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Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
United States Census Bureau (1954). Local Government structure in the United States (Report) United States Census Bureau (September 2013). Individual State Descriptions: 2013 (PDF) (Report) Minnesota Legislature. "2020 Minnesota Statutes". Minnesota Legislature Revisor's Office
Original numbering plan areas and area codes of Minnesota in 1952. When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan for Operator Toll Dialing in 1947 to automate and speed the connection of long-distance calls, the United States and Canada were divided into 86 geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned the original North ...
Fairfax is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,250 at the 2020 census. [4] Minnesota State Highways 4 and 19 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. Fort Ridgely State Park is nearby.
John Pope (1822–1892), United States Army general during the Dakota War of 1862: 11,400: 670.14 sq mi (1,736 km 2) Ramsey County: 123: Saint Paul: 1849: One of nine original counties; formed from residual St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory. Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903), first governor of Minnesota Territory (1849–1853) 536,075: 155.78 ...
The United States Office of Management and Budget officially designates 15 counties as the "Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area". It is the 16th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. and third-largest metropolitan area in the Midwest , with a population of 3,690,261 at the 2020 census .
Minnesota, showing major roads, railroads, and bodies of water. The U.S. State of Minnesota is the northernmost state outside Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 contiguous states lying north of the 49th parallel north. Minnesota is in the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest in