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Houston County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 23, 1854 (created), April 4, 1854 (organized)
- Named after
- Sam Houston
- Seat
- Caledonia
- Largest city
- La Crescent
- Total
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 552 sq mi (1,430 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 2.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,400
- Density
- 34.1/sq mi (13.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- https://www.hocomn.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sam Houston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Caledonia
- Population
- 18843
- Area
- 1473
- Shares border with
- Fillmore County
- Official website
- co.houston.mn.us
- Image
- HoustonCountyMinnesota2006.JPG
- Households
- 8286
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- Commons category
- Houston County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Houston County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 2.9
- native label
- Houston County
- inception
- 1854-04-04
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Houston County, Minnesota
- different from
- Houston County
- per capita income
- 33546
- topic has template
- Template:Houston County, Minnesota
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Encyclopedic overview
Houston County (/ˈhjuːstən/ HEW-stən) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. At the 2020 census, the population was 18,843. Its county seat is Caledonia. Houston County is included in the La Crosse–Onalaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houston County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.