On This Date in Minnesota History: February 25

February 25, 1856 – Minnesota’s Sherburne County was established on this date. It was “named in honor of Moses Sherburne, who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory from 1853 to 1857.”

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 513.  

Moses Sherburne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sherburne

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