Harding County, South Dakota

administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Buffalo
Foundation :	1909
Demographics
Residents :	1255 (2010)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	6935 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

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

geography

The district has an area of 6935 square kilometers; of which 18 square kilometers (0.26 percent) are water.

history

The county was formed on March 5, 1881 and dissolved on November 8, 1898. On November 3, 1908, it was re-established and the administrative organization was completed on January 30, 1911. It was named after John A. Harding, a miner and orator in the Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly when the county was first formed in 1881.

The Golden Valley Norwegian Lutheran Church is one of 56 entries for the county in the NRHP.

56 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 2, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	4228	-
1920	3953	-6.5%
1930	3589	-9.2%
1940	3010	-16.1%
1950	2289	-24%
1960	2371	3.6%
1970	1855	-21.8%
1980	1700	-8.4%
1990	1669	-1.8%
2000	1353	-18.9%
2010	1255	-7.2%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Communities ( towns )

Free regions ( unincorporated communities )

Web links

Commons : Harding County (South Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Harding 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. 130 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 2, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

45.59 -103.5Coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ N , 103 ° 30 ′ W

[1] Harding 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. 130 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 2, 2018.

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

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