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Wadena County, Minnesota
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About Wadena County

Wadena County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,065. Its county seat is Wadena.

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Wadena County at a glance

County seat
Wadena
Population
14,065 (2020)
Land area
543 sq mi
Founded
1858

Largest communities in Wadena County

  1. Wadena county seat4,325
  2. Staples2,989
  3. Menahga1,340
  4. Wadena Township907
  5. Blueberry Township828

History of Wadena County

The newly organized Minnesota Legislature created the county on June 11, 1858. A settlement began at the future city of Wadena in 1871, and by 1873 a post office was in operation there. The settlement was designated the county seat when the state legislature organized the county on February 21, 1873. The town took the name of a trading post 15 miles (24 km) to the east, which had flourished for several years but was largely abandoned by that time. The trading post was named for Chief Wadena, an Ojibwe Indian chief of the late 19th century in northwestern Minnesota. Wadena County comprises 15 townships, first surveyed in 1863. Each township is six miles square and contains 36 sections of land (with the exception of Bullard and Thomastown, which have a slightly different configuration because their boundaries are aligned with the Leaf and Crow Wing Rivers, respectively).

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