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Chippewa County (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ p ə ˌ w ɑː / CHIP-ə-WAH) [3] is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census , the population was 12,598. [ 4 ] Its county seat is Montevideo . [ 5 ]
The Swensson Farm Museum is a historic farmstead located in Chippewa County, Minnesota, six miles (10 km) east of Montevideo.Established by Norwegian immigrants Olof and Ingeborg Swensson in the 1880s, the farmstead today serves as open-air museum operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society showcasing pioneer life and Swedish-American heritage.
Montevideo (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ v ɪ d i oʊ / MON-tə-VID-ee-oh) [6] is a city and the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,398 at the 2020 census. [3] The area around Montevideo was populated by Native Americans and fur traders during the first half of the 19th Century.
Jun. 3—Eight seconds of excitement and danger are all over the area this summer. Bull riding and rodeos will start in the region in late June and will run throughout the summer festival season.
Chippewa County Bank: Chippewa County Bank: September 19, 1977 : N. 1st St. and Lincoln Ave. Montevideo: 1900 Romanesque Revival commercial building constructed to house Montevideo's oldest bank, established in 1870. [7] 4
Aug. 8—MONTEVIDEO — Chippewa County is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to hold off on its approval of new flood maps for the western Minnesota county and to revise them. The new ...
The township was originally to be called Chippewa Township but later was renamed as that name was already taken for a township in Douglas County. The township was first settled along the timber districts along the Minnesota River. Later immigration filled in the prairies with farmsteads, with the first house being built on the prairie in 1869. [4]
The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, the number 001 is shared by Aitkin County, Minnesota, Adams County, Wisconsin, and Adair County, Iowa. To uniquely identify Aitkin County, Minnesota ...