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Traverse County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1862 (created), 1881 (organized)
- Named after
- Lake Traverse
- Seat
- Wheaton
- Largest city
- Wheaton
- Total
- 586 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Land
- 574 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,130
- Density
- 5.9/sq mi (2.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- traversecountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Traverse County, Minnesota
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Encyclopedic overview
Traverse County ( locally /ˈtrævərs/ TRAV-ərss) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,360, making it the least-populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Wheaton. The county was founded in 1862 and organized in 1881.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Traverse County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.