Kanabec county i Minnesota i USA

Arkiv: Kanabec County, Minnesota Genealogy
Länk: Kanabec County
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1858-03-13

The Minnesota legislature authorized creation of Kanabec County, with territory partitioned from Pine County.

• No county seat was designated at that time, and the county organization was not effected at that time.
• The area of Kanabec County was attached to Chisago County for administrative and judicial purposes. What county business was handled locally was performed by part-time County Auditor and County Treasurer, in a single room in a stopping place operated by lumber-trader George Staples at Millet Rapids.

1871-1881

the county was detached from Chisago, and assigned to Pine County. This assignment lasted through 1881.

• The 1870 United States census listed 53 occupants of the Kanabec County area. However, an influx of settlers into its southern areas occurred in the early 1870s,

1876-

an official county building was needed. A one-room wood building was erected at Millet Rapids, put into use in 1876.

1881-

the county was detached from Pine, and the government structure was finalized, with the county seat being designated at Brunswick. Only one court term was held at Brunswick;

1882-

the 1882 general election, a nearly-unanimous vote designated Mora as the county seat.

• The old courthouse building was sold to a local farmer, who moved it to his property to use as a home.
• The wood courthouse erected at Mora was used until 1894, when it burned and was replaced by a more fireproof building.

The county name came from the Ojibwe term ginebig, meaning ”snake,” after the Snake River — Kanabecosippi (Ginebigo-ziibi in the modern spelling) — which flows through the county.