Wahnata County was an extinct county in Minnesota Territory. Created as one of the original 9 counties in 1849, [1] Wahnata County was located south of Mahkahto County and north of Dakota County. It was bounded to the north by a line from the mouth of the Crow Wing River to the Missouri River, and to the south by a line from the Clearwater River to the Missouri River. [2] The population was 160 at the 1850 United States census. [3]
The name is recorded as "Wahnahta" by the 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature [2] and the 1850 United States census. [4]
The county was dissolved in 1851 to form Pembina County and Cass County. Parts of the original county are now parts of 24 counties.