Pope County, Minnesota

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The Pope County Courthouse is located at 130 East Minnesota Avenue, Glenwood, MN 56334; phone: 320-634-5727.

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Photo: Daniel Pennie House, circa 1870s, located on COunty Highway 27, Villard vicinity. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Photographed by User:Bobak Ha'Eri (own work), 2013, [cc-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, accessed March, 2023.

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TOWNS

• Glenwood City
• Bangor Twp
• Barsness Twp
• Ben Wade Twp
• Blue Mounds Twp
• Chippewa Falls Twp
• Cyrus City
• Farwell City
• Gilchrist Twp
• Grove Lake Twp
• Hoff Twp
• Lake Johanna Twp
• Langhei Twp
• Leven Twp
• Long Beach City
• Lowry City
• Minnewaska Twp
• New Prairie Twp
• Reno Twp
• Rolling Forks Twp
• Sedan City
• Starbuck City
• Villard City
• Westport City

The territory comprising Pope County was acquired by the U.S. through the treaty at Traverse des Sioux in 1851. Two segments of the Middle (Plains) Red River Trail, passing through the extreme northwest corner of the county and through the county on a route roughly following present highway 55, carried some St. Cloud-Red River traffic through the county during the 1840s. and 1850s. General John Pope, for whom the county was named, was in the area in 1844 on an exploring expedition. The congressional [1]

1. Dennis Gimmestead, Suprevisor, Standing Structures Survey, Minnesota Historical Society, Pope County Multiple Resource Area, nomination document, 1980, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.

HISTORIC SITES

• Bickle, Ann, House
• Iverson, Urjans, House
• Pennie, Daniel, House
• Pope County Courthouse
• Sunset Beach Hotel
• Terrace Historic District
• Terrace Mill Historic District

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