The Minnesota Territory consisted of 166,000 square miles. The State of Minnesota is 86,943 square miles.

It was a territory.

Minnesota was part of the Louisiana Purchase, and the Northwest territory depending on the location since the Mississippi River was the boundary. Part of it was Rupert's Land. As the land became more settled, name changes happened. Illinois territory, Michigan territory, Iowa territory, Wisconsin territory, and Minnesota territory.

Minnesota

1849