat. 1873,ch. 2, title 1, p. 111; Upham, 306)

CHIPPEWA fully organized, detached from RENVILLE. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 81, sec. 1/pp. 149-150)

RENVILLE lost to MEEKER. (HRS Minn., Meeker, 8; Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 97, secs. 1-3/pp. 171-172)

BIG STONE detached from RENVILLE, attached to STEVENS "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/p. 204)

RICE created from DAKOTA and WABASHA; RICE not fully organized, attached to DAKOTA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 7, 12/pp. 33-34)

RICE lost to FILLMORE, GOODHUE, and WABASHA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

RICE gained from SCOTT, lost to DAKOTA and LE SUEUR, lost to the creation of DODGE, FREEBORN, MOWER, OLMSTED, and STEELE; exchanged with Non-County Area 1 [attachment unchanged]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 1-3, 5, 7-11/pp. 22-25)

RICE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 42, secs. 1-2/p. 71)

RICE gained from DAKOTA and Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 71)

PIPESTONE (now ROCK) created from BROWN, included territory in present Minnesota and South Dakota; PIPESTONE not fully organized, attached to BIG SIOUX "for all judicial and elective purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 14, secs. 4, 14/pp. 66-69)

PIPESTONE (now ROCK) lost territory when the state of Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory; PIPESTONE attachment to BIG SIOUX ended. (Schell, 72-77; U.S. Stat., vol. 11, ch. 60 [1857]/pp. 166-167 and ch. 31 [1858]/p. 285)

PIPESTONE renamed ROCK. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 30, secs. 1-2/pp. 269-270)

ROCK attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 128)

ROCK authorized to be renamed LINCOLN, dependent upon final disposition of territory proposed for LINCOLN in 1861; change not effected. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 598/pp. 173-174; Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 45, secs.1-2/p. 90; Upham, 306)

ROCK detached from BROWN, attached to MARTIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

ROCK organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 91, sec. 1/pp. 163-164)

ROCK detached from MARTIN, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-3/ p. 155)

ROCK authorized to gain the four western townships of NOBLES, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 85, secs 1-2/pp. 154-155; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

ROCK detached from JACKSON, attached to NOBLES "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 84, secs. 2-3/pp. 202-203)

ROCK fully organized, detached from NOBLES. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 91, sec. 1/p. 235)

PIPESTONE detached from COTTONWOOD, attached to ROCK "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1876, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 94)

PIPESTONE fully organized, detached from ROCK. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/pp. 96-97)

ROSEAU created from KITTSON, fully organized. (Gov. Proc., 1 Dec. 1894, Roseau Co. Hist. Soc.)

ROSEAU gained from BELTRAMI. (Gov. Proc., 10 Feb. 1896, Roseau Co. Hist. Soc.)

St. Charles District (now ST. CHARLES, Mo.) created as one of five districts by District of Louisiana (renamed Louisiana Territory in 1805); St. Charles District included all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13:51-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283-289)

St. Charles District (Mo.) became a Missouri Territory county when Louisiana Territory renamed Missouri Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 14: 599-601; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 95 [1812]/pp. 743-747)

As a Missouri Territory county, ST. CHARLES (Mo.) lost virtually all its territory to non-county area; ST. CHARLES (Mo.) eliminated from present Minnesota. (Laws of a Pub. and Gen. Nature of the State of Mo., 1:ch.99/ pp. 293-295)

As an Indiana Territory county (created in 1790) ST. CLAIR (Ill.) gained non-county area in Indiana Territory, gained from KNOX (Ind.), and lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.). ST. CLAIR (Ill.) included territory in present Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. (Ind. Terr. Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) lost to creation of WAYNE (Ind. Terr. extinct) by Indiana Territory; ST. CLAIR's area within present northeastern Minnesota was unchanged. (Ind. Terr. Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch 40 [1802],secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)

