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Pope County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1862 (created), 1866 (organized)
- Named after
- John Pope
- Seat
- Glenwood
- Largest city
- Glenwood
- Total
- 717 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 670 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Water
- 47 sq mi (120 km ) 6.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,420
- Density
- 16.9/sq mi (6.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .popecountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pope County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,308. Its county seat is Glenwood. The county was formed in 1862 and organized in 1866.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pope County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.