Kingsbury County

administration
Kingsbury County Courthouse in De Smet
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	De Smet
Foundation :	1873
Demographics
Residents :	5148 (2010)
Population density :	2.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2237 km²
Water surface :	66 km²
map

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

geography

The county covers an area of 2237 square kilometers. 66 square kilometers (2.93 percent) of this is water. It is bordered clockwise by the counties: Hamlin County , Brookings County , Lake County , Beadle County, and Clark County

history

The county was incorporated on January 8, 1873, and its administrative organization was completed on February 18, 1880. It was named after the brothers George Washington (1837-1925) and T. A. Kingsbury. George Washington was the company's founder, author, and a member of the Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly , which included his brother.

The Ingalls House is one of 20 entries in the county NRHP.

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

Population development

Development of the population
1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
9,866	12,560	12,802	12,805	10,831	9,962	9.227	7,657	6,679	5,925	5,815	5148

cities and communes

Web links

Commons : Kingsbury County, South Dakota - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Kingsbury 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. 164 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 2, 2018.
↑ 1900–1990 excerpt from Census.gov . Retrieved March 20, 2015

44.37 -97.49Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′ N , 97 ° 29 ′ W

[1] Kingsbury 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. 164 .

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

[4] 1900–1990 excerpt from Census.gov . Retrieved March 20, 2015