Codington County
Codington County Courthouse |
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US state : | South Dakota |
Administrative headquarters : | Watertown |
Foundation : | 1877 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 27,227 (2010) |
Population density : | 15.3 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1857 km² |
Water surface : | 76 km² |
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Website : www.codington.org |
Codington County is a county in the northeast of the US state of South Dakota , United States .
geography
The district has an area of 1857 square kilometers; 76 square kilometers (4.10 percent) of this is water. It is divided into 17 townships: Dexter, Eden, Elmira, Fuller, Germantown, Graceland, Henry, Kampeska, Kranzburg, Lake, Leola, Pelican, Phipps, Rauville, Richland, Sheridan and Waverly.
history
The county was established on February 15, 1877, and administration was finally organized on August 7, 1878. It was named after GS Codington, a Protestant clergyman and MP in the Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly .
43 structures 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 | 8770 | - | |
1910 | 14.092 | 60.7% | |
1920 | 16,549 | 17.4% | |
1930 | 17,457 | 5.5% | |
1940 | 17,014 | -2.5% | |
1950 | 18,944 | 11.3% | |
1960 | 20,220 | 6.7% | |
1970 | 19,140 | -5.3% | |
1980 | 20,885 | 9.1% | |
1990 | 22,698 | 8.7% | |
2000 | 25,897 | 14.1% | |
2010 | 27,227 | 5.1% | |
1900-1990
2010 |
cities and communes
Cities ( cities )
Communities ( towns )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Codington 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. 65 .
- ↑ 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 September 28, 2018.
Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′ N , 97 ° 11 ′ W