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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pennington County, Minnesota.
On 23 November 1910, the northern part of Red Lake was sectioned off to create Pennington County. The county was named for Edmund Pennington (1848-1926), a longtime Minnesota railroad executive, who was serving as president of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway when the county was formed.
Black River | Bray | Carpenters Corners | Clover Leaf | Dakota Junction | Deer Park | Erie | Goodridge | Hazel | Hickory | Highlanding | Kratka | Mavie | Mayfield | Norden | North | Numedal | Polk Centre | Reiner | Reiner | River Falls | River Valley | Rocksbury | St. Hilaire | Sanders | Silverton | Smiley | Star | Thief River Falls (County Seat) | Wyandotte
Pennington County Historical Society