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| County | Date | Parent County | County Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin | 1857 | Cass, Itasca | Aitkin |
| Andy Johnson | Changed from Toombs 1858 to Wilkin 1868 | ||
| Anoka | 1857 | Ramsey | Anoka |
| Becker | 1858 | Indian Lands | Detroit Lakes |
| Beltrami | 1866 | Unorganized Territory. | Bemidji |
| Benton | 1849 | Original County | Foley |
| Big Stone | 1862 | Pierce | Ortonville |
| Blue Earth | 1853 | Unorganized Territory | Mankato |
| Breckenridge | See Clay, Toombs & Wilkin | ||
| Brown | 1855 | Nicollett, Blue Earth | New Ulm |
| Buchanan | Discontinued | ||
| Carlton | 1857 | Pine, St. Louis | Carlton |
| Carver | 1855 | Hennepin | Chaska |
| Cass | 1851 | Original County | Walker |
| Chippewa | 1862 | Pierce | Montevideo |
| Chisago | 1851 | Washington | Center City |
| Clay | 1862 | Formerly Breckenridge | Moorhead |
| Clearwater | 1902 | Beltrami | Bagley |
| Cook | 1874 | Lake | Grand Marais |
| Cottonwood | 1857 | Brown | Windom |
| Crow Wing | 1857 | Cass, Aitkin | Brainerd |
| Dakota | 1849 | Original county | Hastings |
| Dodge | 1855 | Olmsted | Mantorville |
| Douglas | 1858 | Todd | Alexandria |
| Doty | See St. Louis & Lake | ||
| Faribault | 1855 | Blue Earth | Blue Earth |
| Fillmore | 1853 | Wabasha | Preston |
| Freeborn | 1855 | Wabasha | Albert Lea |
| Goodhue | 1853 | Wabasha | Red Wing |
| Grant | 1868 | Stearns | Elbow Lake |
| Hennepin | 1852 | Dakota | Minneapolis |
| Houston | 1854 | Fillmore | Caledonia |
| Hubbard | 1883 | Cass | Park Rapids |
| Isanti | 1857 | Anoka | Cambridge |
| Itasca | 1849 | Original County | Grand Rapids |
| Jackson | 1857 | Unorg. Terr | Jackson |
| Johnson | See Wilkin | ||
| Kanabec | 1858 | Pine | Mora |
| Kandiyohi | 1858 | Meeker | Willmar |
| Kittson | 1878 | Unorg. Terr. - formerly Pembina | Hallock |
| Koochiching | 1906 | Itasca | International Falls |
| Lac Qui Parle | 1871 | Brown, Redwood | Madison |
| Lake | 1856 | Formerly Doty | Two Harbors |
| Lake of the Woods | 1922 | Beltrami | Baudette |
| Le Sueur | 1853 | Unorg. Terr. | Le Center |
| Lincoln | 1873 | Lyon | Ivanhoe |
| Lyon | 1868 | Redwood | Marshall |
| McLeod | 1856 | Carver | Glencoe |
| Mahnomen | 1906 | Becker, Norman | Mahnomen |
| Mankahta | Discontinued | ||
| Marshall | 1879 | Kittson | Warren |
| Martin | 1857 | Faribault, Brown | Fairmont |
| Meeker | 1856 | Wright, Stearns | Litchfield |
| Mille Lacs | 1857 | Kanabec | Milaca |
| Monongalia | Discontinued. See Kandiyohi | ||
| Morrison | 1856 | Benton, Stearns | Little Falls |
| Mower | 1855 | Fillmore, Freeborn | Austin |
| Murray | 1857 | Lyon | Slayton |
| Nicollet | 1853 | Unorg. territory | St. Peter |
| Nobles | 1857 | Jackson | Worthington |
| Norman | 1881 | Polk | Ada |
| Olmsted | 1855 | Unorg. Territory | Rochester |
| Otter Tail | 1858 | Pembina, Cass | Fergus Falls |
| Pembina | Changed to Kittson, 1878 | ||
| Pennington | 1910 | Red Lake | Thief River Falls |
| Pierce | Disorganized | ||
| Pine | 1856 | Unorg. Lands | Pine City |
| Pipestone | 1857 | Murray | Pipestone |
| Polk | 1858 | Indian Lands | Crookston |
| Pope | 1862 | Pierce | Glenwood |
| Ramsey | 1849 | Original county | St. Paul |
| Red Lake | 1896 | Polk | Red Lake Falls |
| Redwood | 1862 | Brown | Redwood Falls |
| Renville | 1855 | Unorg. Territory | Olivia |
| Rice | 1853 | Original County | Faribault |
| Rock | 1857 | Nobles as Unorg. Co. Brown | Luverne |
| Roseau | 1894 | Kittson | Roseau |
| St. Louis | 1855 | Doty (now Lake) | Duluth |
| Scott | 1853 | Dakota | Shakopee |
| Sherburne | 1856 | Benton | Elk River |
| Sibley | 1853 | Unorg. Territory | Gaylord |
| Stearns | 1855 | Indian Lands | St. Cloud |
| Steele | 1855 | Unorg. Terr., Dodge | Owatonna |
| Stevens | 1862 | Pierce, Big Stone | Morris |
| Superior | Changed to St. Louis 1855 | ||
| Swift | 1870 | Chippewa, Unorg. Lands | Benson |
| Todd | 1855 | Stearns | Long Prairie |
| Toombs | Changed to Andy Johnson 1858, Wilkin 1868 | ||
| Traverse | 1862 | Toombs | Wheaton |
| Wabasha | 1849 | Original county | Wabasha |
| Wadena | 1858 | Cass, Todd | Wadena |
| Wahnata | Disorganized | ||
| Waseca | 1857 | Steele | Waseca |
| Washington | 1849 | Original county | Stillwater |
| Watonwan | 1860 | Brown | St. James |
| Wilkin | 1868 | Cass, Toombs, Johnson | Breckenridge |
| Winona | 1854 | Unorg. Territory | Winona |
| Wright | 1855 | Hennepin | Buffalo |
| Yellow Medicine | 1871 | Redwood | Granite Falls |
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