Lake Wobegone County, Minnesota

From the Strib: For real? Bill would create Lake Wobegon as a county

Several St. Cloud area legislators this morning are announcing legislation that calls for combining all of Stearns and Benton counties and the northern part of Sherburne County.

The bill is being written under the draft name "Lake Wobegon," the fictional town of Minnesota radio storyteller Garrison Keillor. Any eventual reformulated county would be given a permanent name by its residents.

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Several Minnesota cities are spread over two counties, but St. Cloud is the only one in three counties -- and one of only a few like that nationwide, St. Cloud officials say.