- Hennepin County (/ˈhɛnəpɪn/ HEN-ə-pin) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its county seat is Minneapolis, the state’s most populous city. The county is named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. The county extends from Minneapolis to the suburbs and outlying cities in the western part of the county. The county’s natural areas are covered with extensive woods, hills, and lakes.
- Redmond — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Redmond, home to the Microsoft Corportation, is known worldwide as a center for high technology. The town’s fame has come about only in recent times. For more than a century, Redmond was seen as just another small settlement that grew into suburbia.
