Butte County, South Dakota
![]() Butte County Courthouse |
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US state : | South Dakota |
Administrative headquarters : | Belle Fourche |
Foundation : | 1883 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 10,110 (2010) |
Population density : | 1.7 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 5870 km² |
Water surface : | 46 km² |
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Butte County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It has 9,064 inhabitants. The county seat is Belle Fourche .
geography
The county covers an area of 5,870 square kilometers; 46 square kilometers (0.75 percent) of this is water.
history
The county was founded on March 2, 1883 and named after the numerous hardships (English: "butte") in the area.
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The Tri State Bakery is one of 36 entries for the county in the NRHP.
36 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).
Population development
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1900 | 2907 | - | |
1910 | 4993 | 71.8% | |
1920 | 6819 | 36.6% | |
1930 | 8589 | 26% | |
1940 | 8004 | -6.8% | |
1950 | 8161 | 2% | |
1960 | 8592 | 5.3% | |
1970 | 7825 | -8.9% | |
1980 | 8372 | 7% | |
1990 | 7914 | -5.5% | |
2000 | 9094 | 14.9% | |
2010 | 10.110 | 11.2% | |
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cities and communes
City ( City's )
Municipalities ( Towns )
Web links
Commons : Butte County (South Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Butte County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 38 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
Coordinates: 44 ° 55 ′ N , 103 ° 29 ′ W