Otter Tail County is a

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in the

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 60,081. Its

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Fergus Falls Fergus Falls is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,119 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The falls from which the city gets par ...

. Otter Tail County comprises the Fergus Falls micropolitan statistical area. With 1,048 lakes in its borders, Otter Tail County has more lakes than any other county in the United States.

History

Native Americans used the area for hunting and fishing, and had permanent dwelling sites. Two Native American tribes were in constant conflict. The Dakota (

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) were being pushed from their home area by the

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(Chippewa) during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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and artifacts can still be found. Some of the oldest Native American remains were found near

Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Pelican Rapids is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,577 as of the 2020 census. History Pelican Rapids was platted in 1872, and named for the rapids on the Pelican River. A post office has been in oper ...

. The remains, nicknamed Minnesota Girl, were dated at about 11,000 BC. Tordenskjold Monument 01

The first white men to enter the county were French and

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. Efforts were made to set up

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on the Leaf Lakes and Otter Tail Lake. In the late 19th century, most of the towns were built along the railroad lines. Lumber and agriculture were the major industries in the county at that time. The pine and hardwood forests, transportation system, and markets were instrumental in the development of Fergus Falls into a lumber center. The

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was established by the federal government effective July 3, 1836, and existed until its eastern portion was granted statehood (as

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) in 1848. The federal government set up the

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effective March 3, 1849. The newly organized territorial legislature created nine counties across the territory in October of that year. One of those original counties,

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, had a section partitioned off in 1851 to create Cass County. On March 18, 1858, the outgoing territorial legislature created Otter Tail County from areas partitioned from Cass and Pembina, another of the original counties created in 1849. The county was named for Otter Tail Lake and the

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. The county was not organized in 1858, nor was a county seat specified. On September 12, 1868, the

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completed the county organization, and specified Otter Tail City as county seat. Otter Tail City began as a waystation on a fur-trade route between

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and the Red River valley. The settlement was of sufficient size that when the

established a US land office for this part of the territory, the office was sited at Otter Tail City. Thus, the city was named as the seat when the county was organized, but people had begun settling the future Fergus Falls area in 1857, and it grew sufficiently that in fall 1872, the vote was taken to move the county seat there. The Northern Pacific Railroad had initially planned to run a line through Otter Tail City, but complications caused the line to be placed in Fergus Falls, which precipitated the county seat move. The Soo Line later made plans to run a line through Otter Tail City, but when townspeople could not agree on the routing, another route east of the city was constructed. Thus, a new city plat was generated, with the settlement name changing to Ottertail. In 1870, the population of the county was about 2,000. At that time, the principal languages spoken in the county were

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, and

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. The people of Fergus Falls organized a new county named Holcomb. In 1872, a legislative act abolished Holcomb County, added additional townships to the west, and established Fergus Falls as Otter Tail County's seat.

Early telephone

The Fergus Falls Telephone Exchange Company organized on March 20, 1882, and was in a room at the First National Bank at the corner of Cascade and Lincoln. The system install was very crude. Efforts were made to have telephones installed in the courthouse but commissioners did not feel it was necessary. Eventually a telephone was installed in the auditor's office through a combination of private and public funds. A clerk in the office was tasked with tracking down the officer who was called. The business was sold to the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company in 1883.

Geography

The

flows south and west through the central and western parts of the county on its way to form the Red River in Wilkin County. It is joined by the south-flowing Pelican River west of Fergus Falls. The Leaf River rises in the county and flows east to its confluence with the

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in neighboring Wadena County. The

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flows southeast through the county's northeast section toward its confluence with the Leaf in Wadena. The county terrain consists of rolling hills, heavily wooded through its center section, dotted with lakes and ponds, and carved with drainages and gullies. The available area is devoted to agriculture.Otter Tail County MN Google Maps (accessed April 26, 2019)
/ref> The county terrain slopes to the west and south. The highest points on the county terrain are at two different locations:

Inspiration Peak Inspiration Peak is a glacial feature of the Leaf Hills Moraines and of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail County in the U.S. State of Minnesota and is the second highest peak in Otter Tail County. It is northwest of Alexandria, Minnesota ...

, at 1,727 ft (526 m), and Pekan Peak (unofficial name) a summit northeast of the village of Urbank in Folden Township, Section 32, at 1,800 ft (549 m) above sea level. The county has an area of , of which are land and (11%) are covered by water. Otter Tail is one of 17 Minnesota savanna region counties with more savanna soils than either forest or prairie soils. According to its website, the county contains over 1,000 lakes. Ottertail Pie Chart 2016 Wiki Version

Transportation

Major Highways

* * * * * * * * * *

Airports

* Aerovilla Airport - 2 miles (3 km) NW of Perham * Battle Lake Municipal Airport - 1.6 mile (2.6 km) NNE of Battle Lake * Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM) - 3.8 miles (6.1 km) W of

* Henning Municipal Airport (05Y) - 1.1 mile (1.8 km) S of Henning * Pelican Rapids Municipal Airport (47Y) - 4.6 miles (7.4 km) NNW of Pelican Rapids * Perham Municipal Airport (16D) - 1 mile (1.6 km) NW of Perham * Wadena Municipal Airport (ADC) - 3.4 miles (5.5 km) W of Wadena

Adjacent counties

* Becker County - north * Wadena County - northeast * Todd County - southeast * Douglas County - south *

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- southwest * Wilkin County - west *

