Meade County, South Dakota

administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Sturgis
Foundation :	1889
Demographics
Residents :	25,434 (2010)
Population density :	2.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	9020 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

Website : www.meadecounty.org

Meade County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . At the 2000 census , Meade County had 24,253 residents.

history

It was founded on February 7, 1889 and named after Fort Meade . Fort Meade served as a garrison for the military post in 1878 and was named after George Gordon Meade , a general of the Northern States in the American Civil War and commander of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg and then commander of the Army of the Potomac until the end of the war. The county seat is Sturgis .

Bear Butte

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , Mount Bear Butte . 27 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 6, 2018).

geography

Meade County has an area of 9020 square kilometers, of which 8989 km² are land and 31 km² (0.34%) of water, making the district the largest in South Dakota and about half the size of Rhineland-Palatinate , but has a population of just under 25,000 only a population density of 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is bordered clockwise by the counties: Perkins County , Ziebach County , Pennington County , Lawrence County, and Butte Counties .

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	4907	-
1910	12,640	157.6%
1920	9367	-25.9%
1930	11,482	22.6%
1940	9735	-15.2%
1950	11,516	18.3%
1960	12,044	4.6%
1970	16,618	38%
1980	20,717	24.7%
1990	21,878	5.6%
2000	24,253	10.9%
2010	25,434	4.9%
1900-1990 2000

age structure

under 18 = 28.4 percent
18-24 = 10.6 percent
25-44 = 29.6 percent
45-64 = 21.0 percent
over 65 = 10.4 0%

cities and communes

Cities (cities)

Others

Blachhawk - a settlement area defined for statistical purposes ( census-designated place )
Ellsworth AFB ( military airfield )

Townships

The county is divided into six townships : Dakota, Eagle, Howard, Lakeside, Smithville, and Upper Red Owl; and three disorganized territories: Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys, North Meade, and Southwest Meade.