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Big Stone County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1862 (created), 1874 (organized)
- Named after
- Big Stone Lake
- Seat
- Ortonville
- Largest city
- Ortonville
- Total
- 528 sq mi (1,370 km )
- Land
- 499 sq mi (1,290 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 5.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,054
- Density
- 10.1/sq mi (3.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- bigstonecounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Big Stone Lake
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Ortonville
- Population
- 5166
- Area
- 1367
- Shares border with
- Swift County
- Official website
- bigstonecounty.gov
- Image
- Big Stone County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2294
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- topic's main category
- Category:Big Stone County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Big Stone County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1862-02-20
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Big Stone County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 5.5
- native label
- Big Stone County
- per capita income
- 30588
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Encyclopedic overview
Big Stone County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,166. Its county seat is Ortonville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Big Stone County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.