Stevens County
is a county
located in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota. As of
2000, the
population is
10,053. Its
county seat is
Morris. The
county was named
for Civil War
general Isaac
Stevens, who had
this county
named for him
seven years
after a
legislative
clerical error
denied him that
honor in 1855
for Stearns
County.
According to the
U.S. Census
Bureau, the
county has a
total area of
575 square miles
(1,490 km˛), of
which, 562
square miles
(1,456 km˛) of
it is land and
13 square miles
(34 km˛) of it
(2.29%) is
water. As of the
census[2] of
2000, there were
10,053 people,
3,751
households, and
2,366 families
residing in the
county.
