Pope County, Minnesota
Check your Pope County registration.
Confirm what Minnesota has on file first, then use Pope County's official election channels below.
About Pope County
Pope County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,308. Its county seat is Glenwood. The county was formed in 1862 and organized in 1866.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pope County at a glance
- County seat
- Glenwood
- Population
- 11,308 (2020)
- Land area
- 717 sq mi
- Founded
- 1862
Largest communities in Pope County
- Glenwood county seat2,657
- Starbuck1,365
- Glenwood Township1,169
- Brooten626
- Leven Township536
History of Pope County
Pope County was identified by the state legislature in 1862 and named for John Pope, a Union Army general who had worked as a surveyor in the area. Its organization was effected in 1866. Until May 1965, when county option was eliminated, Pope County was a dry county; no beverages with over 3.2% alcohol could be sold. Pope County was the location of several protests against the CU Powerline in the 1970s.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start here
Confirm you're ready to vote in Pope County
-
Run a guided check
Scan Check Protect walks you through verifying your Minnesota registration and flags anything that needs fixing — free.
-
Ask Pope County directly
Your county election office handles registration, mail ballots, and polling places.
Official channels
Pope County election resources
Statewide tools and every Minnesota resource in one place: the Minnesota page at Scan Check Protect →
Neighboring counties
Part of Minnesota Voter Check
This is the Pope County page of Minnesota Voter Check, a project of True the Vote, pointing Minnesota voters at the official tools that already exist — and at Scan Check Protect to verify your registration.
Where anything here differs from what Pope County or the Minnesota Secretary of State publishes, they are right and this page is not.