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County
Information
Lake of the Woods County was organized on November 28, 1922 when a vote by area residents separated the northern
townships from Beltrami County. On January 1, 1923, the county officially began operations at its county seat in
Baudette.
The county contains the Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the Lower 48 States, and includes the U.S. portion
of Lake of the Woods, shared with Canada. The county also includes the exclave of Elm Point.
In 1885 the region of Lake of the Woods got its first settler, Wilhem Zippel, who was a German immigrant and a
fisherman. He settled on the south shore of the lake in a place now called Zippel Bay. Shortly after, Alonzo Wheeler
settled on a point on the southwest side of the lake which is now called Wheeler's Point.
A terrible wildfire, which has come to be known as the Baudette Fire of 1910, broke out in October of that year,
burning 300,000 acres and destroying the towns of Spooner, Baudette, Graceton, Pitt, Williams, and Cedar Spur
[Source: wikipedia]
Cities
* Baudette
* Roosevelt (mostly in Roseau county, but 3 people live on the small portion
that extends into LOTW county)
* Williams
Townships
As of 2001, there were no township governments.
All the townships were officially part of unorganized territory.
Feb. 2012: WW2 Army Honor List, WW2 Enlistments, Korean & Vietnam Roll of Honor; obit: Hackett; Marriages: Foley-St. Clair, Lafave-Anderson; Bios: Ballard, Berg, DeNoyan, Rowell; County History; Baudette Fire of 1910, misc. news
