Charles Mix County

administration
Charles Mix County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Lake Andes
Foundation :	1862
Demographics
Residents :	9129 (2010)
Population density :	3.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2979 km²
Water surface :	136 km²
map

Charles Mix County is a district in the southern US state of South Dakota on the border with Nebraska . The county has 9,350 residents. The county seat is Lake Andes .

geography

The county covers an area of 2,979 square kilometers; 136 square kilometers (4.57 percent) of this is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following other counties: Brule County , Aurora County , Douglas County , Hutchinson County , Bon Homme County , Knox County , Boyd County, and Gregory Counties .

history

The county was incorporated on May 8, 1862 and dissolved two years later. In 1879 the county was formed again. It was named after the Indian agent and officer Charles H. Mix (1833-1909).

The Farmers State Bank of Platte is one of the county's 13 entries in the NRHP.

13 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	8498	-
1910	14,899	75.3%
1920	16,256	9.1%
1930	16,703	2.7%
1940	13,449	-19.5%
1950	15,558	15.7%
1960	11,785	-24.3%
1970	9994	-15.2%
1980	9680	-3.1%
1990	9131	-5.7%
2000	9350	2.4%
2010	9129	-2.4%
1900-1990 2000

Cities

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Census-designated places

Marty

Townships

The county is divided into 24 townships: Bryan, Carroll, Choteau Creek, Darlington, Forbes, Goose Lake, Hamilton, Highland, Howard, Jackson, Kennedy, La Roche, Lake George, Lawrence, Lone Tree, Moore, Platte, Plain Center, Rhoda, Roe, Rouse, Signal, Waheheh, and White Swan; as well as a disorganized territory: Castalia.

Web links

Commons : Charles Mix County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Charles Mix 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. 50 .
↑ 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

43.21 -98.59Coordinates: 43 ° 13 ′ N , 98 ° 35 ′ W

[1] Charles Mix County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 50 .

[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