Codington County

administration
Codington County Courthouse
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
map

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 .

The Corson Emminger Round Barn is one of 43 entries for the county in the NRHP.

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
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 )

Watertown

Communities ( towns )

Web links

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

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.

44.98 -97.18Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′ N , 97 ° 11 ′ W

[1] Codington 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. 65 .

[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 September 28, 2018.