Itasca County, Minnesota
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About Itasca County
Itasca County is a county in the Iron Range region of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. Its county seat is Grand Rapids. The county is named after Lake Itasca, whose name comes from the Latin veritas caput, meaning "truth" and "head", because it is the true source of the Mississippi River. Parts of the Bois Forte and Leech Lake Indian reservations are in the county.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Itasca County at a glance
- County seat
- Grand Rapids
- Population
- 45,014 (2020)
- Land area
- 2,928 sq mi
- Founded
- 1849
Largest communities in Itasca County
- Grand Rapids county seat11,126
- Harris Township3,276
- Cohasset2,689
- Coleraine2,006
- Greenway Township1,788
History of Itasca County
The boundaries of Itasca County were first defined in 1849, upon the creation of the Minnesota Territory. It was originally much larger, stretching over today's Cook, Lake, Saint Louis, Koochiching, eastern Lake of the Woods, eastern Beltrami, Itasca, northern Aitkin, and northern Carlton Counties. Itasca County was originally named for Lake Itasca (no longer in the county's present borders), which was determined to be the true source of the Mississippi River. After many disputes over the Mississippi's source, Henry Schoolcraft set out to find it in 1832. When he did, he named it Lake Itasca. At its source, the Mississippi can be crossed on foot. It then flows past Bemidji, through Itasca County, to the Gulf of Mexico.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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