As Indiana Territory counties, ST. CLAIR (Ill.) exchanged with RANDOLPH (Ill.); ST. CLAIR's area within present northeastern Minnesota was unchanged. (Ind. Terr. Exec. Journal, 117-118)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) became part of Illinois Territory; ST CLAIR continued to function de facto, with no new boundaries specified. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/pp. 513-515)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) expanded when officially re-created by Illinois Territory continuing de facto county of the same name created by the Northwest Territory in 1790; ST. CLAIR's area within present northeastern Minnesota was unchanged. (Ill. Terr. Recs., 3-4; Terr. Papers U.S., 17:620-621)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) lost to the creation of MADISON (Ill.) by Illinois Territory; ST. CLAIR (Ill.) eliminated from present Minnesota. (Ill. Terr. Recs., 26; Terr. Papers U.S., 17:643)

ST. CROIX (Wis.) created by Wisconsin Territory from CRAWFORD (Wis.) and non-county area; ST. CROIX included part of present Minnesota. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1839-1840, no. 20, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

As a Wisconsin Territory county, ST. CROIX (Wis.) lost to PORTAGE (Wis.); ST. CROIX's area within present Minnesota was unchanged. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1840-1841, no. 38, secs. 1-3, 12/pp. 73-75)

As Wisconsin Territory counties, ST. CROIX (Wis.) attached to CRAWFORD (Wis.) "for judicial purposes." (Wis. Terr. Laws 1842-1843, pp. 56-57)

ST. CROIX (Wis.) lost to the creation of LA POINTE (now BAYFIELD, Wis.) by Wisconsin Territory. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1845, pp. 52-53)

ST. CROIX (Wis.) eliminated from present Minnesota when the state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory. (Folwell, 1:236-246; U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 89 [1846]/pp.56- 58, and ch. 50 [1848]/pp. 233-235; Van Zandt, 128, 130)

ST. LOUIS created from ITASCA and NEWTON (NEWTON eliminated); ST. LOUIS organized for county government, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 35, secs. 1-4/p. 63)

ST. LOUIS lost to the creation of CARLTON; ST. LOUIS remained attached to BENTON. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ext. sess., ch. 5, secs. 3, 6/pp. 52-54)

ST. LOUIS fully organized, detached from BENTON; ISANTI and MANOMIN attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

MANOMIN (extinct) detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 89)

BUCHANAN detached from CHISAGO, attached to ST. LOUIS; CARLTON attached to ST. LOUIS; ISANTI detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to ANOKA; ITASCA detached from MORRISON, attached to ST. LOUIS; LAKE detached from BENTON, attached to ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 107)

BUCHANAN attachment to ST. LOUIS ended when BUCHANAN eliminated as a county. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 31, secs. 1-3/p. 273)

CARLTON fully organized, detached from ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 86, secs. 1-2/p. 149)

ITASCA detached from ST. LOUIS, attached to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

Boundary between ST. LOUIS and LAKE authorized to be altered slightly, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 93, secs. 1-3/pp. 211-213)

COOK attached to ST. LOUIS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 100, secs. 1-3, 11/pp. 242-245)

LAKE fully organized, detached from ST. LOUIS. (Minn. Laws 1891, gen., ch. 139, sec. 1/p. 231)

ST. LOUIS lost to LAKE. Since 1856 the boundary had run due north from the mouth of the Knife River; in 1895 it was moved west to the range line. (Minn. Laws 1895, gen., ch. 248, sec. 1/p.622)

SCOTT created from DAKOTA, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, sec. 5/p. 33)

SCOTT lost to DAKOTA and RICE, exchanged with LE SUEUR; SCOTT overlapped western part of DAKOTA, an oversight corrected 3 March 1855. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 5, 8-11/pp. 23-25)

SCOTT lost disputed jurisdiction of 20 Feb 1855 overlap with DAKOTA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 22, secs 2-3/pp. 69-70)

Boundary between SCOTT and DAKOTA authorized to be changed, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 204, secs. 1-3/pp. 490-491)

SCOTT and DAKOTA authorized to exchange territory, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17; Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 32, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 59-60)

