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Wright County, Minnesota
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About Wright County

Wright County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 141,337 at the 2020 census, then growing to an estimated 157,557 in 2025. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was founded in 1855. Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In terms of population, Wright County is the tenth-largest county in Minnesota and the fastest growing.

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Wright County at a glance

County seat
Buffalo
Population
141,337 (2020)
Land area
714 sq mi
Founded
1855

Largest communities in Wright County

  1. Otsego19,966
  2. St. Michael18,235
  3. Buffalo county seat16,168
  4. Monticello14,455
  5. Albertville7,896

History of Wright County

The county was established in 1855, and was named for New York politician Silas Wright. The first county seat was Monticello; in 1868 the county seat was changed to Buffalo. Most of the area's first settlers were of German and Swedish origin. The county's population in 1860 was 3,729; in 1875, it was 13,775. The 1998 thriller A Simple Plan was set in Wright County, though it does not mention a specific town.

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