Brule County
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US state : | South Dakota |
Administrative headquarters : | Chamberlain |
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Demographics | |
Residents : | 5255 (2010) |
Population density : | 2.5 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 2192 km² |
Water surface : | 71 km² |
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Brule County is a district in the state of South Dakota in the United States . The population in 2000 was 5,364. The county seat in Chamberlain .
geography
The county covers an area of 2,192 square kilometers; 71 square kilometers (3.25 percent) of this is water.
history
The county was established on January 14, 1875. It is named after the Brulé tribe, who are part of the Lakota .
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/KimballSD_HolyTrinityChurch.jpg/220px-KimballSD_HolyTrinityChurch.jpg)
The Holy Trinity Church is one of six entries of the county in the NRHP.
Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).
Population development
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
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5401 | 6451 | 7141 | 7416 | 6195 | 6076 | 6319 | 5870 | 5245 | 5485 | 5364 | 5255 |
cities and communes
City ( City's )
Municipalities ( Towns )
Web links
Commons : Brule County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Brule County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 34 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
- ↑ 1900–1990 excerpt from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ 2000: Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved on February 28, 2011
Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ N , 99 ° 4 ′ W