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Meeker County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 23, 1856
- Named after
- Bradley B. Meeker , an associate justice of Minnesota Territorial Court
- Seat
- Litchfield
- Largest city
- Litchfield
- Total
- 645 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Land
- 608 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Water
- 37 sq mi (96 km ) 5.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,603
- Density
- 38.5/sq mi (14.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .co .meeker .mn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Meeker County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,400. Its county seat is Litchfield.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meeker County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.