Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
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About Yellow Medicine County
Yellow Medicine County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its eastern border is formed by the Minnesota River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,528. Its county seat is Granite Falls.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yellow Medicine County at a glance
- County seat
- Granite Falls
- Population
- 9,528 (2020)
- Land area
- 763 sq mi
- Founded
- 1871
Largest communities in Yellow Medicine County
- Granite Falls county seat2,737
- Canby1,695
- Clarkfield852
- Stony Run Township408
- Wood Lake381
History of Yellow Medicine County
The county was established by the Minnesota legislature on March 6, 1871, with Granite Falls as the county seat. Its name comes from the Yellow Medicine River, which runs through the eastern part of the county to the Minnesota. The river's name derives from the moonseed plant, Menispermum canadense, whose yellow root the native Dakota people used for medicinal purposes. It was proposed in 1878 to create a new county, taken from the western portions of Yellow Medicine, Lincoln, and Lac qui Parle counties. The state legislature approved the petition (subject to local voter approval), and Governor Pillsbury signed the act on February 27, 1879, but the proposal failed to garner a combined majority of votes in the three counties, and the proposed Canby County did not come into being.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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