List of counties in South Dakota
The US -American state of South Dakota 's 66 counties divided.
The official abbreviation for South Dakota is SD and the FIPS code is 46 . The FIPS code of each individual county always starts with 46 , followed by the three-digit number given in the table for each county.
The population figures shown in the table are based on the results of the 2010 census .
county | FIPS code | County Seat | founding | Origin of name | Residents 2010 |
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Aurora | 003 | Plankinton | 1881 | Aurora (Roman goddess of the dawn) | 2710 | 1834 km² | |
Beadle | 005 | Huron | 1879 | William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838–1915) - chief surveyor in the Dakota Territory | 17,398 | 3261 km² | |
Bennett | 007 | Martin | 1909 | Granville G. Bennett (1833–1910) - Member of the US House of Representatives | 3431 | 3069 km² | |
Bon Homme | 009 | Tyndall | 1862 | Bon Homme Island | 7067 | 1458 km² | |
Brookings | 011 | Brookings | 1892 | Wilmot Brookings (1830–1905) - first Provisional Governor of the Dakota Territory before it was officially established in 1861 | 31,965 | 2056 km² | |
Brown | 013 | Aberdeen | 1879 | Alfred Brown - local politician | 36,531 | 4437 km² | |
Brule | 015 | Chamberlain | 1875 | Indian tribe of the Brulé | 5255 | 5364 km² | |
Buffalo | 017 | Gann Valley | 1873 | American bison | 1912 | 1220 km² | |
Butte | 019 | Belle Fourche | 1883 | Hardened rocks (solitary rocks; English: buttes ) | 10.110 | 5825 km² | |
Campbell | 021 | Mound City | 1883 | Norman B. Campbel - then Dakota Territory MP and son, General Charles T. Campbell | 1466 | 1998 km² | |
Charles Mix | 023 | Lake Andes | 1862 | Charles Eli Mix (1810–1878) - head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1838 to 1868 | 9129 | 2844 km² | |
Clark | 025 | Clark | 1873 | Newton Clark - Local MP | 3691 | 2481 km² | |
Clay | 027 | Vermillion | 1862 | Henry Clay (1777–1852) US Secretary of State (1825–1829) | 13,864 | 1067 km² | |
Codington | 029 | Watertown | 1877 | Reverend GS Codington - local politician | 27,227 | 1782 km² | |
Corson | 031 | McIntosh | 1909 | Dighton Corson - South Dakota Supreme Court Justice | 4050 | 6551 km² | |
Custer | 033 | Custer | 1875 | George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) - Union Army officer in the Civil War - later died in the Battle of Little Bighorn | 8216 | 4038 km² | |
Davison | 035 | Mitchell | 1874 | Henry C. Davison - former settler and businessman | 19,504 | 1131 km² | |
Day | 037 | Webster | 1880 | Merrit H. Day - local politician | 5710 | 2826 km² | |
Deuel | 039 | Clear Lake | 1862 | Jacob S. Deuel - local politician | 4364 | 1649 km² | |
Dewey | 041 | Timber Lake | 1883 | William P. Dewey - Head of the Dakota Territory Land Survey | 5301 | 6334 km² | |
Douglas | 043 | Armor | 1873 | Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861) - represented the State of Illinois in both Houses of Congress , ran in the presidential election of 1860 against Abraham Lincoln | 3002 | 1124 km² | |
Edmunds | 045 | Ipswich | 1873 | Newton Edmunds (1819–1908) - second governor of the Dakota Territory from 1863 to 1866 | 4071 | 2981 km² | |
Fall River | 047 | Hot springs | 1883 | Fall River | 7094 | 4530 km² | |
Lazy | 049 | Faulkton | 1873 | Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814–1898) - third Governor of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 | 2364 | 2605 km² | |
Grant | 051 | Milbank | 1873 | Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) - Commander in Chief of Union Forces in the Civil War and later 18th President of the USA | 7356 | 1782 km² | |
Gregory | 053 | Burke | 1862 | John Shaw Gregory - local politician | 4271 | 2728 km² | |
Haakon | 055 | Philip | 1914 | Haakon VII (1872–1957) - Norwegian king since 1905 | 1937 | 4732 km² | |
Hamlin | 057 | Hayti | 1873 | Hannibal Hamlin (1809–1891) - US Senator and 15th Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 | 5903 | 1393 km² | |
hand | 059 | Miller | 1873 | George H. Hand - local politician | 3431 | 1440 km² | |
Hanson | 061 | Alexandria | 1873 | Joseph R. Hanson Army officer in Indian Wars and early settler in the area | 3331 | 1128 km² | |
