# @OneMinuteTours on Facebook

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- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/reel/1178703516757857
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33728318-OneMinuteTours-facebook
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-19T19:30:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** John O'Sullivan (@oneminutetours) — https://gondola.cc/oneminutetours

## Caption

Why does Minnesota have 87 counties?

It all started back in 1849, when the Minnesota Territory drew up just 9 oversized counties to cover the land. But as settlers moved in, towns grew, and railroads expanded, those counties got sliced and diced like hotdish at a potluck.

Towns lobbied hard to become county seats (hello, economic boost!), and by the early 1900s, we landed on the 87 we know today - that number hasn’t changed since 1923.

✔️ Biggest by population? Hennepin.
✔️ Smallest? Cook.
✔️ Youngest? Lake of the Woods.

#themoreyouknow #oneminutetours #MN #mnhistory

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