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Cook County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 9, 1874
- Named after
- Michael Cook
- Seat
- Grand Marais
- Largest city
- Grand Marais
- Total
- 3,340 sq mi (8,700 km )
- Land
- 1,452 sq mi (3,760 km )
- Water
- 1,887 sq mi (4,890 km ) 57%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,522
- Density
- 3.9/sq mi (1.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- cookcountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Grand Marais
- Population
- 5600
- Area
- 8650
- Shares border with
- Ontonagon County
- Official website
- www.co.cook.mn.us
- Image
- CookCountyCourtHouseMN.jpg
- Households
- 2608
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cook County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Cook County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Cook County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1874-11-03
- water as percent of area
- 57
- native label
- Cook County
- different from
- Cooke County
- per capita income
- 36941
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Encyclopedic overview
Cook County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,600, making it Minnesota's seventh-least populous county. Its county seat is Grand Marais. The Grand Portage Indian Reservation is in the county.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cook County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.