Harding | 063 | Buffalo | 1909 | JA Harding Speaker for the Parliamentary Mission of the Dakota Territory | 1255 | 6935 km² | |
Hughes | 065 | Pierre | 1880 | Alexander Hughes - local politician | 17,022 | 2073 km² | |
Hutchinson | 067 | Olivet | 1862 | John Hutchinson - local politician | 7343 | 2109 km² | |
Hyde | 069 | Highmore | 1873 | James Hyde - local politician | 1420 | 2244 km² | |
Jackson | 071 | Kadoka | 1914 | JR Jackson - local politician | 3031 | 1871 km² | |
Jerauld | 073 | Wessington Springs | 1883 | HA Jerauld - local politician | 2071 | 1380 km² | |
Jones | 075 | Murdo | 1916 | George W. Jones - local politician | 1006 | 2517 km² | |
Kingsbury | 077 | De Smet | 1873 | The brothers George W. Kingsbury and TA Kingsbury - local politicians | 5148 | 2237 km² | |
Lake | 079 | Madison | 1873 | Named after the numerous lakes in the county | 11,200 | 1489 km² | |
Lawrence | 081 | Deadwood | 1875 | John Lawrence (1839–1889) - US Marshal for the Dakota Territory and local politician | 24.097 | 2073 km² | |
Lincoln | 083 | Canton | 1862 | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) - 16th President of the United States | 44,828 | 1499 km² | |
Lyman | 085 | Kennebec | 1873 | WP Lyman - local politician | 3755 | 4421 km² | |
Marshall | 091 | Britton | 1885 | Marshall Vincent - local politician | 4656 | 2294 km² | |
McCook | 087 | Salem | 1873 | Edwin Stanton McCook (1837–1873) - General of the Union Forces in the Civil War and politician in the Dakota Territory | 5618 | 1495 km² | |
McPherson | 089 | Leola | 1885 | James B. McPherson (1828–1864) - Union Forces General in the Civil War | 2459 | 2983 km² | |
Meade | 093 | Sturgis | 1889 | George Gordon Meade (1815–1872) - General of the Union Forces in the Civil War | 25,434 | 9020 km² | |
Mellette | 095 | White River | 1909 | Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896) - first Governor of South Dakota from 1889 to 1893 | 2048 | 3392 km² | |
Miner | 097 | Howard | 1873 | The brothers Nelson Miner and Ephriam Miner - local politicians | 2389 | 1481 km² | |
Minnehaha | 099 | Sioux Falls | 1862 | Word in the Sioux language for waterfall | 169.471 | 2107 km² | |
Moody | 101 | Flandreau | 1873 | Gideon C. Moody Spokesman for the parliamentary representation of what was then Dakota Territory | 6486 | 1350 km² | |
Oglala Lakota | 113 | none | 1875 | Oglala - Lakota - Local Indian tribe | 13,586 | 5423 km² | |
Pennington | 103 | Rapid City | 1875 | John L. Pennington (1821–1900) - fifth governor of the Dakota Territory | 100,948 | 7211 km² | |
Perkins | 105 | bison | 1909 | Henry E. Perkins - Former Senator from South Dakota | 2982 | 7487 km² | |
Potter | 107 | Gettysberg | 1875 | Joel A. Potter - local politician | 2329 | 2243 km² | |
Roberts | 109 | Sisseton | 1883 | SG Roberts - local politician | 10.149 | 2852 km² | |
Sanborn | 111 | Woonsocket | 1883 | George W. Sanborn - President of Milwaukee Road | 2355 | 1474 km² | |
Spink | 115 | Redfield | 1873 | SL Spink - politician in what was then Dakota Territory | 6415 | 3895 km² | |
Stanley | 117 | Fort Pierre | 1873 | David S. Stanley (1828–1902) Major General of the Union Forces in the Civil War | 2966 | 3737 km² | |
Sully | 119 | Onida | 1873 | Alfred Sully (1821–1879) army officer | 1373 | 2608 km² | |
Todd | 121 | none | 1909 | John Blair Smith Todd (1814–1872) Member of the US House of Representatives | 9612 | 3595 km² | |
Tripp | 123 | Winner | 1873 | Bartlett Tripp (1839–1911) politician and judge in what was then the Dakota Territory | 5644 | 4180 km² | |
Gymnast | 125 | Parker | 1871 | John W. Turner local politician | 8347 | 1558 km² | |
union | 127 | Elk Point | 1862 | The Union was the name for the United States , especially during the Civil War (as opposed to the Confederation of the South) | 14,399 | 1191 km² | |
Walworth | 129 | Selby | 1873 | Walworth County , Wisconsin | 5438 | 1834 km² | |
Yankton | 135 | Yankton | 1862 | Yankton Indian people | 22,438 | 1352 km² | |
Ziebach | 137 | Dupree | 1911 | Frank M. Ziebach (1830–1929) politician in what was then Dakota territory | 2801 | 5082 km² |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts Area Information in Square Miles - Converted to Square Kilometers - Retrieved July 5, 2013