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Manomin County, MinnesotaMANOMIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA A very small county--about 18 square miles. The present southward extension of Anoka County between Hennepin and Ramsey was the entire area of Manomin. Manomin is a variant spelling of a Chippewa word for "wild rice" a staple of their diet (see Mahnomen County, Minnesota). Created 1857 from Ramsey County, May 23; county seat Manomin (present Fridley). Deorganized 1858 and administratively attached to St. Louis County. Attached to Anoka County 1860; population 136. Attached to Hennepin County 1863. Merged into Anoka County and eliminated 1869 REFERENCES - "AniMap Plus, 2.5; County Boundary Historical Atlas;" Alamo, California: The Gold Bug; (Compact Disk)
- Forstall, Richard L., ed.; "Population of States and Counties of the United States 1790 to 1900;" Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1996.
- Kane, Joseph N. and Charles C. Aiken; "The American Counties, 5th edition;" Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2005
* "Minnesota Place Names," Minnesota Historical Society, mnplaces.mnhs.org
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