Counties of South Dakota | |
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Location | State of South Dakota |
Number | 66 |
Populations | 855 (Jones) – 206,930 (Minnehaha) |
Areas | 412 square miles (1,070 km2) (Clay) – 3,471 square miles (8,990 km2) (Meade) |
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There are 66 counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota with FIPS codes.
Todd County and Oglala Lakota County are the only counties in South Dakota which do not have their own county seats. Hot Springs in Fall River County serves as the administrative center for Oglala Lakota County. Winner in Tripp County serves as the administrative center for Todd County. [1] These are two of six counties in South Dakota which are entirely within an Indian reservation. (The other four counties are Bennett, Corson, Dewey, and Ziebach.)
South Dakota's postal abbreviation is SD and its FIPS state code is 46.
County | FIPS code [2] | County seat [3] | Est. [3] | Formed from | Etymology | Population [4] | Area [3] | Map |
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AuroraCounty | 003 | Plankinton | 1881 | Cragin and Wetmore Counties | Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn | 2,782 | 708 sq mi (1,834 km2) | |
BeadleCounty | 005 | Huron | 1879 | Buchard, Clark, Kingsbury, and Spink Counties | William Henry Harrison Beadle, chief surveyor of Dakota Territory | 19,591 | 1,259 sq mi (3,261 km2) | |
BennettCounty | 007 | Martin | 1909 | Lugenbeel, Oglala Lakota, Washabaugh, and Washington Counties | Granville G. Bennett, justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory | 3,305 | 1,185 sq mi (3,069 km2) | |
Bon HommeCounty | 009 | Tyndall | 1862 | Unorganized territory | French phrase meaning "good man" | 7,065 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km2) | |
BrookingsCounty | 011 | Brookings | 1862 | Unorganized territory | Wilmot Brookings (1830 - 1905), Dakota Territory Supreme Court justice | 35,980 | 794 sq mi (2,056 km2) | |
BrownCounty | 013 | Aberdeen | 1879 | Beadle County | Alfred Brown, territorial legislator | 37,733 | 1,713 sq mi (4,437 km2) | |
BruleCounty | 015 | Chamberlain | 1875 | Charles Mix County | Brulé Sioux Native Americans | 5,311 | 819 sq mi (2,121 km2) | |
BuffaloCounty | 017 | Gann Valley | 1873 | Unorganized territory | American Bison | 1,884 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km2) | |
ButteCounty | 019 | Belle Fourche | 1883 | Harding County | Buttes in the region | 10,863 | 2,249 sq mi (5,825 km2) | |
CampbellCounty | 021 | Mound City | 1873 | Buffalo County | Norman B. Campbell, territorial legislator | 1,340 | 736 sq mi (1,906 km2) | |
Charles MixCounty | 023 | Lake Andes | 1862 | Unorganized territory | Charles Eli Mix, commissioner of Indian Affairs | 9,240 | 1,098 sq mi (2,844 km2) | |
ClarkCounty | 025 | Clark | 1873 | Hanson County | Newton Clark (1838-1918), territorial legislator | 3,948 | 958 sq mi (2,481 km2) | |
ClayCounty | 027 | Vermillion | 1862 | Unorganized territory | Henry Clay (1777 - 1852), U.S. Senator from Kentucky and prominent 19th Century political figure | 15,431 | 412 sq mi (1,067 km2) | |
CodingtonCounty | 029 | Watertown | 1877 | Indian lands | George S. S. Codington, territorial legislator | 28,971 | 688 sq mi (1,782 km2) | |
CorsonCounty | 031 | McIntosh | 1909 | Indian lands | Dighton Corson, a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court | 3,782 | 2,473 sq mi (6,405 km2) | |
CusterCounty | 033 | Custer | 1875 | Indian lands | General George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876), key figure in the Indian Wars | 9,117 | 1,558 sq mi (4,035 km2) | |
DavisonCounty | 035 | Mitchell | 1873 | Hanson County | Henry C. Davison (1840-1880), prominent merchant and early settler | 19,922 | 436 sq mi (1,129 km2) | |
DayCounty | 037 | Webster | 1879 | Clark County | Merritt H. Day, territorial legislator | 5,451 | 1,029 sq mi (2,665 km2) | |
