Wahnata County, Minnesota Territory
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Wahnata County was an extinct county in
Minnesota Territory The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Minnesota and the w ...
. Created as one of the original 9 counties in 1849, Wahnata County was located south of Mahkahto County and north of Dakota County. It was bounded to the north by a line from the mouth of the
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to the
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, and to the south by a line from the Clearwater River to the Missouri River. The population was 160 at the
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. The name is recorded as "Wahnahta" by the
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and the 1850 United States census. The county was dissolved in 1851 to form
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and Cass County. Parts of the original county are now parts of 24 counties.


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* McIntosh County * Emmons County


References

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