Just south of Pennington County, Red Lake County (pop. 4,089), is the third smallest county (by population) in Minnesota.

It’s one of the few counties in the state that does not have a lake, but it does have the Red Lake River. (Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake are in Beltrami County, not Red Lake County.)

The Red Lake River flows 193 miles from Lower Red Lake to the Red River.

Red Lake County is the only Minnesota county that has no traffic lights.

Main Street, Red Lake Falls, in the 1950s

The county seat, Red Lake Falls, has a population of 1,427. The red brick courthouse was built in 1911.

In the Beaux Arts style

The second largest city in the county is Oklee, pop. 435. It was named for a Mr. O.K. Lee.

Red Lake County has many miles of snowmobile trails.

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