Koochiching County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- December 19, 1906
- Named after
- Algonquian word for 'at the place of inlets'
- Seat
- International Falls
- Largest city
- International Falls
- Total
- 3,154 sq mi (8,170 km )
- Land
- 3,104 sq mi (8,040 km )
- Water
- 50 sq mi (130 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,587
- Density
- 3.9/sq mi (1.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .co .koochiching .mn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Koochiching County (/ˈkuːtʃɪtʃɪŋ/ KOO-chitch-ing) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,062. Its county seat is International Falls. A portion of the Bois Forte Indian Reservation is in the county. A small part of Voyageurs National Park extends into its boundary, with Lake of the Woods County to its northwest.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koochiching County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.