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How many counties in Minnesota were named for their geographical features?
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∙ 14y ago
At least 21 counties are named after physical geographic features:
- Big Stone (Big Stone Lake)
- Blue Earth (Blue Earth River)
- Chippewa (Chippewa River)
- Chisago (Chisago Lake)
- Clearwater (Clearwater River)
- Cottonwood (Cottonwood River)
- Crow Wing (Crow Wing River)
- Itasca (Lake Itasca)
- Kanabec (Ojibwe for Snake River)
- Lake (Lake Superior)
- Lake of the Woods (Lake of the Woods)
- Mille Lacs (Mille Lacs Lake)
- Otter Tail (Otter Tail Lake)
- Pipestone (red Pipestone quarry)
- Red Lake (Red Lake River)
- Redwood (Redwood River)
- Rock (large rocky plateau, known as "the mound")
- St Louis (St Louis River)
- Traverse (Lake Traverse)
- Watonwan (Watonwan River)
- Yellow Medicine (Yellow Medicine River)
Also, these are close:
- Isanti (Dakota for "those that dwell at Knife Lake")
- Kandiyohi (Sioux for Buffalo Fish)
- Koochiching (Ojibwe for Place of inlets: Rainy Lake and Rainy River)
- Lac qui Parle (French for "lake which talks)
- Mahnomen (Ojibwa for "wild rice")
- Pine (Giant forests of Easter White Pine and Red Pine)
- Waseca (Dakota word for "rich and fertile")
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