Faulk County

administration
Faulk County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Faulkton
Foundation :	1873
Demographics
Residents :	2364 (2010)
Population density :	0.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2605 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Faulk County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It has 2640 inhabitants. The county seat is Faulkton .

geography

The district has an area of 2605 square kilometers; 14 square kilometers (0.55 percent) of this is water. It is divided into 23 townships : Arcade, Bryant, Centerville, Clark, Devoe, Ellisville, Emerson, Enterprise, Fairview, Freedom, Hillsdale, Irving, Lafoon, Myron, O'Neil, Orient, Pioneer, Saratoga, Sherman, Tamworth, Union , Wesley and Zell; and three disorganized territories: Pulaski and Southwest Faulk.

history

The county was incorporated on January 8, 1873, and its administrative organization was completed on November 5, 1883. It was named after the politician Andrew Jackson Faulk , who was among other things governor of the Dakota Territory .

The Gov. Frank M. Byrne House is one of the county's nine entries in the NRHP.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 31, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	3547	-
1910	6716	89.3%
1920	6442	-4.1%
1930	6895	7%
1940	5168	-25%
1950	4752	-8th %
1960	4397	-7.5%
1970	3893	-11.5%
1980	3327	-14.5%
1990	2744	-17.5%
2000	2640	-3.8%
2010	2364	-10.5%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Faulkton

Communities ( towns )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Faulk 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. 99 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 31, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

45.07 -99.15Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ N , 99 ° 9 ′ W

[1] Faulk 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. 99 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 31, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011