As one of Minnesota's original nine counties, Washington County is on the eastern edge of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area, composed of 423 square miles of land, and possessing a distinct set of landscapes and resources. It runs more than 40 miles in length, and encompasses 468 lakes of 10 acres or more in area. The county seat is in Stillwater, Minnesota, along the scenic St. St. Croix River. Washington County employs more than 1,400 full and part-time employees with our core businesses being public safety, health and human services, environmental protection, planning, public assistance, transportation and physical development, libraries, taxation, and license centers. Washington County maintains social media platforms to share information of public interest with our residents, businesses and visitors. As part of our effort to be a transparent and inclusive organization that is accountable to the public, we will use this site to disseminate information. The county’s social media platforms will be used primarily for the dissemination of county information. We request that you do not post comment(s) that include: • Profanity or hate speech • Personal attacks of any kind • Advertisements or solicitation • Promotion of illegal activity • Private or personal information that may be considered non-public under the Data Practices Act • Comments that are clearly off topic in response to a particular post • Comments in support or opposition to political campaigns or ballot measures We reserve the right to hide or delete comments identified above. Washington County does not endorse any product, service, company or organization advertising on social media. The ads that appear on social media platforms are sold, posted and maintained by the individual corporations.