SCOTT and DAKOTA authorized to exchange territory, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Dakota, 17; Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 26, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 265-267)

SCOTT exchanged with DAKOTA. (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 97, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 163-164)

SEWARD (proposed) authorized to be created from LAC QUI PARLE, LINCOLN, and YELLOW MEDICINE, dependent upon local referendum that failed; county never created. (Brown, 245; Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 99, secs. 1, 4/pp. 240-242)

SHERBURNE created from BENTON; SHERBURNE organized for county government, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, secs. 1-6/pp. 66-67)

SHERBURNE attachment to BENTON confirmed; both attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, sec. 6/p. 67)

SHERBURNE authorized to gain from RAMSEY, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 72, secs. 1-2/pp. 117-118)

SHERBURNE gained from RAMSEY (same area subject to 1860 referendum); SHERBURNE remained attached to BENTON. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 28, secs. 1-2/p. 269)

SHERBURNE fully organized, detached from BENTON. (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 49, sec. 1/pp. 106-107)

STEARNS authorized to gain small area from SHERBURNE (4 sq. mi. at northwest corner of SHERBURNE), dependent upon local referendum that failed (no change). (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1894, ch. 8, title 1, sec. 605/p. 175; Minn. Laws 1889, gen., ch. 169, secs.1-2/pp. 277-278)

SIBLEY created from DAKOTA; SIBLEY not fully organized, attached to HENNEPIN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 9, 12/pp. 33-34)

SIBLEY fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from HENNEPIN; SIBLEY gained from NICOLLET. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 32, secs. 1-4/pp. 77-78)

SIBLEY gained from NICOLLET, lost to the creation of CARVER, DAVIS (extinct), RENVILLE, STEARNS, and WRIGHT, lost to HENNEPIN. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 12-13, 15-18, 23/p. 25-27)

SIBLEY lost small area to LE SUEUR [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 61, sec. 1/p. 98)

SIBLEY lost to the creation of McLEOD. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 26, secs. 1-2, 5/p. 31)

SIBLEY gained small area from LE SUEUR (reversed change of 18 Feb. 1856) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 59-60)

SIBLEY authorized to gain the two southernmost townships of McLEOD, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1866, gen., ch. 51, secs. 1-2/pp. 97-98; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, sec. 54/pp.101, 107)

STAR (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum, voters approved creation, but state supreme court ruled referendum invalid; county never created. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports 89:123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

STEARNS created from CASS, NICOLLET, PIERCE (extinct), and SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec.18/p. 26)

STEARNS fully organized for county government and judicial purposes; DAVIS and TODD attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes"; CASS detached from BENTON, attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 4, secs. 1, 6/pp. 18-19)

TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 30, secs. 1, 3/p. 59)

MEEKER authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Minn., Meeker, 7-8; Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 46, secs. 1-2/p. 157)

CASS detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 151)

STEARNS gained from TODD, lost to WRIGHT and to creation of Non-County Area 5. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 62, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176)

TODD detached from MORRISON, attached to STEARNS "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRSION "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 52, sec. 1/p. 91)

STEARNS authorized to gain from WRIGHT and Non-County Area 5 and lose to TODD, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 108)

TODD authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1, 3-4, 7/pp. 63- 64)

STEARNS authorized to gain from WRIGHT, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 21, secs. 1-3/p. 260)

DAVIS (extinct) attachment to STEARNS ended when DAVIS eliminated as a county. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, secs. 2-3/pp. 257-258)

DOUGLAS attached to STEARNS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1862, gen., ch. 56, sec. 1/p. 112)

ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN), BECKER, CLAY, and OTTER TAIL attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes, and for the purpose of assessment and collection of taxes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 67, sec. 1/p. 125)

MONONGALIA (extinct) attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1865, spec., ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 242)

