Itasca County
is a
county located in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota. It is named after
Lake Itasca, which is in turn a shortened
version the Latin words veritas caput,
meaning true head, a reference to the source of
the
Mississippi River. As of 2000, the
population was 43,992. Its
county seat is
Grand Rapids6.
Portions of the
Bois Forte and
Leech Lake
Indian reservations are in the county.
The county (originally much
larger) was first formed in 1849, upon the
creation of
Minnesota Territory, from the Minnesota
portion of
La Pointe County, Wisconsin.
