Cass County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Walker. The county was formed in 1851, and was organized in 1897.
Cass Lake is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, located within the boundaries of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. It is surrounded by Pike Bay Township. Cass Lake had a population of 675 in the 2020 census. It is notable as the headquarters location of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, as well as the Chippewa National Forest.
Pike Bay Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,643 as of the 2000 census. Pike Bay Township was named for Pike Bay of Cass Lake, and indirectly for Zebulon Pike, an explorer.
Wilkinson Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 270 as of the 2000 census.
The Leech Lake Reservation is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally recognized Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, one of six bands comprising the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, organized in 1934. The Leech Lake Reservation has the second highest population of any reservation in Minnesota with White Earth Nation being the largest Minnesota Ojibwe tribe, Leech Lake Nation has a resident population of 11,388 indicated by the 2020 census.
Minnesota State Highway 371 (MN 371) is a 107.411-mile-long (172.861 km) highway in central and north-central Minnesota. The route connects Minnesota's northern lakes region with the central part of the state. It runs south–north from U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Little Falls to US 2 in Cass Lake. MN 371 has become a heavily traveled arterial route that was once a two-lane roadway over almost all of its length, but has been widened to four lanes across most of its southern half. Much of the traffic utilizing the route is Twin Cities-based traffic heading to their cabins on one of the many northern lakes.
Outing is an unincorporated community in Crooked Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Emily. It is between North Roosevelt Lake, South Roosevelt Lake, and Lawrence Lake.
Pontoria is an unincorporated community in Ponto Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Backus.
The Battle of Sugar Point, or the Battle of Leech Lake, was fought on October 5, 1898 between the 3rd U.S. Infantry and members of the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians in a failed attempt to apprehend Pillager Ojibwe Bugonaygeshig, as the result of a dispute with Indian Service officials on the Leech Lake Reservation in Cass County, Minnesota.
U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is a United States Numbered Highway in northwest and northeast Minnesota, which runs from the Red River at East Grand Forks and continues east to Duluth, where the route crosses the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge over the Saint Louis Bay. The route connects the cities of East Grand Forks, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, and Duluth.
Ah-gwah-ching is an unincorporated community in Shingobee Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Walker.
Ryan Village is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, within the Bowstring State Forest and the Chippewa National Forest. It is located between Cass Lake and Bena along U.S. Highway 2. The village is within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
Whipholt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pine Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, along Leech Lake. Its population was 99 as of the 2010 census. The community is located along State Highway 200 near Pine Lake Road. Whipholt is 13 miles east of Walker.
Onigum is an unincorporated community in Shingobee Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Walker, along Cass County Road 13. The name Onigum means "portage" in the Ojibwe language.
Schley is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, within the Bowstring State Forest and the Chippewa National Forest. It is located between Cass Lake and Bena along U.S. Highway 2 near Forest Road 2958.
Raboin is an unincorporated community in Wilkinson Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Cass Lake and Walker. It is located along State Highway 371 near 134th Street NW.
Mae is an unincorporated community in Beulah Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Outing and Emily. It is located along Cass County Road 58, near Morrison Lake Road NE.
Leech Lake is an unincorporated community in Leech Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States. It is along State Highway 371 near 100th Street NW, Cass County Road 62. Nearby places include Walker, Laporte, and Steamboat Bay of Leech Lake.
Graff is an unincorporated community in Moose Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Pine River and Pequot Lakes. It is along Cass County Road 24, 64th Street SW, near 51st Avenue SW.
Brevik is an unincorporated community in Boy Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Longville. It is along Cass County Road 39 near Liens Lane.
