Sherburne County and Mapping Minnesota
1849 map of Territory of Minnesota Maps provide wonderful information and great appreciation for the early history of Minnesota. An early map of the Minnesota Territory, dated 1849, holds significant information about the settlement of Minnesota and the creation of Sherburne County. One of the original counties of the Minnesota Territory, Benton County, along with the two other counties, Washington and Ramsey, covered large areas of land. In 1856 the Minnesota Territorial legislature created Sherburne County out of a small, southernmost section of Benton County. Sherburne County, we all know, was named after Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Moses Sherburne. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri, served as the namesake for Benton County. The other original counties also held political significance in their names. Washington County, obviously named in honor of President George Washington. Ramsey County honored the first Territo...