DeuelCounty | 039 | Clear Lake | 1862 | Brookings County | Jacob S. Deuel, territorial legislator | 4,354 | 624 sq mi (1,616 km2) | |
DeweyCounty | 041 | Timber Lake | 1873 | Armstrong County and Indian lands | William P. Dewey (1833-1905), territorial surveyor-general | 5,208 | 2,303 sq mi (5,965 km2) | |
DouglasCounty | 043 | Armour | 1873 | Charles Mix County | Stephen A. Douglas (1813 - 1861), U.S. Senator from Illinois and advocate of popular sovereignty as a middle ground in the slavery debate | 2,838 | 434 sq mi (1,124 km2) | |
EdmundsCounty | 045 | Ipswich | 1873 | Buffalo County | Newton Edmunds, Governor of Dakota Territory | 4,057 | 1,146 sq mi (2,968 km2) | |
Fall RiverCounty | 047 | Hot Springs | 1883 | Custer County | Fall River | 7,393 | 1,740 sq mi (4,507 km2) | |
FaulkCounty | 049 | Faulkton | 1873 | Unorganized territory | Andrew Jackson Faulk, Governor of Dakota Territory | 2,151 | 1,000 sq mi (2,590 km2) | |
GrantCounty | 051 | Milbank | 1873 | Codington and Deuel Counties | Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885), U.S. President and American Civil War general | 7,553 | 682 sq mi (1,766 km2) | |
GregoryCounty | 053 | Burke | 1862 | Unorganized territory | John Shaw Gregory (1829-1881), territorial legislator | 4,018 | 1,016 sq mi (2,631 km2) | |
HaakonCounty | 055 | Philip | 1914 | Stanley County | King Haakon VII of Norway | 1,851 | 1,813 sq mi (4,696 km2) | |
HamlinCounty | 057 | Hayti | 1873 | Deuel County | Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President and United States Senator from Maine | 6,451 | 511 sq mi (1,323 km2) | |
HandCounty | 059 | Miller | 1873 | Buffalo County | George H. Hand (1837-1891), territorial legislator | 3,107 | 1,437 sq mi (3,722 km2) | |
HansonCounty | 061 | Alexandria | 1873 | Buffalo and Deuel Counties | Joseph R. Hanson (1836-1917), army major in the Indian Wars and early settler | 3,471 | 435 sq mi (1,127 km2) | |
HardingCounty | 063 | Buffalo | 1909 | Unorganized territory | John A. Harding (1832-1902), Speaker of the House for Dakota Territory | 1,324 | 2,671 sq mi (6,918 km2) | |
HughesCounty | 065 | Pierre | 1880 | Buffalo County | Alexander Hughes (1846-1907), territorial legislator | 17,624 | 741 sq mi (1,919 km2) | |
HutchinsonCounty | 067 | Olivet | 1862 | Unorganized territory | John Hutchinson (1830-1887) territorial legislator | 7,394 | 813 sq mi (2,106 km2) | |
HydeCounty | 069 | Highmore | 1873 | Buffalo County | James Hyde (1842–1902), territorial legislator | 1,186 | 861 sq mi (2,230 km2) | |
JacksonCounty | 071 | Kadoka | 1914 | Stanley County | J.R. Jackson, territorial legislator | 2,776 | 1,869 sq mi (4,841 km2) | |
JerauldCounty | 073 | Wessington Springs | 1883 | Aurora County | H.J. Jerauld, territorial legislator | 1,660 | 530 sq mi (1,373 km2) | |
JonesCounty | 075 | Murdo | 1916 | Lyman County | George Wallace Jones, territorial legislator | 855 | 971 sq mi (2,515 km2) | |
KingsburyCounty | 077 | De Smet | 1873 | Hanson County | George W. Kingsbury (1837-1925) and Theodore A. Kingsbury (1844-1889), brothers and territorial legislators | 5,276 | 838 sq mi (2,170 km2) | |
LakeCounty | 079 | Madison | 1873 | Brookings and Hanson counties | Lakes within the county | 11,031 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km2) | |
LawrenceCounty | 081 | Deadwood | 1875 | Unorganized territory | John Lawrence (1839 -1889), territorial legislator | 28,053 | 800 sq mi (2,072 km2) | |
LincolnCounty | 083 | Canton | 1867 | Unorganized territory | Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, [5] or, possibly, Lincoln County, Maine. | 73,238 | 578 sq mi (1,497 km2) | |
LymanCounty | 085 | Kennebec | 1873 | Unorganized territory | W.P. Lyman, territorial legislator | 3,705 | 1,640 sq mi (4,248 km2) | |
MarshallCounty | 091 | Britton | 1885 | Day County | Marshall Vincent, Day County Commissioner | 4,390 | 839 sq mi (2,173 km2) | |
