List of all cities and towns in Yellow Medicine County
Yellow Medicine County is one of Minnesota’s counties.
The Minnesota River forms its eastern border. The population was 9,528 at the time of the 2020 census.
Granite Falls is the county seat.
The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation, which is linked to the historic Yellow Medicine Agency, is entirely within the county.
It was established in 1851 as part of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, which saw the Dakota cede much of the region to the United States.
Granite Falls was designated as the county seat by the Minnesota legislature on March 6, 1871.
It gets its name from the Yellow Medicine River, which runs through the county’s eastern part and into Minnesota.
The river gets its name from a plant whose yellow root the Dakota people used for medicine.
The county is 763 square miles (1,980 km2) in size, with 759 square miles (1,970 km2) being land and 4.1 square miles (11 km2) (0.5%) being water.
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota:
- Burr
- Lorne
- Normania
- Spring Creek
- Valley Courts
- Valley Courts
- Canby
- Clarkfield
- Echo
- Granite Falls
- Hanley Falls
- Hazel Run
- Porter
- Saint Leo
- Wood Lake