STEARNS gained from WRIGHT and non-county area; lost to TODD; ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN), BECKER, CLAY, and OTTER TAIL detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes"; DOUGLAS fully organized, detached from STEARNS, attached to MEEKER "for judicial purposes"; MONONGALIA (extinct) detached from STEARNS, attached to MEEKER "for judicial purposes"; POPE, STEVENS, and TRAVERSE attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112; ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

STEARNS lost to MORRISON and TODD. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 42, 66/pp. 105, 111; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 116,secs. 1-2/pp. 162-163)

STEVENS and TRAVERSE detached from STEARNS, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

POPE fully organized, detached from STEARNS. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 104, sec. 2/p. 147)

TODD authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 114, secs. 1-2/pp. 162-165; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

MORRISON and TODD authorized to gain small areas from STEARNS; boundary cannot be demarcated as described, and is thus not drawn (no change). (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 98, secs. 1-3/pp. 172-173; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2., title 1, sec. 66/p.108)

Boundary between STEARNS and TODD defined [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 248-249; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, secs. 62,66/pp. 107-108)

STEELE created from BLUE EARTH, LE SUEUR, and RICE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 7/p. 24)

STEELE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes; STEELE gained from DODGE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 49, secs. 2-4/pp. 78-79)

STEELE lost to the creation of WASECA. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 57, secs. 1-2/pp. 228-230)

STEVENS created from PIERCE (extinct) and Non-County Area 6. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 5/p. 259)

STEVENS attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

STEVENS detached from STEARNS, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

STEVENS gained from BIG STONE, LAC QUI PARLE (original), and TRAVERSE, lost to the creation of GRANT; STEVENS detached from DOUGLAS, attached to POPE "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156)

STEVENS organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1881, gen., ch. 129, secs. 1-3/p. 170)

STEVENS fully organized, detached from POPE; TRAVERSE attached to STEVENS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 160)

BIG STONE detached from RENVILLE, attached to STEVENS "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 86, sec. 1/p. 204)

BIG STONE fully organized, detached from STEVENS. (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 9; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 106, sec. 1/pp. 129-131)

TRAVERSE fully organized, detached from STEVENS. (HRS Minn., Traverse, 7-8; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 130, sec. 1/pp. 171-173)

SWIFT created from CHIPPEWA; SWIFT not fully organized, attached to POPE "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 90, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 162-163)

SWIFT organized for county government. (HRS Minn., Chippewa, 11; Swift County Historical Society, Swift County, 12)

SWIFT detached from POPE, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws l872, gen., ch. 51, sec. 2/p. 112)

SWIFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to KANDIYOHI "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 93, sec. 1/pp. 236-237)

SWIFT fully organized, detached from KANDIYOHI. (Minn. Laws 1875, gen., ch. 80, sec. 1/pp. 102-103)

TODD created from CASS. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 25/pp. 27-28)

TODD attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 4, secs. 1, 6/pp. 18-19)

TODD organized for county government; TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 30, secs. 1, 3/p. 59)

TODD attachment to MORRISON "for judicial purposes" confirmed (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 38, sec. 6/p. 67)

TODD lost to STEARNS. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 62, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176)

TODD lost to the creation of WADENA, lost implicitly to CASS; TODD remained attached to MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 179, secs. 1-2/pp. 448-449)

TODD detached from MORRISON, attached to STEARNS "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, gen., ch. 67, sec. 2/p. 157)

TODD detached from STEARNS, attached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 52, sec. 1/p. 91)

TODD authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 108)

TODD fully organized, detached from MORRISON. TODD authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 34, secs. 1, 3-4, 7/pp. 63- 64)

TODD lost to MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1864, spec., ch. 72, secs. 1-2/pp. 341-342)

TODD gained from MORRISON and STEARNS; TODD reattached to MORRISON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112; ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

TODD gained from STEARNS, lost to CASS and MORRISON. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 42, 66/pp. 105, 111; Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 116,secs. 1-2/pp. 162-163)

TODD authorized to gain from STEARNS, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 114, secs. 1-2/pp. 162-165; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, p. 111)

