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Lincoln County, Minnesota
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About Lincoln County

Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,640. Its county seat is Ivanhoe.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lincoln County at a glance

County seat
Ivanhoe
Population
5,640 (2020)
Land area
548 sq mi
Founded
1873

Largest communities in Lincoln County

  1. Tyler1,138
  2. Lake Benton687
  3. Hendricks616
  4. Ivanhoe county seat560
  5. Marshfield Township256

History of Lincoln County

During and after the American Civil War, the Minnesota legislature wanted to name a county after President Abraham Lincoln. Acts were proposed to effect this change in 1861, in 1866, and in 1870, but each time the effort failed by vote or was ignored by the county's citizens. The final effort was an act passed on March 6, 1873, dividing Lyon County into approximately equal halves, with the western half to be named Lincoln. The county voters approved this act in the November 1873 election, and Governor Horace Austin proclaimed the county's existence on December 5, 1873, with Lake Benton as county seat. In 1900 a new town closer to the county's center was platted, and in 1902 the county seat was moved to that settlement, Ivanhoe.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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