The County Seat, Grand Rapids, is also the County’s largest city. Itasca County covers 2,900 square miles and is home to 45,658 residents. \n\nLocated in the middle of Minnesota’s nature people share in celebrating small town living values. In Itasca County you will find a community rich with art, culture and history. In Itasca County there are many different bodies of water from big lakes, to small creeks, to major rivers. Over 1400 lakes are located within the county.\n\nYou will find a prevailing sense of optimism among residents of the possibility and promise for the future of this community. Itasca County is positively the best of all that Minnesota has to offer.