TODD authorized to gain small areas from STEARNS; boundary cannot be demarcated as described, and is thus not drawn (no change). (Minn. Laws 1870, gen., ch. 98, secs. 1-3/pp. 172-173; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2., title 1, sec. 66/p.108)

TODD fully organized, detached from MORRISON. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 90, sec. 1/p. 207)

Boundary between TODD and STEARNS defined [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 248-249; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, secs. 62,66/pp. 107-108)

TRAVERSE created from PIERCE (extinct) and Non-County Areas 6 and 7. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 22, sec. 6/p. 259)

TRAVERSE attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

TRAVERSE detached from STEARNS, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

TRAVERSE gained from BIG STONE and lost to creation of Non-County Area 12, in boundary redefinitions of BIG STONE and TRAVERSE which were apparently ignored by local residents (boundaries corrected on 2 March 1876 and 14 February 1881); TRAVERSE lost to the creation of GRANT; lost to STEVENS; TRAVERSE detached from DOUGLAS, attached to POPE "for record and judicial purposes." (HRS Minn., Big Stone, 9-10; Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, sec. 3/pp. 155-156)

TRAVERSE detached from POPE, attached to STEVENS "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 160)

TRAVERSE lost to BIG STONE; TRAVERSE remained attached to STEVENS. (Minn. Laws 1876, spec., ch. 159, sec. 1/pp. 234-235)

TRAVERSE fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from STEVENS; TRAVERSE gained all of Non-County Area 12, which was eliminated. (HRS Minn., Traverse, 7-8; Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 130, sec. 1/pp. 171-173)

The boundary from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains between the United States and the British possessions was unsettled. The northern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase encompassed the Missouri River drainage basin, and as early as January 1804, the United States regarded the parallel of 49 degrees north latitude as its northern boundary. However, the boundary was not officially established until 20 October 1818 when the area became part of Missouri Territory. (Paullin, 60, pl. 93; Van Zandt, 25-26)

Uncertain Boundary Area became part of Missouri Territory when a Convention of Commerce between Great Britain and the United States established the parallel of 49 degrees north latitude, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, as the northern boundary of the United States and southern boundary of the British possessions, ending uncertainty over the national boundary. The United States thus gained undisputed possession of the northwest part of present Minnesota and much of present North Dakota, while Great Britain gained disputed territory north of present Montana. (Parry, 69:294-297)

Virginia ceded to the United States its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio"; ILLINOIS County (Va.) eliminated. That part of present Minnesota east of the Mississippi River became Unorganized Federal Territory; other state claims in the area (by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York) were eliminated by 1786. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)

The state of Missouri was created from Missouri Territory, with present boundaries (except for small area in northwest corner of state); remainder of Missouri Territory, including all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, became Unorganized Federal Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 15:742-744; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 22 [1820]/ pp. 545-548; Van Zandt, 117)

The state of Iowa was created from Iowa Territory, with present boundaries; the part of Iowa Territory north of present Iowa (including all of present Minnesota west of the Mississippi River) became Unorganized Federal Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 1 [1847]/p. 117)

VALLEY (proposed) authorized to be created from POLK, dependent upon local referendum which failed, county never created. (Bingham and Holcombe, 125-129; Minn. Reports 89:123-131; Polk Co. Hist. Soc., corres., Dec. 1998)

WABASHA created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory; WABASHA not fully organized, attached to WASHINGTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 5, 19/pp. 8-9)

WABASHA exchanged with DAKOTA; WABASHA remained attached to WASHINGTON. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 7-8, 13, 18/pp. 31-32)

WABASHA fully organized for county government and judicial purposes, detached from WASHINGTON; WABASHA lost to DAKOTA and to the creation of FILLMORE, GOODHUE, and RICE; GOODHUE attached to WABASHA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, secs. 1-4, 7, 12 14/pp. 32-34)

GOODHUE fully organized, detached from WABASHA; WABASHA attached to GOODHUE "for judicial and other purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 53, secs. 2, 5/pp. 175-176)