McCookCounty | 087 | Salem | 1873 | Hanson County | Edwin McCook, Secretary of Dakota Territory | 5,809 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) | |
McPhersonCounty | 089 | Leola | 1873 | Buffalo County | James B. McPherson (1828 - 1864), Civil War general | 2,334 | 1,137 sq mi (2,945 km2) | |
MeadeCounty | 093 | Sturgis | 1889 | Lawrence County | George Meade (1815 - 1872), Civil War general | 30,954 | 3,471 sq mi (8,990 km2) | |
MelletteCounty | 095 | White River | 1909 | Lyman County | Arthur C. Mellette, first Governor of South Dakota | 1,851 | 1,307 sq mi (3,385 km2) | |
MinerCounty | 097 | Howard | 1873 | Hanson County | Nelson Miner (1827-1879) and Ephriam Miner (1833-1912), brothers and territorial legislators | 2,280 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km2) | |
MinnehahaCounty | 099 | Sioux Falls | 1862 | Unorganized territory | Sioux term for waterfall | 206,930 | 809 sq mi (2,095 km2) | |
MoodyCounty | 101 | Flandreau | 1873 | Brookings and Minnehaha Counties | Gideon C. Moody, Speaker of the House for Dakota Territory | 6,450 | 520 sq mi (1,347 km2) | |
Oglala LakotaCounty | 102 | 1875 | Fall River County | Oglala Lakota tribe | 13,434 | 2,094 sq mi (5,423 km2) | ||
PenningtonCounty | 103 | Rapid City | 1875 | Unorganized territory | John L. Pennington (1829 - 1900), Governor of Dakota Territory | 115,903 | 2,776 sq mi (7,190 km2) | |
PerkinsCounty | 105 | Bison | 1909 | Butte and Harding Counties | Henry E. Perkins (1864-1937), state senator | 2,834 | 2,872 sq mi (7,438 km2) | |
PotterCounty | 107 | Gettysburg | 1875 | Buffalo County | Joel A. Potter (1830-1895), territorial legislator | 2,413 | 866 sq mi (2,243 km2) | |
RobertsCounty | 109 | Sisseton | 1883 | Grant County | Samuel G. Roberts (b.1843), territorial legislator | 10,206 | 1,101 sq mi (2,852 km2) | |
SanbornCounty | 111 | Woonsocket | 1883 | Miner County | George W. Sanborn (1832-1905), president of the Milwaukee Railroad | 2,399 | 569 sq mi (1,474 km2) | |
SpinkCounty | 115 | Redfield | 1873 | Hanson County | Solomon Spink, Secretary of Dakota Territory | 6,166 | 1,504 sq mi (3,895 km2) | |
StanleyCounty | 117 | Fort Pierre | 1873 | Unorganized territory | David S. Stanley, commander of Fort Sully | 3,043 | 1,443 sq mi (3,737 km2) | |
SullyCounty | 119 | Onida | 1873 | Potter County | Fort Sully, itself named after General Alfred Sully | 1,494 | 1,007 sq mi (2,608 km2) | |
ToddCounty | 121 | 1909 | Meyer and Tripp Counties | John Blair Smith Todd, territorial delegate to Congress | 9,199 | 1,388 sq mi (3,595 km2) | ||
TrippCounty | 123 | Winner | 1873 | Unorganized territory | Bartlett Tripp, Chief Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court | 5,621 | 1,614 sq mi (4,180 km2) | |
TurnerCounty | 125 | Parker | 1871 | Lincoln County | John W. Turner, territorial legislator | 9,027 | 617 sq mi (1,598 km2) | |
UnionCounty | 127 | Elk Point | 1862 | Unorganized territory | The union of the American states | 17,183 | 460 sq mi (1,191 km2) | |
WalworthCounty | 129 | Selby | 1873 | Buffalo County | Walworth County, Wisconsin, itself named for Reuben Walworth | 5,269 | 708 sq mi (1,834 km2) | |
YanktonCounty | 135 | Yankton | 1862 | Unorganized territory | Yankton Sioux Native Americans | 23,517 | 522 sq mi (1,352 km2) | |
ZiebachCounty | 137 | Dupree | 1911 | Armstrong, Schnasse, and Sterling Counties | Frank M. Ziebach, publisher and army major during the Indian Wars | 2,322 | 1,962 sq mi (5,082 km2) |
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The Lakota are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux, they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people, with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota (Wičhíyena). Their current lands are in North and South Dakota. They speak Lakȟótiyapi—the Lakota language, the westernmost of three closely related languages that belong to the Siouan language family.
