Dakota: Since the northern tip of the county extends to the suburban area of St. Paul, there are consequently more Finns here than in any other county south of the Minnesota River. Although 1900 indicated only one Finnish born inhabitant, in 1910 there were nine, and in 1920 there were thirty; 1930, forty; 1950, twenty-nine. Of these twenty-nine, there were twenty-one living in Hastings, one in West St. Paul, and the rest in rural areas.

Dodge : Only once, in 1920, was one Finn noted down as a resident.

Faribault: One Finn appears in the 1900-1940 census figures, three in 1950. During World War I two Finns, Ernest Niemi and Peter Niska, were working in lumbercamps near Dunbar. There were Finnish Aid committees in Blue Earth (City) and Elmore, with E. P. Hummel and O. H. Aamodt respectively as chairmen.

Fillmore : The turn of the century showed five Finns here, but 1930-1950 figures list only two. Perhaps the two lived in or near Lanesboro, from where two donations were sent in 1938 to the American Finnish Delaware Tercentenary Committee.'° In Preston and Rushford there were Finnish Aid committees, with Elaine Gleason and Dr. R. V. Williams as chairmen respectively.

Freeborn : One Finn was reported in the 1930 and 1940 census. There was a Finnish Aid committee in Albert Lea, with W. A. Gray serving as chairman.

Houston: One Finn was reported in the 1910 and 1920 census statistics. There was a Finnish Aid committee in the town of Houston, with I. G. Iverson as chairman.

Jackson: One Finn was listed in 1910; one Finn was listed in 1950.

Lac Qui Parle: One Finn has been listed in the census figures from 1900 through 1940. Both Dawson and Marietta had Finnish Aid committees, with Elmer Bratsch and the Reverend Melvin N. Tatley, respectively, as chairmen.

Le Sueur: One Finn has been listed in the 1900 through 1950 census figures.

Lincoln: One Finn is listed in the 1910-1940 figures. In Hendricks and Ivanhoe there were Finnish Aid committees with K. E. Holia and L. V. Widmark as chairmen.

Lyon: In 1900 there were four Finns here, but 1920-1950 figures list only two. Marshall, Tracy, and Minnesota Village

10. American Finnish Delaware Tercentenary Committee. Financial Statement. New York, N. Y., September 15, 1938.

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