Kanabec County, Minnesota

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Contents 1 Kanabec County, Minnesota 2 Maps and Boundaries 3 Communities 3.1 Cities 3.2 Townships 4 Records and Resources 5 Sources

Kanabec County, Minnesota

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Established March 13, 1858, and organized in 1882, this county bears a name proposed by William H. C. Folsom, of Taylor's Falls, who, as a member of the state senate in 1858, introduced the legislative bill for the formation of the county. Kanabec is the usual word for a snake in the language of the Ojibways, given by them to the Snake river flowing through Kanabec and Pine counties to the St. Croix. It has a heavy accent on the second syllable, with the English long sound of the vowel, being thus pronounced quite unlike the name of the Kennebec river in Maine. The latter name, accented on the first syllable, is of different etymology, meaning "long lake,-a name of Moosehead lake transferred to the river."^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Aitkin County (north)
• Pine County (east)
• Chisago County (southeast)
• Isanti County (south)
• Mille Lacs County (west)

Communities

Cities

• Braham (partly in Isanti County)
• Grasston
• Mora (county seat)
• Ogilvie
• Quamba

Townships

• Ann Lake Township
• Arthur Township
• Brunswick Township
• Comfort Township
• Ford Township
• Grass Lake Township
• Hay Brook Township
• Hillman Township
• Kanabec Township
• Knife Lake Township
• Kroschel Township
• Peace Township
• Pomroy Township
• South Fork Township
• Whited Township

Records and Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota_Genealogy
• http://genealogytrails.com/minn/kanabec/
• http://www.kanabeccounty.org/about_us/index.php
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Kanabec_County

Sources

1. ↑ "Kanabec County, Minnesota." Gray County Texas Genealogy and History - Presented by Genealogy Trails. Accessed September 02, 2018. http://genealogytrails.com/minn/kanabec/history_naming.html.