Haakon County

administration
Haakon County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Philip
Foundation :	1914
Demographics
Residents :	1937 (2010)
Population density :	0.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4732 km²
Water surface :	37 km²
map

Haakon County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States .

geography

The district has an area of 4732 square kilometers; 37 square kilometers (0.78 percent) of this is water. It is divided into two disorganized territories: East Haakon and West Haakon.

history

Haakon County was incorporated on November 3, 1914, and its administrative organization was completed on February 8, 1915. It was named after the Norwegian King Haakon VII , also to win support from Norway for the new county. This makes the district one of nine in the state named after a person who did not live in South Dakota. South Dakota is a center of Norwegian immigrants in the United States.

Waddell Block (2010)

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of July 31, 2018, the Waddell Block .

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	4596	-
1930	4679	1.8%
1940	3515	-24.9%
1950	3167	-9.9%
1960	3303	4.3%
1970	2802	-15.2%
1980	2794	-0.3%
1990	2624	-6.1%
2000	2196	-16.3%
2010	1937	-11.8%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Philip

Communities ( towns )

Midland

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Haakon 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. 124 .
↑ 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

44.3 -101.53Coordinates: 44 ° 18 ′ N , 101 ° 32 ′ W

[1] Haakon 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. 124 .

[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