Lake County, South Dakota

administration
Lake County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Madison
Foundation :	1873
Demographics
Residents :	11,200 (2010)
Population density :	7.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1489 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

Website : www.lakecountysd.com

Lake County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Madison .

geography

The county covers an area of 1,489 square kilometers; 31 square kilometers (2.06 percent) of this is water. It borders clockwise on Brookings County to the northeast, Moody County , Minnehaha County , McCook County , Miner County, and Kingsbury County to the northwest.

history

The county was founded on January 8, 1873 and is named after the many lakes in the area.

The Herman Luce Cabin is one of the county's 15 entries in the NRHP.

15 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%
1900	9137	-
1910	10,711	17.2%
1920	12,257	14.4%
1930	12,379	1 %
1940	12,412	0.3%
1950	11,792	-5%
1960	11,764	-0.2%
1970	11,456	-2.6%
1980	10,724	-6.4%
1990	10,550	-1.6%
2000	11,276	6.9%
2010	11,200	-0.7%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )
- Madison

Communities ( towns )
- Nunda
- Ramona
- Wentworth

Townships

The borough is divided into 16 townships : Badus, Chester, Clarno, Concord, Farmington, Franklin, Herman, Lake View, Le Roy, Nunda, Orland, Rutland, Summit, Wayne, Wentworth and Winfred.

Lakes

There are several lakes in Lake County that gave the county its name: Buffalo Slough , Brandt Lake , Davis Slough , Gilman Lake , Green Lake , Lake Badus , Lake Herman , Lake Madison , Long Lake , Mud Lake , Pelican Lake, and the Round Lake .

Highways

The following highways run through Lake County :

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Lake 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. 169 .
↑ 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

44.02 -97.12Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ N , 97 ° 7 ′ W

[1] Lake 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. 169 .

[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