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Rock County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- May 23, 1857 (created), March 5, 1870 (organized)
- Named after
- Rock outcrop on Rock River
- Seat
- Luverne
- Largest city
- Luverne
- Total
- 483 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Land
- 482 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Water
- 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,524
- Density
- 20.1/sq mi (7.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .rock .mn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Luverne
- Population
- 9704
- Area
- 1251
- Shares border with
- Moody County
- Official website
- www.co.rock.mn.us
- Image
- Rock County Courthouse & Jail.jpg
- Households
- 3990
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- Commons category
- Rock County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Rock County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1857-05-23
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rock County, Minnesota
- different from
- Rock Island County
- water as percent of area
- 0.06
- native label
- Rock County
- per capita income
- 33698
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Encyclopedic overview
Rock County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Minnesota. According to the 2020 census, its population was 9,704. The county seat is Luverne. It is located within the Sioux Falls MSA.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rock County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.