McCook County
McCook County Courthouse |
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US state : | South Dakota |
Administrative headquarters : | Salem |
Foundation : | 1973 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 5618 (2010) |
Population density : | 3.8 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1495 km² |
Water surface : | 7 km² |
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McCook County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It was named after former South Dakota Governor Edwin Stanton McCook . The county seat is in Salem .
geography
The county covers an area of 1,495 square kilometers; 7 square kilometers (0.46 percent) of it is water. It is divided into 17 townships : Benton, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canistota, Emery, Grant, Greenland, Jefferson, Pearl, Montrose, Union, Ramsey, Richland, Salem, Spring Valley and Sun Prairie.
history
The county was incorporated on January 8, 1873, and its administrative organization was completed on June 15, 1878. It was named after Edwin Stanton McCook (1837–1873), an officer in the Union Army and Secretary of the Dakota Territory .
Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 6, 2018).
Population development
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1900 | 8689 | - | |
1910 | 9589 | 10.4% | |
1920 | 9990 | 4.2% | |
1930 | 10,316 | 3.3% | |
1940 | 9793 | -5.1% | |
1950 | 8828 | -9.9% | |
1960 | 8268 | -6.3% | |
1970 | 7246 | -12.4% | |
1980 | 6444 | -11.1% | |
1990 | 5688 | -11.7% | |
2000 | 5832 | 2.5% | |
2010 | 5618 | -3.7% | |
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cities and communes
Cities ( cities )
planned settlement
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ McCook 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. 198 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 6, 2018.
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ N , 97 ° 22 ′ W