Campbell County, South Dakota

Campbell County
County
Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 45°46′N100°03′W / 45.76°N 100.05°W / 45.76; -100.05
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Founded	1873 (created) 1884 (organized)
Seat	Mound City
Largest city	Herreid
Area
• Total	771 sq mi (2,000 km2)
• Land	734 sq mi (1,900 km2)
• Water	37 sq mi (100 km2)  4.8%
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,377
• Estimate  (2023)	1,340
• Density	1.8/sq mi (0.69/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large

Campbell County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,377, ^[1] making it the fourth-least populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Mound City. ^[2] The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1884. ^[3] It was named for Norman B. Campbell, a Dakota Territory legislator in 1873 and son of General Charles T. Campbell. ^[4]

History

Campbell County was formed in 1873 and organized in 1884. La Grace served as the first county seat; in 1888 the seat was transferred to Mound City. ^[5] By 1911 the communities of Artas, Herreid and Pollock had the largest populations because they were located on a branch of the Soo Line. ^[6]

Geography

Campbell County lies on the north side of South Dakota; its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of North Dakota. The Missouri River flows southward along the county's west boundary line. The county terrain consists of semi-arid low rolling hills, a portion of which is dedicated to agriculture. ^[7] The terrain slopes to the south and east, with its highest point occurring on the county's north boundary line, toward the NE corner: 2,060 ft (630 m). ^[8] The county has a total area of 771 square miles (2,000 km²), of which 734 square miles (1,900 km²) is land and 37 square miles (96 km²) (4.8%) is water. ^[9]

The eastern portion of South Dakota's counties (48 of 66) observe Central Time; the western counties (18 of 66) observe Mountain Time. Campbell County is the westernmost of the SD counties to observe Central Time. ^[10]

Major highways

• U.S. Highway 83
• South Dakota Highway 10
• South Dakota Highway 271
• South Dakota Highway 1804

Adjacent counties

• Emmons County, North Dakota - north
• McIntosh County, North Dakota - northeast
• McPherson County - east
• Walworth County - south
• Corson County - west (boundary of Mountain Time)

Protected areas

• Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge ^[11]
• Rogo Bay State Game Production Area ^[12]
• Salt Lake State Game Production Area ^[13]
• Sand Lake State Game Production Area ^[14]
• Shaw Creek State Lakeside Use Area ^[15]
• West Pollock State Recreation Area ^[16]

Lakes

• McClarem Lake
• Lake Oahe (part)
• Lake Pocasse
• Salt Lake
• Sand Lake

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	50		—
1890	3,510		6,920.0%
1900	4,527		29.0%
1910	5,244		15.8%
1920	5,305		1.2%
1930	5,629		6.1%
1940	5,033		−10.6%
1950	4,046		−19.6%
1960	3,531		−12.7%
1970	2,866		−18.8%
1980	2,243		−21.7%
1990	1,965		−12.4%
2000	1,782		−9.3%
2010	1,466		−17.7%
2020	1,377		−6.1%
2023 (est.)	1,340	[17]	−2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [18] 1790-1960 [19] 1900-1990 [20] 1990-2000 [21] 2010-2020 [1]

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 1,377 people, 640 households, and 397 families residing in the county. ^[22] The population density was 1.9 inhabitants per square mile (0.73/km²). There were 900 housing units.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 1,466 people, 694 households, and 423 families in the county. The population density was 2.0 inhabitants per square mile (0.77/km²). There were 980 housing units at an average density of 1.3 units per square mile (0.50 units/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 68.5% were German, 14.1% were Norwegian, 12.6% were Dutch, 11.4% were Russian, 7.8% were Irish, and 2.7% were American.

Of the 694 households, 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 39.0% were non-families, and 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.70. The median age was 50.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,833 and the median income for a family was $48,864. Males had a median income of $41,563 versus $30,705 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,338. About 6.1% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

In the 2010 census, the largest denomination was the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with 286 adherents, followed by the Catholic church with 191 members, the third was the Presbyterian Church in America with 186 followers. The Reformed Church in the United States, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the North American Baptist Conference were also represented with lesser numbers. ^[23] Campbell County has the highest percentage of Presbyterians in the United States.

