Pierce County was a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
in
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, created on March 5, 1853, from
Dakota County Dakota County may refer to:
*Dakota County, Minnesota in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of east-central Minnesota
*Dakota County, Nebraska
Dakota County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of th2020 United States Census the populati ...
. It was originally bounded by the
Minnesota River to the west and the south,
Nicollet County to the east, north fork of the
Crow River to the north, and
Pembina County in the northwest. It was fully dissolved and incorporated into
Big Sioux,
Davis and
Renville Counties in 1855.
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Former counties of Minnesota