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Lac qui Parle County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 6, 1871
- Named after
- "Lake that speaks" French
- Seat
- Madison
- Largest city
- Dawson
- Total
- 778 sq mi (2,020 km )
- Land
- 765 sq mi (1,980 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,704
- Density
- 8.8/sq mi (3.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .lqpcomn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lac qui Parle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Madison
- Population
- 6719
- Area
- 2015
- Shares border with
- Deuel County
- Official website
- lqpco.com
- Image
- Cerro Gordo, Minnesota (8103936470).jpg
- Households
- 3048
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- topic's main category
- Category:Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1871-11-07
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Lac qui Parle County
- per capita income
- 34091
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Encyclopedic overview
Lac qui Parle County (/ˌlæk ki ˈpɑːrl/ LAK kee PARL) is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,719. Its county seat is Madison. The largest city in the county is Dawson.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lac qui Parle County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.