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples. Collectively, they are the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, or "Seven Council Fires". The term "Sioux", an exonym from a French transcription of the Ojibwe term Nadowessi, can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
Ziebach County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,413. Its county seat is Dupree. It is the last county in the United States alphabetically.
Todd County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,319. Todd County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Winner in neighboring Tripp County serves as its administrative center. Its largest city is Mission. The county was created in 1909, although it remains unorganized. The county was named for John Blair Smith Todd, a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a Civil War general.
Oglala Lakota County is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,672. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized. Its largest community is Pine Ridge.
Dewey County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,239. Its county seat is Timber Lake. The county was created in 1883 and organized in 1910. It was named for William P. Dewey, Territorial surveyor-general from 1873 to 1877.
Oglala is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory equivalent, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2020 census. Its location is in the northwest of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S. officers and supported by U.S. troops on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement.
The South Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of South Dakota. It is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices appointed by the governor. One justice is selected from each of five geographic appointment districts. Justices face a nonpolitical retention election three years after appointment and every eight years after that. The justices also select their own chief justice.
The Great Sioux Reservation was an Indian reservation created by the United States through treaty with the Sioux, principally the Lakota, who dominated the territory before its establishment. In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the reservation included lands west of the Missouri River in South Dakota and Nebraska, including all of present-day western South Dakota. The treaty also provided rights to roam and hunt in contiguous areas of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and northeast Colorado.
The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following the attrition of the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The reservation covers almost all of Dewey and Ziebach counties in South Dakota. In addition, many small parcels of off-reservation trust land are located in Stanley, Haakon, and Meade counties.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in the U.S. state of South Dakota that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,300 listings are distributed across all of its 66 counties.
The Kidder Fight, of July 2, 1867 refers to a skirmish near what is now Goodland, Kansas involving a detachment of ten enlisted men and an Indian scout of the United States 2nd Cavalry under the command of Second Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder who were attacked and wiped out by a mixed Lakota and Cheyenne force. Two Lakota, including chief Yellow Horse were also killed. The fight occurred during the period of the Indian Wars on the western plains and was an incident in the campaign known as Hancock's War.
Armstrong County was a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and its predecessor Dakota Territory, between 1883 and 1952. Located in the western part of the state, it was a sparsely-inhabited part of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation that relied primarily on the cattle trade and the Missouri and Cheyenne Rivers. Never having an organized county government in its own right, it was attached to Stanley County, with its county seat at Fort Pierre, for administrative purposes.
Thunder Butte is a prominent butte landmark located in the northwest corner of Ziebach County, South Dakota, in the United States. Thunder Butte is a large, isolated hill that can be seen for many miles in every direction, and has served throughout history as an important orientation point for area residents or a navigational aide for travelers crossing the surrounding plains. The butte gives its name to a small community at its base, and to a small creek that runs into the Moreau River.
Dewey Beard or Wasú Máza was a Minneconjou Lakota who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn as a teenager. After George Armstrong Custer's defeat, Wasu Maza followed Sitting Bull into exile in Canada and then back to South Dakota where he lived on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
The 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican nominee, celebrity Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
The 1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.