Aitkin County, Minnesota Genealogy

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History

 * Created 23 May 1857 from parts of Cass and Itasca Counties as Aiken County, the spelling changed in 1872.
 * Crow Wing County was formed later same day from Aitkin County.
 * Named for William Alexander Aitkin, a fur trader for the American Fur Company, under John Jacob Astor.
 * The county originally had 17 townships closest to the Mille Lacs Lake.

Parent County

 * Cass and Itasca Counties

Boundary Changes

 * Sometime between 1857 and 1871, the county acquired the out-lands of Itasca and Pine Counties to its north and east.
 * The county was reorganized in 1871, taking the lands from Cass and Itasca counties and losing a point located in southwest corner to Crow Wing county.

Neighboring Counties
Carlton | Cass | Crow Wing | Itasca | Kanabec | Mille Lacs | Pine | St. Louis |