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List of counties in South Dakota

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Location
  
State of South Dakota

Government
  
County government

Number
  
66

List of counties in South Dakota

Populations
  
1,006 (Jones) – 169,468 (Minnehaha)

Areas
  
412 square miles (1,070 km) (Clay) – 3,471 square miles (8,990 km) (Meade)

Subdivisions
  
cities, towns, townships, unincorporated territories, unorganized territories, census designated place

There are 66 counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota with FIPS codes.

Contents

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. It is also one of five counties in South Dakota which is entirely within an Indian reservation. (The other four counties are Corson, Dewey, Oglala Lakota, and Ziebach.)

South Dakota's postal abbreviation is SD and its FIPS state code is 46.

Former names

  • Shannon County: renamed Oglala Lakota County in 2015

    • Former counties

  • Armstrong County (1883–1952): Created by Dakota Territory as Pyatt County in 1883 from Cheyenne, Rusk (Dewey), and Stanely Counties. Renamed Armstrong in 1895. The western half was annexed to form part of the second Ziebach County, in 1911. The remainder was annexed into Dewey in 1952.
  • Ashmore County
  • Big Sioux County
  • Boreman County (1873–1909): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands in 1873. Lost territory to North Dakota when South Dakota became a state in 1889. Abolished in 1909 when it became part of Corson County.
  • Bramble County
  • Bruguier County
  • Burchard County
  • Burdick County
  • Cheyenne County
  • Choteau County
  • Cole County
  • Cragin County
  • Delano County
  • Ewing County (1889–1890): Created upon statehood. Abolished one year later, when it became the northern half of Harding County.
  • Forsythe County
  • Greely County, South Dakota
  • Jayne County
  • Lugenbeel County (1875–1909): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and Meyer and Pratt Counties in 1875. Abolished in 1909 when it became part of Bennett and Todd Counties.
  • Mandan County
  • Martin County
  • Meyer County
  • Midway County
  • Mills County
  • Nowlin County (1883–1898): Created by Dakota Territory in 1883 from Cheyenne and White River Counties. Abolished in 1898 when it became part of Lyman and Stanley Counties.
  • Pratt County
  • Presho County
  • Pyatt County (1883–1895): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands in 1883. Renamed Armstrong in 1895.
  • Rinehart County
  • Rusk County
  • Schnasse County (1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and part of Boreman County in 1883. Lost territory to North Dakota when South Dakota became a state. Abolished in 1911 when it became part of Ziebach County.
  • Scobey County
  • Sterling County (1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from Cheyenne County. Abolished in 1911 when it became part of Ziebach County.
  • Stone County
  • Thompson County
  • Wagner County,
  • Washabaugh County (1883–1983): South Dakota's most recent county to be eliminated. Created by Dakota Territory in 1883. Abolished in 1983 when it was merged with Jackson County.
  • Washington County (1888–1943): Abolished in 1943 when it was diverged into Jackson, Pennington and Shannon Counties.
  • Wetmore County
  • White River County
  • Wood County
  • Ziebach County (1889–1890): Created in 1889, upon statehood. Abolished in 1890, becoming the eastern portion of Pennington County. The name was revived in 1911, when a second Ziebach County was created from parts of Sterling, Schnasse and Pyatt Counties.

    • Population density map

    Darker colors indicate heavier density.

    References

    List of counties in South Dakota Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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