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Wright County
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county in Minnesota, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wright County is referenced by 595 other articles, and connects out to African Americans, Pipestone County and Asian Americans.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MN.
It is catalogued under topics including 1855 establishments in Minnesota Territory, Minneapolis–Saint Paul and Minnesota counties.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855
- Named after
- Silas Wright
- Seat
- Buffalo
- Largest city
- Otsego
- Total
- 714 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 661 sq mi (1,710 km )
- Water
- 53 sq mi (140 km ) 7.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 157,559
- Density
- 238.4/sq mi (92.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .wrightcountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Silas Wright
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Contains
- Albertville
- Capital
- Buffalo
- Population
- 141337
- Area
- 714
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Stearns County
- Official website
- www.co.wright.mn.us
- Image
- HowardLakeCityHall.jpg
- Households
- 49097
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- different from
- Wright County
- Commons category
- Wright County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Wright County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 7.4
- native label
- Wright County
- inception
- 1855-02-20
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wright County, Minnesota
- social media followers
- 1167
- per capita income
- 37416
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Encyclopedic overview
Wright County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 141,337 at the 2020 census, then growing to an estimated 157,557 in 2025. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was founded in 1855. Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In terms of population, Wright County is the tenth-largest county in Minnesota and the fastest growing.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wright County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.