WABASHA gained from FILLMORE and RICE, exchanged with GOODHUE, lost to the creation of WINONA, and lost to Non-County Areas 3 and 4. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

WABASHA lost to the creation of OLMSTED, lost to GOODHUE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, secs. 1, 9, 20, 23/pp. 22-24, 27)

WABASHA fully organized, detached from GOODHUE. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1856, ch. 23, sec. 2/p. 29)

WADENA created from CASS and TODD. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 179, secs. 1-2/pp. 448-449)

WADENA attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

WADENA detached from CROW WING, attached to MORRISON "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

WADENA detached from MORRISON, attached to CROW WING "for record and judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, spec., ch. 75, secs. 1-3/p. 285)

WADENA organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 97, sec. 1/p. 219; Minn. Laws 1881, gen., ch. 131, sec. 1/p.173)

WADENA authorized to gain 25 adjoining townships of OTTER TAIL, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (HRS Minn., Otter Tail, 9; Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 95, secs. 1-2/pp. 214-215)

WADENA fully organized, detached from CROW WING. (Minn. Laws 1881, reg. sess., gen., ch. 131, sec. 1/pp. 173- 174)

HUBBARD attached to WADENA "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1883, gen., ch. 78, secs. 1, 4/p. 108)

HUBBARD fully organized, detached from WADENA. (Minn. Laws 1887, gen., ch. 110, sec. 1/pp. 193-194)

WADENA gained from CASS. (Minn. Laws 1897, gen., ch. 396, secs. 1-4/pp. 649-650)

WAHNAHTA (extinct) created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory; WAHNAHTA not fully organized, attached to RAMSEY "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 7, 8, 19, 20/pp. 8-9)

WAHNAHTA (extinct) lost to the creation of CASS, lost to DAKOTA and PEMBINA (now KITTSON); WAHNAHTA eliminated. (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 6, 7-9, 13, 18/pp.31-32)

WASECA created from STEELE, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1857, ch. 57, secs. 1-2/pp. 228-230)

WASHINGTON created from non-county area in Minnesota Territory (remnant of Wisconsin Territory), fully organized; ITASCA and WABASHA attached to WASHINGTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Laws 1849, ch. 5, secs. 1, 4, 5, 19/pp. 7-9)

WASHINGTON gained from RAMSEY, lost to the creation of CHISAGO; ITASCA detached from WASHINGTON, attached to BENTON "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Terr. Rev. Stat. 1851, ch. 1, secs. 2-3, 12/pp. 30-31)

WABASHA fully organized, detached from WASHINGTON. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1853, ch. 11, sec. 14/p. 34)

WATONWAN created from BROWN; WATONWAN not fully organized, attached to BROWN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 13, secs. 1, 3/pp. 37-38)

WATONWAN organized for county government. (Andreas, 229; Knudson, 2-3)

WATONWAN detached from BROWN, attached to BLUE EARTH "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

WATONWAN fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH. (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 111, secs. 1-2/p. 155)

WATONWAN reattached to BLUE EARTH "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 142-143)

WATONWAN fully organized, detached from BLUE EARTH; COTTONWOOD, MURRAY, and PIPESTONE detached from REDWOOD, attached to WATONWAN "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 80, secs. 1, 4/pp. 143-144)

TOOMBS (now WILKIN) created from PEMBINA (now KITTSON). (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 64, secs. 1-2/p. 180)

TOOMBS (now WILKIN) gained from BRECKENRIDGE (now CLAY), exchanged with OTTER TAIL, lost to creation of Non-County Area 7. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 33, secs. 1, 6/pp. 60-62)

TOOMBS (now WILKIN) boundaries defined [no change]. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 262)

TOOMBS renamed ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN); ANDY JOHNSON boundaries defined (no change). An 1862 attempt to effect the name change failed when the governor failed to sign the approved act. (Minn. Laws 1862, spec., ch. 25, sec. 2/pp. 262-263; Minn. Laws 1863, spec., ch. 13, secs.1-2/pp. 196-197)

ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN) attached to STEARNS "for judicial purposes, and for the purpose of assessment and collection of taxes." (Minn. Laws 1864, gen., ch. 67, sec. 1/p. 125)

ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN) detached from STEARNS, attached to CROW WING "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 64, title 4, sec. 33/p. 419)

ANDY JOHNSON (now WILKIN) detached from CROW WING, attached to DOUGLAS "for judicial and record purposes." (Minn. Laws 1867, gen., ch. 113, secs. 1-3/pp. 159-160)

ANDY JOHNSON renamed WILKIN; WILKIN lost to the creation of GRANT. (Minn. Laws 1868, gen., ch. 109, secs. 1, 3, 5, 7/pp. 155-156; ch. 115, secs. 1-2/pp. 165-166)

WILKIN detached from DOUGLAS, attached to OTTER TAIL "for judicial and recording purposes." (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 88, secs. 1-2/p. 159)

WILKIN organized for county government. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 83, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 151-152)

WILKIN lost to OTTER TAIL. (Minn. Laws 1872, gen., ch. 83, sec. 1/pp. 151-152, and ch. 87, secs. 1-2/pp. l58-159; Minn. Stat. 1873, ch. 2, title 1, secs. 47, 73/pp. 103, 110)

WILKIN fully organized, detached from OTTER TAIL. (Minn. Laws 1873, gen., ch. 89, secs. 1-3/p. 206)

WINONA created from FILLMORE and WABASHA, fully organized. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1854, ch. 29, pp. 70-71, and ch. 32, sec. 7/p. 78)

WINONA gained Island no. 72 (opposite city of Winona) from Wisconsin when Minnesota and Wisconsin exchanged islands in the Mississippi River [not mapped]. (Minn. Laws 1917, ch. 116, secs. 1-5/pp. 142-144; Laws of Wis., 1917, reg. sess., ch. 64, secs.1-4/pp. 171-172; Laws of Wis., 1937, reg. sess., ch. 186, secs. 1-2/p. 311; Van Zandt, 131)

The United States created Wisconsin Territory from Michigan Territory; non-county area in Wisconsin Territory included part of present Minnesota. (Terr. Papers. U.S., 27:41-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836]/pp. 10-16)

Non-county area in northern part of Wisconsin Territory attached to CRAWFORD (Wis.) "for all judicial purposes"; non-county area included most of present Minnesota east of the Mississippi River [not mapped]. (Kellogg, "Organization," 187; Wis. Terr. Laws 1837, no. 104, sec. 1/p. 517)

Non-county area in Wisconsin Territory lost to the creation of ST. CROIX (Wis.). (Wis. Terr. Laws 1839-1840, no. 20, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

WRIGHT created from CASS and SIBLEY. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 6, sec. 17/p. 26)

WRIGHT fully organized for county government and judicial purposes. (Minn. Terr. Laws 1855, ch. 24, sec. 19/p. 79)

WRIGHT gained from STEARNS. (Minn. Laws 1857-1858, spec., ch. 62, secs. 1-2/pp. 175-176)

STEARNS authorized to gain from WRIGHT, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1859-1860, spec., ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 108)

STEARNS authorized to gain from WRIGHT, dependent upon local referendum; change not effected. (Minn. Laws 1861, spec., ch. 21, secs. 1-3/p. 260)

WRIGHT lost to STEARNS. (Minn. Gen. Stat. 1866, ch. 8, title 1, secs. 1-74/pp. 96-112)

YELLOW MEDICINE created from REDWOOD; YELLOW MEDICINE organized for county government, attached to REDWOOD "for judicial purposes." (Minn. Laws 1871, gen., ch. 98, secs. 1-2, 4, 6/pp. 165-167)

YELLOW MEDICINE fully organized, detached from REDWOOD. (Minn. Laws 1874, gen., ch. 92, sec. 1/p. 236)

Minnesota: Individual County Chronologies