Place:Dakota, Minnesota, United States

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NameDakota
Alt namesDakotasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Dakotahsource: Family History Library Catalog
Wahnahtasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.667°N 93.067°W
Located inMinnesota, United States     (1849 - )
See alsoBrown, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Carver, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Hennepin, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
McLeod, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Meeker, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Monongalia, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Pierce, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Renville, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Scott, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Stearns, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wright, Minnesota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Unknown
Hampton (township)
Cemetery
Corinthian Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery
Inhabited place
Apple Valley
Burnsville
Castle Rock
Coates
Deer Park
Eagan
Empire
Etter
Eureka Center
Farmington
Hampton
Hastings
Inver Grove Heights
Lakeville
Lilydale
Mendota Heights
Mendota
Miesville
New Trier
Nininger
Orchard Garden
Randolph
Rosemount
Sedil
South St. Paul
Sunfish Lake
Vermillion
Wescott
West St. Paul
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 439,882. The population of Dakota County was estimated to be 442,038 in 2021. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County is named for the Dakota Sioux tribal bands who inhabited the area.[1] The name is recorded as "Dahkotah" in the United States Census records until 1851. Dakota County is included in the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with about 3.64 million residents. The largest city in Dakota County is the city of Lakeville, the eleventh-largest city in Minnesota and sixth-largest Twin Cities suburb. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the state of Wisconsin on the east.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1849 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1852 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1853 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1863 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1872 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 584
1860 9,093
1870 16,312
1880 17,391
1890 20,240
1900 21,733
1910 25,171
1920 28,967
1930 34,592
1940 39,660
1950 49,019
1960 78,303
1970 139,808
1980 194,279
1990 275,227
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External links

www.tc.umn.edu/~bluhmoo2/dakota

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