Minnesota Counties

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AVAILABLE    Anoka
AVAILABLE 		 Becker
Karen De Groote 		 Beltrami
Vikki Gray
Benton
Bill Haloupek		 Big Stone
James Berry 		 Blue Earth
Martha Crosley Graham 		 Brown
Ray Kleinow
Carlton
AVAILABLE 		 Carver
AVAILABLE 		 Cass
Thomas Green		 Chippewa
Ann McRoden Mensch 
Chisago
AVAILABLE 		 Clay
Mike "Dino" Peterson		 Clearwater
Vikki Gray		 Cook 
Linda Simpson
Cottonwood
Ray Kleinow		 Crow Wing
John Van Essen		 Dakota
Chuck Dosh		 Dodge
Shirley Cullum
Douglas
Jan Sedore		 Faribault
Kathy Hines		 Fillmore
Marge Utley		 Freeborn
Kathy Hines
Goodhue
AVAILABLE 		 Grant
AVAILABLE 		 Hennepin
Claudia Schuman		 Houston
AVAILABLE
Hubbard
Jan Jordan Lokensgard 		 Isanti
AVAILABLE 		 Itasca
AVAILABLE 		 Jackson
Randy Wendel
Kanabec
AVAILABLE		 Kandiyohi
AVAILABLE 		 Kittson
Colleen Pustola		 Koochiching
Linda Simpson
Lac Qui Parle
James Berry 		 Lake
Linda Simpson		 Lake of the Woods
Vikki Gray		 Le Sueur
AVAILABLE
Lincoln
AVAILABLE		 Lyon
AVAILABLE 		 McLeod
AVAILABLE		 Mahnomen
AVAILABLE
Marshall
AVAILABLE 		 Martin
AVAILABLE 		 Meeker
AVAILABLE 		 Mille Lacs
AVAILABLE 
Morrison
Ann Mensch 		 Mower
Kermit Kittleson		 Murray
Char Larson		 Nicollet
Laverne Tornow
Nobles
Bryant Walker  		 Norman
Colleen Goltz		 Olmsted
Shirley Cullum		 Otter Tail
Jan Sedore
Pennington
Lynn Brandvold		 Pine
AVAILABLE 		 Pipestone
AVAILABLE 		 Polk
Kermit Kittleson 
Pope
Keith Gulsvig		 Ramsey
Mary Bakeman		 Red Lake
Lynn Brandvold		 Redwood
AVAILABLE 
Renville
AVAILABLE 		 Rice
AVAILABLE 		 Rock
Linda Ziemann 		 Roseau
Colleen Pustola 
St. Louis
Martha Crosley Graham 		 Scott
Claudia Schuman		 Sherburne
Ann Hammer		 Sibley
AVAILABLE 
Stearns
Karen De Groote		 Steele
Kathy Hines		 Stevens
AVAILABLE		 Swift
AVAILABLE 
Todd
Karen De Groote		 Traverse
Tim Stowell		 Wabasha
AVAILABLE		 Wadena
Jan Sedore
Waseca
Kathy Hines		 Washington 
AVAILABLE
 Watonwan
Ray Kleinow		 Wilkin
Tim Stowell
Winona
AVAILABLE		 Wright
AVAILABLE		 Yellow Medicine
Tim Stowell

Extinct MN Counties:

Breckenridge: see Clay, Toombs & Wilkin 
Buchanan: Discontinued 
Doty: see St. Louis & Lake 
Johnson: see Wilkin 
La Point: Changed to Itasca, 1849 
Mankahta :Discontinued 
Monongalia: Discontinued. see Kandiyohi 
Pembina: Changed to Kittson, 1878 
Pierce: Disorganized 
Saint Croix: Changed to Washington, Ramsey and Benton, 1849 
Superior: Changed to St. Louis 1855 
Toombs: Changed to Johnson 1858, Wilkin 1868 
Wahnata: Disorganized

This list "Thanks to Chuck Dosh". (updated March 2010)