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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hennepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its county seat is Minneapolis, the state's most populous city. The county is named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. The county extends from Minneapolis to the suburbs and outlying cities in the western part of the county. The county’s natural areas are covered with extensive woods, hills, and lakes.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,281,565. It is the most populous county in Minnesota, and the 34th-most populous county in the United States; more than one in five Minnesotans live in Hennepin County. Hennepin County is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1852 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1855 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1870 | Birth 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
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1860 | 12,849
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1870 | 31,566
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1880 | 67,013
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1890 | 185,294
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1900 | 228,340
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1910 | 333,480
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1920 | 415,419
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1930 | 517,785
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1940 | 568,899
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1950 | 676,579
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1960 | 842,854
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1970 | 960,080
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1980 | 941,411
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1990 | 1,032,431
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep
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