Minnesota Territory created

Responding to the Stillwater Convention, the United States Congress organizes Minnesota Territory with the St. Croix River as an eastern boundary and the Missouri River as a western boundary. The area of today’s Washington County is the only part of the territory with structured government.

Related Communities

• Afton
• Bayport
• Baytown Township
• Birchwood
• Cottage Grove
• Dellwood
• Denmark Township
• Forest Lake
• Grant
• Grey Cloud Island Township
• Hugo
• Lake Elmo
• Lakeland
• Lakeland Shores
• Lake St. Croix Beach
• Landfall
• Mahtomedi
• Marine on St. Croix
• May Township
• Newport
• Oakdale
• Oak Park Heights
• Pine Springs
• Scandia
• Stillwater
• Stillwater Township
• St. Mary's Point
• St. Paul Park
• West Lakeland Township
• Willernie
• Woodbury