Communities

There are no organized civil townships in Campbell County. Artas Township and Mound City Township are named, while Herreid Township, Pollock Township, Sand Lake Township and Stout's Lake Township are implied, in a 1911 map book. ^[6]

City

• Herreid

Towns

• Artas
• Mound City (county seat)
• Pollock

Unincorporated communities

• Gale (Coordinates: 45.79720, -100.26530) ^[24]
• La Grace (ghost town, former county seat; Coordinates: 45.88000, -100.37190) ^{[24] [25]}
• North Campbell ^[26]
• South Campbell ^[27]
• Tilso ^[24]
• Vanderbilt (ghost town) (Located in T 128 N, R 80 W, about 6 miles west-northwest of Pollock) ^{[24] [25]} – The Vanderbilt Archeological Site is in the vicinity. ^[28]

Politics

With its rural German-American heritage, Campbell is an overwhelmingly Republican county. It has only once been carried by a Democratic presidential candidate, during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s landslide victory of 1932. Nonetheless, in the following election when FDR gained an even more emphatic victory by carrying forty-six of forty-eight states, his Republican opponent Alf Landon carried Campbell County by twenty-five percentage points, making the county Landon's second-strongest in the Plains States (behind Brown County in his home state). Since 1940, no Democrat has so much as equalled Roosevelt's 1936 share of the vote, and even before 1932, only William Jennings Bryan in 1896 gained over forty percent of the vote for the Democratic Party. In 1952, Campbell was Dwight D. Eisenhower's third-strongest county in the nation, ^[29] and in 1964 it rivalled Hooker County in Nebraska and that famous GOP bastion Jackson County in Kentucky as Barry Goldwater’s strongest county outside the South.

United States presidential election results for Campbell County, South Dakota ^[30]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	706	84.45%	120	14.35%	10	1.20%
2020	747	85.57%	117	13.40%	9	1.03%
2016	704	84.72%	105	12.64%	22	2.65%
2012	616	78.27%	153	19.44%	18	2.29%
2008	591	69.20%	243	28.45%	20	2.34%
2004	708	73.83%	239	24.92%	12	1.25%
2000	739	80.59%	147	16.03%	31	3.38%
1996	623	64.23%	202	20.82%	145	14.95%
1992	574	54.51%	222	21.08%	257	24.41%
1988	909	72.60%	334	26.68%	9	0.72%
1984	1,035	82.47%	214	17.05%	6	0.48%
1980	1,271	84.85%	182	12.15%	45	3.00%
1976	897	64.49%	489	35.15%	5	0.36%
1972	1,169	76.06%	361	23.49%	7	0.46%
1968	1,216	79.27%	245	15.97%	73	4.76%
1964	1,162	73.87%	411	26.13%	0	0.00%
1960	1,330	78.61%	362	21.39%	0	0.00%
1956	1,268	81.44%	289	18.56%	0	0.00%
1952	1,536	90.14%	168	9.86%	0	0.00%
1948	1,518	78.05%	410	21.08%	17	0.87%
1944	1,047	83.43%	208	16.57%	0	0.00%
1940	1,733	80.64%	416	19.36%	0	0.00%
1936	1,236	60.98%	736	36.31%	55	2.71%
1932	770	40.44%	1,116	58.61%	18	0.95%
1928	1,346	69.13%	588	30.20%	13	0.67%
1924	641	54.55%	46	3.91%	488	41.53%
1920	1,128	71.26%	67	4.23%	388	24.51%
1916	644	77.40%	163	19.59%	25	3.00%
1912	0	0.00%	150	19.58%	616	80.42%
1908	627	75.18%	175	20.98%	32	3.84%
1904	685	83.03%	120	14.55%	20	2.42%
1900	626	70.42%	250	28.12%	13	1.46%
1896	449	54.62%	369	44.89%	4	0.49%
1892	390	58.12%	77	11.48%	204	30.40%

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Campbell County, South Dakota

References

1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
3. "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
4. Legislative Manual, South Dakota, 2005, p. 596
5. Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 993. ISBN   978-1135948597 . Retrieved November 30, 2013.
6. 1911 Maps of Campbell County, South Dakota. George A Ogle and Co. 1911. Accessed via Historic Map Works on October 16, 2022.
7. Campbell County SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
8. ""Find an Altitude" Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)". Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
9. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
10. Map of Time Zone Line through South Dakota (accessed January 30, 2019)
11. Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge, Pollock SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
12. Rogo Bay Recreation Area, Glenham SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
13. Salt Lake State Shooting Area, Java SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
14. Sand Lake State Game Refuge, Selby SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
15. Shaw Creek Recreation Area, Herreid SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
16. West Pollock Recreation Area, Pollock SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
17. "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023" . Retrieved March 17, 2024.
18. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
19. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
20. Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
21. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
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23. www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/46/rcms2010_46021_county_name_2010.asp ARDA
24. GRHS: Campbell County, South Dakota. Accessed October 16, 2022.
25. Historical Marker Database: Flint Store and Post Office. Accessed October 16, 2002.
26. North Campbell SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
27. South Campbell SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)
28. South Dakota Magazine: Moved by Water. By John Andrews. August 25, 2015. Accessed October 16, 2022.
29. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1952 Presidential Election Statistics
30. Leip, David. "Atlas of US Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 13, 2018.

45°46′N100°03′W / 45.76°N 100.05°W / 45.76; -100.05