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Lake of the Woods County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,045,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27/27077.html )〕 making it the second-least populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Baudette.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was organized on November 28, 1922, though county functions did not begin until 1923.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Lake of the Woods County )〕 The county contains the Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the Lower 48 States, and includes the U.S. portion of Lake of the Woods, shared with Canada. The county also includes the exclave of Elm Point. Since Alaska has no counties, Lake of the Woods is the northernmost county in the United States. It is also the only county in the United States with four words in its name, although there is a parish in Louisiana called St. John the Baptist Parish, and the U.S. Census Bureau treats parishes as county equivalents for census purposes. ==History== Lake of the Woods County was named because the lake covers a large portion of the county. Jacques de Noyon, a Frenchman who came from Trois Rivières, (Quebec), explored this area in 1688 and became the first white man to view the lake. He named the lake ''Lac aux Îles'' which means "Lake of the Islands" in English. In 1885 the region of Lake of the Woods got its first settler, Wilhem Zippel, who was a German immigrant and a fisherman. He settled on the south shore of the lake in a place now called Zippel Bay. Shortly after, Alonzo Wheeler settled on a point on the southwest side of the lake which is now called Wheeler's Point. A terrible wildfire, which has come to be known as the Baudette Fire of 1910, broke out in October of that year, burning and destroying the towns of Spooner, Baudette, Graceton, Pitt, Williams, and Cedar Spur.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Fire of 1910 )〕 Lake of the Woods County was founded January 1, 1923, with Baudette as the original county seat. Lake of the Woods County is also known as Minnesota's youngest county. This county was organized on November 28, 1922, when residents voted to separate the northern Townships. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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