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Douglas County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 8, 1858 (created), 1866 (organized)
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Alexandria
- Largest city
- Alexandria
- Total
- 720 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Land
- 637 sq mi (1,650 km )
- Water
- 83 sq mi (210 km ) 11%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,120
- Density
- 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .douglascountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Contains
- Garfield
- Capital
- Alexandria
- Population
- 39006
- Area
- 1865
- Shares border with
- Stevens County
- Official website
- www.douglascountymn.gov
- Image
- Douglas County Courthouse, Alexandria, Minnesota- 03.jpg
- Households
- 16810
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- Commons category
- Douglas County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1858-03-02
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Douglas County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 11
- native label
- Douglas County
- per capita income
- 36559
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,006. Its county seat is Alexandria.
Douglas County comprises the Alexandria, Minnesota, Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.