Cass County, Minnesota

Cass County, Minnesota

Cass County, Minnesota – established in 1851 – is located in the north-central part of Minnesota.

Cass County is bordered:

• on the north by Itasca County and Beltrami County,
• on the west by Hubbard County and Wadena County,
• on the south by Crow Wing County, Todd County, and Morrison County, and
• on the east by Aitkin County and Itasca County.

Cass County was named after Lewis Cass – a 19th century military officer who served as Governor of the Michigan Territory, and as a U.S. Senator for the State of Michigan from 1845 to 1848.

Lewis Cass was the losing nominee of the Democratic Party for president in 1848.

Lewis Cass was controversial in part because he was an advocate of the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which would have allowed voters in the U.S. territories to determine whether slavery would be legal in such territories, instead of leaving the matter to the United States Congress.

Cass County Courthouse

The current Cass County Courthouse is located at 300 Minnesota Avenue, Walker, Minnesota 56484.

Cass County Population

Cass County, Minnesota had a population of 28,567 as of the 2010 Census, an increase of 5.2% over the 2000 Census population of 27,150.

Cass County Primary Cities

The city of Walker, established in 1896, is the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Highways 34, 200, and 371 are the main transportation routes into the city.

Other cities in Cass County, Minnesota include Pine River, and Backus.