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Preston, Root River Valleys, and the High Western Ground on a Fillmore County Minnesota Map

Fillmore County occupies a distinctive part of southeastern Minnesota where towns, roads, and river valleys fit together in very different

Faribault County lies along Minnesota’s southern border with Iowa, with Blue Earth serving as the main western-center reference point and

Alexandria is the most useful starting point for reading Douglas County. The city occupies a broad area in the south-central

Dodge County is an inland county in southeastern Minnesota where the central communities of Dodge Center and Kasson provide an

Dakota County stretches south and southeast from the Twin Cities, beginning with a narrow northern section near Mendota Heights, West

Crow Wing County sits in Minnesota’s north-central lake country, with Brainerd and Baxter forming the clearest urban center in the

Cottonwood County lies in southwestern Minnesota, where small cities are spread across a broad agricultural landscape rather than gathered into

Cook County occupies the northeastern tip of Minnesota, where a long Lake Superior shoreline borders a large interior filled with

Clearwater County stretches north to south across northwestern Minnesota, with a shape that becomes noticeably narrower toward its southern end.