Wright County, MN
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Wright County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,700.[2] Its county seat is Buffalo.[3] The county was founded in 1855.
Wright County is part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Communities[edit]
Townships[edit]
Census-designated place[edit]
Other unincorporated communities[edit]
- Albion Center
- Albright
- Enfield
- French Lake
- Hasty
- Highland
- Knapp
- Oster
- Rassat
- Rice Lake
- Smith Lake
- Stockholm
- West Albion
Major highways[edit]
Adjacent counties[edit]
- Sherburne County (northeast)
- Hennepin County (east)
- Carver County (southeast)
- McLeod County (southwest)
- Meeker County (west)
- Stearns County (northwest)
History[edit]
The county was established in 1855, and was named after New York politician Silas Wright.[4] The first county seat was Monticello; in 1868 the county seat was changed to Buffalo. The majority of people to first settle this area were German and Swedish. The county’s population in 1860 was 3,729; in 1875, it was 13,775.[5]
The 1998 thriller A Simple Plan was set in Wright County, though it does not mention a specific town.
Geography[edit]
Soils of Wright County[6]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 714 square miles (1,850 km2), of which 661 square miles (1,710 km2) is land and 53 square miles (140 km2) (7.4%) is water.[7] The terrain is undulating and contains numerous small lakes. The county is bounded on the northeast by the Mississippi River.[5] Wright is one of 17 Minnesota savanna region counties with more savanna soils than either prairie or forest soils, and one of only two Minnesota counties where savanna soils make up more than 75% of the county area (the other is Hennepin County).
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