Butte County, South Dakota

Butte County Courthouse
administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Belle Fourche
Foundation :	1883
Demographics
Residents :	10,110  (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	5870 km²
Water surface :	46 km²
map

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.

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
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%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

City ( City's )

• Belle Fourche
• Newell

Municipalities ( Towns )

• Fruitdale
• Nisland

Web links

Commons : Butte County (South Dakota)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Butte County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 44 ° 55 ′  N , 103 ° 29 ′  W