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- northwest

Protected areas

* Aastad State Wildlife Management Area * Amor State Wildlife Management Area * Bluff Creek State Wildlife Management Area * Davies State Wildlife Management Area * Dead Lake State Wildlife Management Area * Doran State Wildlife Management Area * Eagle Lake State Wildlife Management Area * Eastern Township State Wildlife Management Area * Elmo State Wildlife Management Area * Folden Woods State Wildlife Management Area * Glendalough State Park * Hi-View State Wildlife Management Area * Inman State Wildlife Management Area * Inspiration Peak State Wayside Park * Jensen Memorial State Wildlife Management Area *

Maplewood State Park Maplewood State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, near Pelican Rapids. The park preserves a pre-contact habitation site that was occupied in two different periods (650–900 CE and 1450–1650 CE) in a forest/prairie transition zo ...

* Orwell State Wildlife Management Area * Otter Tail Prairie Scientific and Natural Area * Prairie Ridge State Wildlife Management Area * Valdine State Wildlife Management Area

Demographics

2000 census

As of the

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, there were 57,159 people, 22,671 households, and 15,779 families in the county. The

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was 29.0/sqmi (11.2/km²). There were 33,862 housing units at an average density of 17.2/sqmi (6.63/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.11%

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, 0.29%

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, 0.51% Native American, 0.44%

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, 0.05%

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, 0.84% from

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, and 0.78% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.67% of the population. 35.5% were of

and 31.2%

ancestry. There were 22,671 households, out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were

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living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.98. The county population contained 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the county was $35,395, and the median income for a family was $42,740. Males had a median income of $30,151 versus $20,930 for females. The

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for the county was $18,014. About 6.7% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the

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, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

2020 Census

Politics

Otter Tail is a Republican stronghold in U.S. presidential elections, having voted for the party's candidates in every election since 1936. The only Democrats to win the county since Minnesota became a state in 1858 have been

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in his first election victory, and unsuccessful candidate

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in 1896. During the

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, there was a communist faction within the county. The areas where the movement was centered are quite desolate today, but in mid-1932 over 900 people were involved in one of the state's communist organizations at what was a historic low point for farmers. The members of the communist party were very active in the New York Mills area of Newton, Leaf Lake, Blowers, Deer Creek and Paddock Townships. They held meetings, recruited members, placed candidates on local and state tickets, and distributed propaganda. They held dances in Heinola, Menahga, and Sebeka where the Soviet hammer and sickle was proudly displayed and ran a summer camp on East Leaf Lake. By the time Franklin Roosevelt implemented his

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programs in the county, the communist movement began to lose steam. In addition, the

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in Europe between Finland and the U.S.S.R. soured many Finnish immigrants on communism (Finns had been a large proportion of the local communists). Carl Peltoniemi, a former local communist, said, "The communist movement within the Finnish community basically ended at the start of the Winter War in 1939–1940." In the

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, Otter Tail County is divided into two districts, 8A and 8B. They are represented by Republicans Bud Nornes (8A) and Mary Franson (8B). Districts 8A and 8B make up

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district 8, which is represented by Republican State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen.

Communities

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Cities

* Battle Lake * Bluffton * Clitherall *

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* Deer Creek *

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(county seat) * Henning * New York Mills * Ottertail * Parkers Prairie * Pelican Rapids * Perham * Richville * Rothsay (part) *

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* Urbank * Vergas * Vining * Wadena (part)

Unincorporated communities

* Butler *

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* Dunvilla *

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* Parkton * Richdale * Topelius * Wall Lake * Woodland Park * Wrightstown

Townships

* Aastad Township * Amor Township * Aurdal Township * Blowers Township * Bluffton Township * Buse Township * Butler Township * Candor Township * Carlisle Township * Clitherall Township * Compton Township * Corliss Township * Dane Prairie Township * Dead Lake Township * Deer Creek Township * Dora Township * Dunn Township * Eagle Lake Township * Eastern Township * Edna Township * Effington Township * Elizabeth Township * Elmo Township * Erhards Grove Township * Everts Township * Fergus Falls Township * Folden Township *

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* Girard Township * Gorman Township * Henning Township * Hobart Township * Homestead Township * Inman Township * Leaf Lake Township * Leaf Mountain Township * Lida Township * Maine Township * Maplewood Township * Newton Township * Nidaros Township * Norwegian Grove Township * Oak Valley Township * Orwell Township * Oscar Township * Otter Tail Township * Otto Township * Paddock Township * Parkers Prairie Township * Pelican Township * Perham Township * Pine Lake Township * Rush Lake Township * Scambler Township * St. Olaf Township * Star Lake Township * Sverdrup Township * Tordenskjold Township * Trondhjem Township * Tumuli Township * Western Township * Woodside Township

Education

School districts include:
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* Bertha-Hewitt Public School District * Brandon-Evansville Public Schools *

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* Campbell-Tintah Public School District *

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* Frazee-Vergas Public School District * Henning Public School District * Lake Park Audubon School District * Menahga Public School District * New York Mills Public School District * Parkers Prairie Public School District * Pelican Rapids Public School District * Perham-Dent Public School District * Rothsay Public School District * Sebeka Public School District * Underwood Public School District * Wadena-Deer Creek School District *

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References

External links

Otter Tail Country Tourism Association

Otter Tail County, Minnesota official government’s website

Otter Tail County Historical Society
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