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Faribault County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855
- Named after
- Jean Baptiste Faribault
- Seat
- Blue Earth
- Largest city
- Blue Earth
- Total
- 722 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Land
- 712 sq mi (1,840 km )
- Water
- 9.4 sq mi (24 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,888
- Density
- 19.6/sq mi (7.55/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .faribault .mn .us
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Encyclopedic overview
Faribault County (/ˈfɛərboʊ/ FAIR-boh) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faribault County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.