Washabaugh County, South Dakota

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Washabaugh County, South Dakota
Washabaugh County 1892.jpg
Map of Washabaugh County showing its boundaries in 1892
Coordinates: 43°33′10″N101°41′12″W / 43.55278°N 101.68667°W / 43.55278; -101.68667
CountyUnited States
State South Dakota
EstablishedMarch 9, 1883
DissolvedJanuary 1, 1983
Area
[1]
  Total1,061 sq mi (2,750 km2)
Elevation
2,713 ft (827 m)
Population
 (1970)
  Total1,389
  Density1.3/sq mi (0.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID1265805 [2]

Washabaugh County was a county in South Dakota. The county was named after Frank J. Washabaugh, a prominent South Dakota politician. [3] [4]

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History

First established in 1883 as a county in Dakota Territory from a part of Lugenbeel County, it became a county in the new state of South Dakota in 1889. [5] Washabaugh remained an unorganized county, attached to various other counties for judicial purposes, until it merged with Jackson County in 1983. [5] When Absaroka was proposed as a new state in the late 1930s, its territory included Washabaugh County.

United States presidential election results for Washabaugh County, South Dakota [6]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.%No.%No.%
1976 22943.54%27652.47%213.99%
1972 24553.73%21146.27%00.00%
1968 22449.89%20345.21%224.90%
1964 21137.75%34862.25%00.00%
1960 26054.97%21345.03%00.00%
1956 26558.89%18541.11%00.00%
1952 31968.45%14731.55%00.00%
1948 19245.82%22353.22%40.95%
1944 13948.77%14651.23%00.00%
1940 35848.91%37451.09%00.00%
1936 23842.42%31355.79%101.78%
1932 13417.61%61280.42%151.97%
1928 29450.69%28248.62%40.69%
1924 24657.88%12128.47%5813.65%

Geography

The county encompassed the northeast corner of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation including the community of Wanblee. The eastern portion of the county was within the Rosebud Indian Reservation until 1911, when that part was annexed into the newly created Mellette County. [7] By 1914, Washabaugh County's boundaries were expanded to include a portion of Washington County to the west and all of Jackson County south of the White River. [8]

Demographics

As an unorganized county lying entirely within two American Indian reservations, Washabaugh did not report separate population totals during the 1890, 1900, and 1910 censuses. Instead, population was included in the total population counts for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. [9] The county started reporting separate population counts with the 1920 Census.

Washabaugh County Population by Year [10]
189019001910192019301940195019601970
[9] [9] [9] 1,1662,4741,9801,5511,0421,389

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References

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  2. "Washabaugh County (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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  5. 1 2 John H. Long, ed. (2006). "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Newberry Library. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
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  7. United States Census Bureau (1921). Fourteenth Census of the United States. State Compendium, South Dakota (PDF). Government Printing Office. pp. 12, 25.
  8. 1914 Map of Washabaugh County
  9. 1 2 3 4 United States Census Bureau (1913). THIRTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (PDF). Vol. 3, Population. Government Printing Office. p. 689.
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