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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.
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 county was formed in 1862, and was organized in 1868.
The Minnesota River Valley and Montevideo were important sites in the Dakota War of 1862. On September 26. 1862, a few days after the U.S. victory at the Battle of Wood Lake , 269 prisoners who had been taken captive during the conflict were released to Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley at a spot that became known as Camp Release , which was ...
Minnesota State Highway 29 (MN 29) is a 126.592-mile-long (203.730 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its terminus at U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.
West of Montevideo, the Yellowstone Trail used present day MN 7 to US 12. [13] The westernmost section of present-day US 212, from the South Dakota line to Montevideo, was also part of another auto trail known as the Short Cut West Highway. This auto trail went on a direct route between Minneapolis and Yellowstone National Park.
When Minnesota was organized as a state, 57 of the present 87 counties were established. The last county to be created was Lake of the Woods County in 1923. [2] The names of many of the counties allude to the long history of exploration. Over ten counties are named for Native American groups residing in parts of what is now Minnesota.
Minnesota State Highway 7, or Trunk Highway 7, (MN 7, TH 7) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 near Beardsley and continues east to its terminus with MN 100 and County Road 25 (CR 25) in St. Louis Park. The highway runs east–west for approximately 194.2 miles (312.5 km) through mostly rural farmland ...
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