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 |
geography | |
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.
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